Tied to the history of the land, the boline is a reminder of the thin line that divides life and death. If the Grim Reaper wields a scythe, those who walk the boundary of the two worlds carry the boline. Read more
Tied to the history of the land, the boline is a reminder of the thin line that divides life and death. If the Grim Reaper wields a scythe, those who walk the boundary of the two worlds carry the boline. Read more
I can’t remember if there was a moment when I decided that we couldn’t go any further, me and Santa Muerte, that I couldn’t take her with me, that I had to leave her behind. That we had done everything we could. Read more
Idolatry has been the straw man of the West for two millennia. Monotheists hate it. Materialists just think it’s stupid. Pagans need to take a third look. Read more
Where are YOU between acts of re-naming, re-framing, re-labelling, and re-calibrating? Read more
As an exorcist, you will see the possessed shed their skin in front of you, emerge like out of a cocoon in a violent wind. They may lurch and you must hold them, whether or not you physically touch them. Read more
We all bow to fear. We can’t help it. No one is fearless in all things and at all times. But we need not kneel to it. Read more
If you aren’t IN your body and connecting your body to where you are, the land, the street, the road or river that runs right outside your door, how can you create? Read more
If a religious altar is a doorway for the gods and spirits to come to our world, a magical altar is a doorway for us to enter theirs. Read more
The problem with extrapolation from history is that nothing is testable. The evolution of a religion over time is not a predictable and easily comprehensible thing, where we can look at a point in time and say, "It was like this then, so it would be like that now." The process of deciding what needs to change is not one with right answers. Read more
"D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths" was instrumental in me becoming a Pagan. Here are eight ways it has changed my life. Read more
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