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Seekers and Guides is a new column by Sable Aradia! Follow it via RSS or e-mail, or look for it on alternate Mondays. Merry meet! As a Witch who spends a great deal of time and makes some of her living by teaching Wicca, I’ll be writing this column to offer advice, discuss controversies, and find solutions for both teachers and students of the Craft. While my writing will primarily be from the Wiccan perspective because that is the path that I practice, much of it will overlap … [Read more...]
In Hinduism, bhakti is a mystical path focused on intense love of the divine in the form of one of the gods. Bhakti is radical devotion to a god or goddess in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment through love. In modern paganism, something similar to bhakti has been developing organically through the practice of devotion to the gods of the old pagan pantheons. This wasn't very common until fairly recently, and it seems to have started spontaneously, outside of any formal neopagan … [Read more...]
Making Light is an occasional column by Hellenic polytheist Sunweaver. Follow her via RSS! A few years ago, the group I worship with underwent a major transformation. We all realized we weren't Wiccan and that following the Wiccan wheel of the year was a bit ridiculous for us. We did a radical thing and gave ourselves permission to celebrate those holidays and observances that were meaningful to us over a system that didn't ping our collective feeling of communing with the divine. … [Read more...]
This post is part of a new ongoing column, The Busy Witch, by Jen McConnel. Look for it on alternate Tuesdays! Life seems to move faster every day. Goddess knows that since I sat down and started writing this, I’ve popped up to get the laundry out of the dryer, clean up after the cat, and help my husband unload the groceries. And that’s just on the weekend! It can be hard enough to juggle all the mundane responsibilities of daily life. Who has time for spiritual matters on … [Read more...]
This post is part of a new ongoing column, Loop of Brighid, by Christopher Scott Thompson. Look for it on alternate Thursdays! Brighid is one of the most beloved and widely-venerated deities in the entire world, and the worship or veneration of Brighid in one of Her many forms seems to cross all boundaries of culture, language and religious tradition. Goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing in ancient Ireland, Brighid is adored less for Her specific characteristics than for the … [Read more...]
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