Part of my calling is to make deep practices accessible to anyone with a general interest and a willingness to do the necessary work. But it’s also my job to make sure these practices remain authentic and powerful. Read more
Part of my calling is to make deep practices accessible to anyone with a general interest and a willingness to do the necessary work. But it’s also my job to make sure these practices remain authentic and powerful. Read more
Magic has a dilemma. It works best when it’s focused and specific, but many of the things we need magic to achieve are big and complicated. Progressive magic is an approach to deal with this dilemma. Read more
There are three non-negotiables in my religion. If I abandoned or significantly changed any of these three concepts, I would be practicing a different religion. Read more
Nine Things I Think: Appearances, Journals, and New Pagan Websites Read more
Spiritual practice is no substitute for proper mental health care. This isn’t a difference of opinion. This isn’t a case of “agree to disagree.” This is a wrong and dangerous belief that I see too often in Pagan and alternative spirituality circles. Read more
What’s changing: the world or us? I’ve been arguing it’s the world, but I now think it’s a combination of the two. Is my revised model of the world “right”? No, but it’s a little less wrong. Read more
As a Nature-centered Pagan, I enjoy celebrating Ostara, the Spring Equinox. But as a Deity-centered Pagan, I’ve never really known what to do with it. This is my reimagining of Ostara. Read more
620,000 people died in the Civil War because the world changed and some refused to change with it. I pray that we learn from their mistakes. Read more
The Fair Folk never really went away. Perhaps they came into this world less often, but mainly we stopped noticing them. Now we’re seeing them, hearing them, and feeling the impact of their presence on an increasingly frequent basis. We’d best pay attention. Read more
Figuring out if your magic worked is a process of comparing what you got against what you were trying to get. If that’s not what you really wanted, the problem isn’t your magic. Read more
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