An emergency magic kit is a simple thing, inexpensive (mine is anyway), and useful, especially when you never know exactly when you might run across a situation that qualifies as a magical emergency. Read more
An emergency magic kit is a simple thing, inexpensive (mine is anyway), and useful, especially when you never know exactly when you might run across a situation that qualifies as a magical emergency. Read more
As Pagans raising children, we want to read books that reinforce our family values and culture. I have a growing library of children’s books which aren’t explicitly Pagan but which support and reinforce Pagan values. Today's collection features books suited for spring. Read more
To truly seek the good of horses, or a horse, is to let go of your agenda, of your ego, and very likely of your dreams. I see it as a clear directive from The Great Mare, in the person of Rhiannon, not to mistreat Her children. So do not expect me to be politely silent if I see you mistreating a horse. Read more
This is a story that I tell myself, in a hundred variations, because there is something in it that I cannot describe. There is light, and teeth, and smallness, and distance, and impermanence -- and there is, in one or both or in the dream between them, a thing I understand as love. Read more
Cultural appropriation is a hot topic right now. There are tons of blogs on it and several academic papers, with arguments for and against. It’s subjective, so there are folks, who will argue ‘it’s not a thing’. They’ll tell you “have fun, do you”. Some of these folks are too self-absorbed to care. Not much else you can do there. Read more
I'm of the opinion that if more people would understand that there are more than binary people in this world, it would be a better and safer place for all. I think the ancients got it right in their beliefs. People were just human beings, and not judged only on their biological sex. Read more
Witchcraft, however, can show us how our bodies can be vessels for dissent and forces for healing and connecting with the natural world without the sole goal of profit in mind. Read more
Our Deities, our practices, and our resolute walking of our chosen path all help us follow our ethics. I invite you to throw out your fear of Divine wrath or your hope of Divine reward and, instead, follow your ethics simply because it's the right thing to do. Read more
As a child, I'd go past a cemetery or into someone's home and there would sometimes be this sense of a “being” or “beings” watching or following me. These entities often got the label of evil spirit or “demon.” I never spoke of these encounters or feelings to anyone. Read more
Fairies are a hot topic in fantasy and urban fantasy and have been for decades, so what are novels getting right and where are they going wrong? Read more
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