For those of us who serve our Gods and our communities as clergy, the pandemic is dramatically increasing the need for our services at the same time it’s making it significantly harder for us to provide them. Here’s what I’m doing… or at least, what I’m trying to do. Read more
Cursing is the big hammer in the toolbox of the magician. You don’t need it often, and if you try to use it when you need a smaller tool you’ll just make things worse. But when you need it, you need it. Read more
Psychic Witch is a beginner’s guide to psychic perception and energy work. It’s the best book I’ve found for that purpose. It’s the book I wanted when I was 13 and trying to learn about psychic skills and magic in a straightforward, non-religious way. Read more
I pray that this pandemic and its related suffering will end. Will my prayers be effective? I don’t know, but that’s not the point. I’m a Pagan and a polytheist and praying is what I do. Read more
Ten or a hundred or a thousand years from now, someone is going to want to know what the effect of the pandemic and the response was on ordinary people. They’re going to want to hear from people who never wrote for The New York Times or appeared on Fox News. Let’s leave good notes for them. Read more
Gatekeeping is what happens when people without authority arbitrarily decide who is and isn’t worthy of being in a movement. But other times what seems like gatekeeping is really a legitimate boundary that needs to be respected. and sometimes what we encounter is less gatekeeping and more an entrance exam. Read more
I’m trying to strike a balance between staying informed and not obsessing about things I can’t control. But in this upheaval of ordinary life, I see some things I need to pay special attention to. And I suspect most everyone else does as well. Read more
Why am I writing about a fictional character in a TV show that ended four years ago? Sometimes something gets into my head and I have to write it out, and once I do I might as well share it in case someone else is thinking along the same lines. Because usually someone is. Read more
As Pagans and polytheists, we don’t need universal religion. We search for truth in many realms, and our religions are the beliefs and practices that bind us together with each other and with our Gods and spirits. It’s not all the same, and that’s a good thing. Read more
I do not intend to provide running commentary on COVID-19, the Coronavirus. There’s plenty of that going around. But before I can get back to ordinary blogging, there are some things I need to say. Read more
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