Oathbound
The gods aren’t obligated to smooth my way through life, and my personal betterment isn't the end goal. That's a side effect. Read more
The gods aren’t obligated to smooth my way through life, and my personal betterment isn't the end goal. That's a side effect. Read more
People ask me my name and I don’t know what to tell them. They ask me what I do for a living and I don’t know what to tell them. They ask me how I’m doing, and I think, “Which one of me?” Read more
Too many of us buy into this nonsense about the “Bible Belt” and then don’t even bother looking because we’ve already defeated ourselves. Read more
I’d rather be a “fencer” or a “swordswoman” or a “fighter.” In thinking about my past, increasingly, I’m also okay with being “victim.” Stigma be damned. Let's call it what it was. Read more
I’ve been writing about more complex issues in witchcraft and Paganism for the last couple of years and focusing on my specific tradition. In doing so, I’ve sort of forgotten how to address more fundamental questions. Read more
There’s nothing wrong with having leadership aspirations. There’s nothing wrong with having fantasies, either. Those things are healthy and can inform the goals you set for yourself. Here are some clues that you still have some things to work on before taking up that role in your own community. Read more
Thoughts on seasonal lulls, work, and bowhunting on Halloween. Read more
I don’t, in fact, live in the witchcraft fantasyland that I sometimes appear to occupy on the Internet. Read more
There's a difference between what I do in a classroom and what I do as a high priestess. And my teaching stops when I leave school. Read more
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