Beltane BC (that’s Before CUUPS), my first Beltane, the Maypole, telling Their stories, and the future of Beltane. This is how I’ve celebrated Beltane over the past 16 years. Read more
Beltane BC (that’s Before CUUPS), my first Beltane, the Maypole, telling Their stories, and the future of Beltane. This is how I’ve celebrated Beltane over the past 16 years. Read more
Beltane is when Winter gives way to Summer. But what if Winter doesn’t want to leave? Read more
The time to think about death is not when you’re dying, but on a beautiful Spring day when all is right in the world and you expect to live forever. Make decisions now, before you need them – and before someone else has to make them for you. Read more
Learning to trust your mystical experiences is hard. It’s hard to overcome our mainstream society’s insistence that they can’t be real. But we can figure it out. Read more
Attempts to lump the Fair Folk in with spirits of the land and of natural forces is inaccurate, unnecessary, and unwanted. They are the Fair Folk. That is how I understand them, and how I will relate to them. Read more
Priesthood is not just one thing. It’s many things, and they change at various stages of progression and various stages of life. In my own priestly work I’ve noticed multiple roles and segments that we pass through, and I think it’s worth looking at them in more detail. Read more
Your eyes aren’t lying. Neither are your ears, or your skin, or those thoughts that are occurring in your brain but that you know didn’t come from you. Believe your experiences. Read more
If I need magical help, I’m not going to the oldest witch or to the witch with the biggest library. I’m going to the witch who gets her hands dirty week in and week out. Repetition matters. Read more
The last of the questions from this month’s Conversations Under the Oaks: Pagan chaplains, UUs who are reluctant to accept Paganism in “their” church, and the impact of the shredded veil on magical abilities. Read more
I’ve been a Pagan for 26 years and a public Pagan for 16. While most of the responses I’ve received have been accepting or at least tolerant, I’ve encountered my share of misinformation and outright prejudice, and I’ve learned a few things about dealing with it. Read more
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