After seeing the slogan “What Would Jesus Drive?” I got into a humorous discussion once about which cars which Gods and ancients would drive. Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom, would drive a Kia Sephia. Odysseus would drive a minivan. Freyja would tool around in a Mercury Cougar. And Hephaistos? He would drive something handbuilt and custom modified. Maybe a Panoz roadster. I tend to associate Hephaistos with cars a lot in my own mind. Maybe because mechanics are the closest things... Read more
I’m getting antsy. I’m getting cold feet. I’m going a bit insane. I am told this is normal, as my initiation is just a month away. Last night I called my priestess to see if there was something I could work on or study to prepare and keep my mind busy. She laughed, like I knew she would, because reading and overthinking is how I deal with things. She said meditation is always good for anxiety, but what I was... Read more
The discussion on my last two posts on Wicca have been fascinating, and they’ve brought to light something I haven’t considered before. True to form, I’ll take this idea and run with it until I hit a wall. As this is the anniversary of Valiente’s death, it seems fitting to ponder her role in shaping the Craft. In any Pagan forum you can find the, often unchallenged, assertion that Gardner invented Wicca. A little more digging will find Fam Trad... Read more
Not all Pagan songs fit the Sabbat playlists I put together. Here’s a few gems that will likely never make any holiday list… 13. Arachne’s Song by Dyonisis 12. Just Because by Gaia Consort 11. Go Away Godboy by SJ Tucker 10. Vulcan Rubdown by Emerald Rose 9. Isis Unveiled by Damh the Bard 8. Soul Cakes by Moonstruck 7. The Promise by Michelle Mays 6. The Witches Promise by Jethro Tull 5. Ancestors Chant by Sharon Knight and T.... Read more
Yesterday The Wild Hunt reported that a revamp of Bewitched is being planned for television. And of course, people wondered who on earth could play Endora after Agnes Moorehead? Even though a lot of us secretly want to be Endora deep down, we all know no real Witches look like Endora… Agnes Moorehead was an amazing actress who became a recognized name after beginning to work with Orson Welles. She had memorable roles in both Citizen Kane and The Magnificent... Read more
Yesterday I gave a grumpy rant over the Watchtowers and LBRP being included in some strains of Wicca. The responses surprised me and set me to thinking. If you begin with the premise that everything in Wicca came from a Christianized society, that Wicca was founded by people raised and well-versed in Christianity, that elements of some strains of Wicca represent entirely Abrahamic, Copernican earth- and human-centric worldviews, does it then follow that Wicca is a Christian heresy? If Wicca... Read more
My first significant encounters with Wiccan thought were with Kaatryn McMorgan’s All One Wicca and the Farrar’s The Witches Bible. MacMorgan gave me a firm grounding to begin my studies, but the Farrar’s intoxicated me with the beauty and majesty of Wicca. I remember being particularly struck by the Watchtowers. Being ignorant of their origin, history or deeper meanings, my imagination unfolded a scene right out a Fantasia: vast castles with central towers in the cardinal directions, rising dreadfully at... Read more
I walked into a local thrift shop today seeking out bookcases and came home with the 54 volume set of of the Encyclopædia Britannica’s Great Books series. Called Volume 1: The Great Conversation, it spans Homer to Freud with stops at Euclid, Chaucer and Swift. I saw Plotinus and Virgil and swooned. Now I need even more bookshelves. The history of this series is fascinating. Education used to consist of studying the masters, of analyzing great literature. Latin and Greek... Read more
Another post from last year as we move closer to the 10th anniversary of 9/11. (Warning: some of the descriptions below are graphic and may be disturbing for some readers.) It’s the aftermath of 9/11 I remember the most: people wandering like ghosts through silent streets for days after the towers fell; the echoing silence everywhere, a silence so profound it was nearly palpable; the scorched and smoky smell that permeated everyplace Downtown, that made the heart jump and the... Read more
Paganism isn’t crumbling. It’s not in trouble. Pagans will argue. Pagans will fight. Paganism will survive. Our strength is in our diversity. We will schism and heal a thousand times and more. Paganism is ok. Paganism will thrive. Not how you want it to thrive. Not like Yggdrasil, or Babel. Paganism will thrive on it’s own terms. It will thrive in the open. It will thrive in hidden places. It will thrive in virtue. It will thrive despite dishonor. Paganism... Read more
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