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Patheos is hosting a challenge right now: answer the question “Why I am a...” in 200 words or less. I’ve decided to answer with a poem. Why I am a Witch: Maybe it’s because of my lifelong fascination with mythology. Or maybe it’s because Bedknobs and Broomsticks was my favorite childhood movie. Or maybe it’s because I read The Mists of Avalon at just the right age. Or maybe it’s because I grew up surrounded by strong women, and I value my inherent power. Or … [Read more...]
I started a new teaching coven a few days ago. I wasn’t going to for quite some time. Coven leadership is a lot of work, and it’s an incredible emotional and temporal investment. But the Lady sent a bunch of eager new people my way, and I realized that Diana was reminding me of the calling I agreed to undertake. As I settle into working with this new group, I find myself going over the basics of establishing a new coven, and thought I would share with you the things I wish someone … [Read more...]
Most ancient peoples had some notion of how life came to be, quite sophisticated in some cases, and such ideas shaped conceptions of how to live. What is peculiar, historically speaking, is that modern Western people generally don't draw such conclusions based on evolution. Values cannot be derived from facts, so they say. By contrast, ancient peoples had few such reservations, and generally built their values upon how they understood the facts of their world. This difference will be … [Read more...]
A common concern for modern pagans is the lack of sufficient space or privacy for ritual practice, or the lack of practice partners to perform the sometimes elaborate rituals described in many books. This will be the first of a series of columns on Brigidine rituals that can be performed without space, privacy, ritual equipment or help of any kind. You can perform any of the rituals in this series when you lie down to go to sleep at night or when you close your eyes and lean back in your chair … [Read more...]
I have an Easter dress. This is the first time since high school I've chosen one. I've visited Christian churches for special occasions. But I'm a visitor only. I get restless as a toddler sitting through the long sermons on uncomfortable pews. The hymns don't speak to me any more than does the idea that I need a sacrificial deity to save me from eternal damnation Thanks for the invitation to come again, but really, I just need to dance in the woods. So why the Easter dress? Why, … [Read more...]
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