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May 2015

May 01, 2015
I haven't written much lately.  Part of it is end-of-semester hullabaloo and work load, and...

April 2015

April 02, 2015
Planning to live-blog the last day of the Georgia legislative session. Will RFRA rise from...

March 2015

March 28, 2015
The truth is, the things you ask for can happen, but you better be ready...
March 23, 2015
I am very conscious of the fact that as soon as I open my mouth,...
March 20, 2015
From both the teacher and student's perspectives, knowing what your goals are (both short term...
March 16, 2015
Super-intense late-night rituals using close-held liturgy and requiring adult focus and attention are a fine...
March 12, 2015
Looking to pass a "religious freedom" bill so you can be a bigot in peace?...
March 12, 2015
If you want recognition, to be seen as an authority, or some other form of...
March 09, 2015
I recognize that their website is full of disclaimers about how they only speak for...
March 05, 2015
But for Pagans, this is a potentially shattering question: If the land is sacred, if...
March 01, 2015
Some of my poems have appeared in Datura: An anthology of esoteric poesis by Scarlet...

February 2015

February 21, 2015
Other people don't have to react or feel or see the world exactly the way...
February 02, 2015
Do you need initiation to be a Traditional Witch? I would say so, though it...

January 2015

January 29, 2015
I was first initiated into a religious tradition when I was twelve years old. I...
January 27, 2015
My coven has two English professor types in it, along with an assortment of other...
January 26, 2015
Dunbar's number is the upper limit of any kind of group cohesion, including the kind...

December 2014

December 09, 2014
The place of the witch is beside the downtrodden. Power used to harm the innocent...

October 2014

October 23, 2014
Here is my litany of Mighty Dead: brilliant, luminous, genius bisexual women, every last one...
October 20, 2014
Aside from it being that time of year, my ancestors are generally my first line...
October 13, 2014
Raven Grimassi describes this book as an attempt to codify or distill what he calls...

September 2014

September 25, 2014
If you step out to the grocery store to buy a loaf of bread and...
September 25, 2014
Understand, the Black Heart is not a goal, nor is it automatically conferred with a...
September 18, 2014
Today's Throwback Thursday post discusses another central idea in Anderson Faery.  Originally published May 24,...
September 11, 2014
Today's Throwback Thursday post talks about pentacles as they are taught in Anderson Faery.  Originally...
September 04, 2014
In this week's Throwback Thursday post, I tell some jokes.  Originally published in the Pantheon...
September 01, 2014
Last year, Elinor Prędota and I, along with Byron Ballard and quite a few other people,...

August 2014

August 28, 2014
We sometimes speak of “Feri alchemy.” We mean the technique sometimes ritualized as "the water...
August 23, 2014
I love this rendition of "Earth My Body." I love the additional music, I love...
August 21, 2014
The number of creative types in Feri is poetically apt and mythologically resonant, but I...
August 20, 2014
This conception of witch as shaman points to a divergence in modern witchcraft. To some...
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