My fellow Pagan writers and teachers aren’t my competitors, they’re my colleagues. When one of us does well, it improves the environment for all of us. Read more
My fellow Pagan writers and teachers aren’t my competitors, they’re my colleagues. When one of us does well, it improves the environment for all of us. Read more
How do we welcome those who expect to make their own guidelines? How do we balance the obligation to preserve our sacred traditions with the obligation to be hospitable to those who simply won’t tolerate being told what to believe or what to do? Read more
One of the big influences on occultist and rocket scientist Jack Parsons was a 1940 horror novel titled Darker Than You Think. If it was that inspiring to Parsons, I wondered if it would be inspiring to me. So I read it. Read more
Prayer, meditation, offerings, observing the changing seasons – this (and more) is what we do. This is who we are. We do these things when they’re easy and we do them when they’re hard. And in doing so, we keep moving when it would be all too easy to quit. Read more
Part of this post is a review of Aidan Wachter’s new book “Weaving Fate.” But more of it is the story of how I’ve used the techniques Aidan teaches, and how I need to use them now. Read more
The lies, misinformation, and general dysfunction in our government and in our society have me so angry I’m distracted from my sacred work. I will not abandon my civic obligations, but I have to crowd out the daily chatter with some very deep spiritual work. Read more
Can you choose your beliefs? Not directly, and not easily. But there are steps you can take to change them. And you always choose your actions. Read more
I will answer questions asked in good faith all day long. The moment I see sea lioning or other games, I’m gone. It’s my job to educate those who want to learn. I’m not here for anyone’s juvenile entertainment. Read more
There is conflict in the spirit world. The stories of our ancestor say there is. Our contemporary experiences say there is. It’s not World War III and it’s certainly not the Christian apocalypse. But that doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Read more
If you can’t get past your foundational assumptions – those things we assume are true because they’re what we were taught as children and we never thought to question them – then you need to hack your worldview. Read more
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