The Spell-Book Glut

Carl McColman tackles the issue of the glut of Pagan books on the market for Beliefnet and ponders if the spirituality is getting buried under all that text.

“Most alarmingly, the Wiccan ethical focus seems to have gone by the wayside: the new spell books are all about ‘getting your own way,’ presenting magic not as an inner pursuit, but merely as a tool for wish fulfillment. As a result, veteran Witches are so outspoken in their criticism of spell books that such titles have been unofficially dubbed ‘witchcrap.’”

Quotes from Judy Harrow and Patricia Telesco, among others.

Damning With Faint Praise

“They ought to say no Muslims in the American military,” he told WND. “Wicca doesn’t teach, as far as I know, what Islam teaches about killing the infidel. ? Muslims in the American military are a much greater danger to the institution than is Wicca.” – Tim Wildmon, president of American Family Association on Wiccans and Muslims in the military

Speaking of Starhawk

I thought I would catch up on her writings on the tsunami disaster.



Tsunami Relief: Four Suggestions for Empowering Aid

A lengthy update from Privthi

Tsunami Relief: Nearly a Month has Passed

Quote of the Quote of the Day

“Perhaps the author Starhawk was prescient in something she wrote soon after election day: ‘the way ahead will be hard and stony, but. . . it may turn out to be steeper but shorter than the easier path.’ It is our job to do everything within our power to make it so, by the way we reject sectarian approaches that divide, work constructively with those with whom we’re in agreement on the issues, discuss our differences in a healthy way, and build a powerful, coordinated resistance movement as a result.” – Ted Glick, The Free Press