The Staff of Asclepius is currently accepting guest posts. If you’d rather discuss your story through an email interview, I want to hear from you, too. Send email to tara.miller21(at)gmail.com The Staff of Asclepius is an on-line blog for Pagans with mental, emotional, or physical impairments or who are in recovery from major injuries or addiction, or part of the Deaf or Blind community. It’s a place to share how a spiritual and magical life gives us strength or peace... Read more
"First, I learned to be honest about my limitations, not only with myself, but also with others. It could be argued that if I hadn't told anyone about my illness, they might never have known, but that wouldn't have done me any favors." Read more
This is another leap forward in quality mental health care for Pagans. Read more
Before the Affordable Care Act, I could only receive health insurance through an employer or government health program based on disability (Medicare) or income (Medicaid). I am diabetic and have many other medical concerns. When you call to learn more about insurance or sign up the first thing they ask is: Do you have cancer? Are you diabetic? Are you HIV positive? The ACA prevents insurance companies from denying citizens due to pre-existing conditions or later dropping them when diagnosed... Read more
by Masery Kimberly Hendrick is one of the founders of the TriWinds Institute triwindsinstitute.org for social and environmental research and outreach in Forest Falls, CA. She is a cultural anthropologist, Pagan, and Druid who spent several years interviewing Pagans and conducting a survey to further understand their health care views and needs. The overall costs including fees for attending and presenting at the American Public Health Association (APHA) www.apha.org/meetings annual meeting was around $2000. Some of the costs were covered... Read more
Here is something I’ll be involved in and I hope you will, too, by posting on your page or sharing your access ideas and experience or those of friends and family with Pagans with Disabilities. The Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco /www.ilrcsf.org/blogforaccess/blogforaccess.htm is asking people on July 26th, 2011 to devote their blog entries, Twitter streams, social networking pages, email or Youtube uploads to Disability Access. From the ILRCSF site: “Write, Tweet, or post videos about cool assistive... Read more
Charlton Hall, MMFT, LMFT, therapist saludacounseling.com/AboutCBH.htm and member of the Universal Order of Druids www.uodruids.org is conducting a survey concerning Pagan perspectives on marriage. You can participate here. Here is the full link to share with other members of the community. www.surveymonkey.com/s/67JKXMG Thanks to Jason at the Wild Hunt Blog for posting this information. Read more
The Winter Solstice this year includes not only a full moon, but a full lunar eclipse over North America peaking on December 20/21 around midnight about fifteen hours before the actual Solstice. This is a very auspicious time according to numerology and astrology. It will be spectacular since dust from volcanic eruptions may cause the moon to have a red or orange hue and the dark moon will make it easier to see the remnants of last weekends meteor shower.... Read more
The first lesson is to find a path that fits you. If there is something that doesn’t seem quite right about the path, don’t take it. This requires researching the various roads of Paganism and mainstream religions. Yes, I said mainstream. For although you might not be compatible with one sect, or even one religion of the big three, some other sect or religion might be your calling. Read more
Guest Author: Nobby First Published at the Witches’ Voice on August 1st. 2010 Reposted with the author’s permission. I have a chronic illness and all the healing magic, alternative medicines, herbs or conventional medicine can’t make a lick of difference. My illness, while chronic and incurable, is also non-life threatening which is good. but does mean I’m in constant pain and always suffering from differing levels of fatigue. This can make it difficult to be active in pagan life. Camps... Read more
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