Top Pagan Blogs
Share the Top Pagan Blogs on
Driving Audhumla
When the wheel of the year turns and we roll past the shortest day, I always feel like I get a second wind. The long dark days of winter are hard for me, which is one of the reasons why,......
The last few pieces of the Dia de los Muertos altar need to be brought in, and the fading marigolds fed into the gaping maw of Kali Ma, also known as my compost bin. There's a definite chill in the......
I recently discovered a Facebook group called ``I grew up on Capitol Hill.'' That's the Seattle neighborhood where I spent my childhood. I wasn't all that surprised to see the group already has 500-plus members, for it was on the......
We're the coven that makes stuff
On thing that distinguishes my coven from some others is that we're always making things. It seems we are seldom closer than when we're gathered around the table sewing, decoupaging stuff, carving pumpkins, carving gourds or . . . .......
You know you're in Louisiana when . . . .
I didn't have all that much spare time on my quick trip to New Orleans. But I did have a rental car and a couple of free hours after I first arrived, and a few more the next morning before......
Two weeks ago I made a quick trip to New Orleans for the memorial for my friend John Dauns, who died in June. I was very honored that they asked me to speak at the event, which was held in......
PaganNews.com Featured Content.
Sun is in Aquarius, Moon is in Libra
...
Light Green candles. Burn incense of Saffron, Verbena, Sandalwood, Myrtle. Friday is ruled by Venus, and is a good day to work with Love, friendships, affection, partnerships, money, sex. ...
Pagan Views: Ethics and Morals by Emryk Graywolf ...
Article: Someone to Catch my Drift
Pagan Family: Someone to Catch my Drift by Julie Cox ...
Description: Leafy perennial with clumps of thick and shiny arrow shaped leaves at base of plant. Bears loose spikes of red flowers on leafy flower stems that branch up to 4 ft. Uses: Use young leaves and buds picked before flowering used fresh or stored frozen,...
Review: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age
Review of the book by James Howard Kunstler in our "Non-Fiction" section ...
Eye of the Storm
It's been awhile since I've updated my blog... well... I really don't have anything all that terribly interesting to say, expect perhaps maybe here are a few new images from my tarot collection.New images: The Moon, Three of Swords, The Page of Cups, The Devil ... and new versions of The...
"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities." ~Ayn RandI'm not usually into Ms. Rand, as she tends to be invoked fiercely...
From our day at the beach. A couple days later I opened up my laptop and this picture with the caption was set as the desktop. ...
Under the Starsby Storm FaerywolfDaring took me hand in handEvening fell as did my heartVeil lifted, oh such splendor!Imagination has not prepared meNever have I felt this way before.He looks deep within my eyes and soulUnderneath the dancing starsNight has claimed our hearts as oneTogether now within our kissEverything has...
This one I wrote while at Feri Camp during Thorn's and my class on creativity:Women of Song©2009 Storm FaerywolfThere is a meadow down belowwhere women sing a velvet tuneand dance within the golden sunand praise Diana of the moon.With lilting voices raised up highinto the open azure skya prayer is...
I remember reading, somewhere, a little statement about Sufism that really stuck with me, and I'd like to use it in the book I am writing, but I can't remember where I read it. :( I've used it (or at least the gist of it) several times as an example...
Letter from Hardscrabble Creek
Who is Your Ancient Philosopher?
I took the quiz and came up with Epicurus, who is truly "the most misunderstood philosopher of antiquity." Watch a short video about him.Take the My Philosophy Guru test yourself!...
Lots of talk about Vodou lately here among the polytheists (and among those who "view with alarm").Christopher Chase, the Pomegranate's reviews editor, offers this link to a sort of portal site on Vodou. Reviews editors are like that....
Magical Dolls and Missionary Board Games
From Publishers Weekly, a short review of a new book co-authored by Nikki Bado-Fralick, my co-editor in the Pagan Studies book series (This book is not a part of that series, however!)Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls by Nikki Bado-Fralick and Rebecca Sachs Norris, Baylor Univ....
That is the takeaway message from Barbara Ehrenreich's new book Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.Like much of Ehrenreich's writing, it is fueled by righteous anger.First, as a breast cancer patient, she is disgusted by the happy-face positive thinking of what she calls "pink ribbon...
What a Difference the Suffix '-ess' Makes
Following a link from another religion blog, I dropped into today on Beauty Tips for Ministers (subtitled "Because you're in the public eye, and God knows you need to look good.")I read this:SO many of you have written to let me know that TLC will be airing an episode of...
The University of Amsterdam has one of just a few graduate programs in the study of Western Esotericism, which is often contrasted with Christianity as follows (from a lecture handout based on work of Antoine Faivre).Christianity EsotericismPersonal deity ...
Witchvox - RSS Feed - New Articles This Week
Our Most Precious Resource: Some Thoughts on Children in Ritual [Bronwen Forbes]
There seems to be some division within the Pagan community between people who are comfortable with the idea of children – their children, other participants’ children – in ritual and those who are not. As a parent of a five-year-old child, I firmly believe that there are times when it...
Teen Covens: Do They Work? [Mara Light]
As adults we tend to know ourselves a little better, we know certain rights and wrongs, we know how to handle some one when they're unfair to us; and sometimes we even know when to just let things go. As pagans whether we're in a coven, a community, a solitary...
The Child in the Forest [Mooncrone]
Father Herne, hear our feet and guard our way. We bring bright laughter and joy of the hunt. We seek the treasures of Your domain. Give us the gift of Your bounty and we give You the gift of our love. So mote it be!Forests hold many attractions, especially for...
In Defense of Harry Potter and Star Wars [Grayson Smith Wessex]
I recently sat down to watch the new HP with my wife and kids, and this led to a HP marathon. Well, I was never what you would call a Super-Fan of the whole Harry Potter thing but at some point during the Marathon I did start to loosen up...
Good Witch, Bad Witch, Evil Witch and Hogwarts' Sorting Hat [Theorion, Mage]
J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally popular ‘Harry Potter’ fantasy series focuses on a fictional alternate reality of a British boarding school for adolescent Witches and Wizards. Egalitarianly, the school trains both the ‘pure blood’ and deserving ‘naturals how to hone their natural talents without regard for their potential inclinations to misuse their...
We often hear of someone who considers themselves a ‘newbie’ on the path of the mystical arts, or of others referring to someone as a ‘newbie’. But is either of these descriptions really accurate? The concepts of paganism and the parameters that define such concepts have always been since the...
FULL CIRCLE * Earthwise Networking, News & Notes
Today is Old Imbolc, the actual cross quarter day in the Wheel of the Year. Today in honor of Imbolc, I am cleaning house, both inside and out. Today I am mediating and letting go of some old hurts and some disruptive/negative attachments. I am also working...
JK Rowling on the Fringe Benefits of Failure
I have another offering to make for Imbolc. This is JK Rowling giving the Harvard Commencement speech. She choose to talk that day on the power of failure. This heartfelt talk is something every artist, writer, speaker, activist and organizer will appreciate:Text & Video: J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard...
The 5th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival
As Hecate has noted, it's time for the 5th Anuual Brigid Poerty Festival, a tradition begun by Anne Hill. Hecate has written (her usual) inspiring and insightful posts on Imbolc and poetry. Take the time to read those and then check out the original poem written by Anne Hill at...
Connecting With Folks in Recovery at PantheaCon and Other Events
Folks at that Spiral Steps online support group are discussing how to hook up with others who want to stay clean & sober, keep on their food plan, handle the energy or just otherwise deal with some things (mental, emotional, physical and spiritual) that might come up at PantheaCon this...
Remarkable story of Temple Grandin on HBO
HBO has made a film about the early life of activist, scientist and writer Temple Grandin. It airs Feb. 6th. Catch it if you canThe NPR Blog notesHer improbable life story is the subject of a new movie starring Claire Danes as the woman who overcame the odds to earn...
Hello, Dear Hearts, how are you? I've missed you.Like most folks I've been following the news from Haiti, especially the on-going rescue efforts and heroic medical care for both people and animals. What I could usefully glean these last few weeks, I've posted here @birdgarden: http://twitter.com/birdgarden(If you are looking at...
Blog o' Gnosis
This poem may not be finished—I have spent the evening taking it apart and putting it back together, and still have some tinkering to do around the edges. But what fun to have a new poem to share for Brigid! And to be writing poetry again. The stress of the...
5th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival
I had to go back to this post to find the earliest reference (Reya’s original blog post is lost in the mists) to the now annual Silent Poetry Reading in honor of Brigid (Saint or Goddess, as you prefer). And while the first invitation was for a single day’s blogging event, watching...
I have just spent an hour watching the excellent Rachel Maddow interview people about the public health disaster unfolding in Port au Prince. Once the visual shock of some of the images registered—the wounded lined up in the hallways and parking lots of barely functioning hospitals, the man lying on...
I did not buy my home on my own. It was bought several years ago by my then-husband and me, as we looked to the future and decided that we wanted a house on the California coast to retire to. We got a fixer for a great price, and spent...
Just like dressing for success puts our best foot forward, dreaming for success can help us achieve our biggest goals this year. Last year I shared 10 great tips for having big winter dreams. But more important than having big dreams is knowing how to work with all the dreams we have....
One summer in the beginning of the Aughts, I spent an amazing week in Somerset with Donald Engstrom and Sharon Jackson. That is to say, the weather was amazing, the countryside amazing too, the company was fabulous, and the spot we were staying in was perfectly lovely. Our job, on...
Owl's Wings
Please note that this blog has been moved (yes, all of it!).So if you still have links pointing here, PLEASE update yourBlogroll or widgets or other linking thingies, so thatyou are directing folks to my new home! To link directly to the blog part of my website,you can just...
Dearest friends and "followers!" Today is the day I've been eagerly looking forward to sharing with you! Thanks to the design genius and artfulness of Web-Goddess, Tarot creator, and beloved friend Joanna Powell Colbert, I am delighted to announce the launch of my new, beautiful, streamlined combination website...
Wishing You a Blessed Celtic New Year!
Sentinel © Michael CarrollI can see the lights in the distanceTrembling in the dark cloak of nightCandles and lanterns are dancing, dancingA waltz on All Souls Night. -- Loreena MckennittThe Wheel of Time turns, and we are now...
Blessings of Samhain - Blessings to the Witches
We honor this night the Dark Goddess, the Mysteries, the Blessed Dead, and the Mighty Ones of the Craft. I send my love and gratitude to all my teachers, elders, brothers and sisters who dance the Spiral Dance with me in spirit, if not in flesh, this night. And I...
In Remembrance - The Burning Times
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. -- Exodus 22:18On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, only eleven years ago, the...
Honoring The Cailleach at Samhain
Heart of the Cailleach by thefabulous Shakti Genaine There was a grove, immemorially inviolate, Hidden from the air above by interlacing branches ...There fell fountain-streams,There gloomy images of GodsStood guard, jutting, human-carven in tree-trunk shape... -- from De Bello Civilis by Lucan (39-65 C.E.)As we approach the crossroads of...
Chess, Goddess and Everything
The Poker Bride: A Story of Escape from Sexual Slavery
A book review, from The Wall Street Journal online: From Far East to American West Thanks to a poker game, she escaped the grim fate of so many Chinese women in 19th-century America. By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK In 1923, an old woman arrived on horseback in the central Idaho town of Grangeville....
Pre-historic findings in Rajasthan district February 3, 2010 Special Correspondent Article from The Hindu Online: JAIPUR: Fragments of pre-historic ostrich eggshells estimated to be 25,000 years old and earthen dice belonging to the Kushan period are the latest additions to a treasure trove of archaeological objects discovered in Bundi district of Rajasthan....
Things are tightening up at the top - I actually thought R9, which was held today, was the final round! Wrongo, Jan. Goddess, I can't stand the tension! I have no idea what's going to happen tomorrow. The top 4 male players will face off against each other. Will they...
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
From the Smithsonian Magazine Henrietta Lacks' cells were essential in developing the polio vaccine and were used in scientific landmarks such as cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. By Sarah Zielinski Smithsonian.com January 22, 2010 Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine...
China's Battle of the Generals Heats Up with Mega Tourist Bucks at Stake
Now this is one fascinating game of xiang qi! Story from the Asian Times online: Tomb warriors battle in China By Kent Ewing February 3, 2010 HONG KONG - The warlords Cao Cao and Liu Bei were fierce rivals in life, with their exploits vividly described in the classic historical novel...
Ladies' Standings (in top 100) after R8: 9 GM Koneru, Humpy 6.0 IND F 2614 13 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 6.0 GEO F 2493 23 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 5.5 BUL F 2545 24 GM Cramling, Pia 5.5 SWE F 2528 26 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 5.5 RUS F 2523 31 GM Dzagnidze, Nana...
Pagan/Wiccan News
Advocates Of Pagan Church Near Bowdon Blame Prejudice For BOC Permit Denial
Author: John P. Boan Source: Times-Georgian Title: ADVOCATES OF PAGAN CHURCH NEAR BOWDON BLAME PREJUDICE FOR BOC PERMIT DENIAL Appearing at the Carroll County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, a number of residents spoke in favor of a conditional-use permit for a church near Bowdon, claiming the Planning and...
Pagan Groups Join Forces To Offer Assistance In Haiti
Title: PAGAN GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO OFFER ASSISTANCE IN HAITI PaganFM!, a radio program and Pagan podcast, originating at WSCA-LP, 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, and Circle Sanctuary, located near Barneveld, Wis, have embarked on a collaborative effort, with the support of musicians from around the world, to create a music...
One of the most basic things all new Pagans should know. A lot of the lines in this poem will be quoted in daily conversation with Pagans, both here at home and all over the country , and it's good to know the whole thing....
Air Force Academy Gets a Circle and other Pagan News of Note
"The Air Force Academy chapel will add a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions during a dedication ceremony scheduled to be held at the circle March 10....
Haitian Art After the Quake and Pagans Helping in Haiti
While we have discussed Haitian religion, specifically Vodou , quite a bit in the wake of the massive earthquake that has decimated Port-au-Prince , there are many other important aspects we haven't talked about....
Paganist Protests As Health Visitor Tells Her To Move Items
A follower of Paganism claims a health visitor told her she should put her religious items away because of the effect they could be having on her son....
A Weblog for Our Mother God
This breathtaking video presents a piece of historical fiction dating from the late bronze age - a reconstruction of the speech which launched the great Amazon Campaign that ended in the liberation of Atlantis according to both Greek and Egyptian historians. The video is likely to be of interest to readers...
Today (2nd February) is the Feast of Lights - the day of the Daughter's Taking on of Fate Remember (if it if possible and if you are stable enough in one place in this strange, uncertain year) to bless candles you are going to use for devotional service in the...
Discussion on "The Cursing Ape"
Some time ago we drew attention to an illuminating article entitled "The Cursing Ape", which made some important points about the use of foul language and the inadequacy of Christian sin-based morality to deal with the real issue, which is clearly understood by the Deanic law of Thame and by...
I want to thank you so much for your help during my conversion and even more for your wonderful site. As the days pass, the idea of a masculine god fades more and more into the distance as the Goddess fills my heart and mind. I can no longer perceive of any...
Nothing can be "sicker" than modern patriarchy. This "Simpsons" comment of theirs is just more evidence of same. The ONLY redeeming feature of the Simpsons is that one of its creators, Mr. Sam Simon, took the tremendous amount of money he earned in consequence and used it to...
The Vatican Newspaper and the Bankruptcy of Patriarchy
While researching something else we came across a story widely reported some time ago. The official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano praised a television program called The Simpsons. We have never seen this program, but have it on good authority that it is coarse and unsuitable for a pure maiden. The Vatican paper...
Radical Goddess Thealogy
NEW BLOCKBUSTER Stars MOTHER GODDESS
In the new 3D blockbuster film Avatar, the good guys worship the Great Mother Goddess Eywa! Finally -- a film with some real religion in it. I know it’s late, but if you still haven’t zeroed in on that perfect holiday gift for that special...
Wishing YOU ALL A GODDESS-FILLED WINTER SOLSTICE!
A few Winter Solstice Goddesses:• Alcyone (Greek): Alcyone is the Kingfisher goddess. She nests every winter for two weeks, and while she does, the wild seas become calm and peaceful.• Ameratasu (Japan): In feudal Japan, worshippers celebrated the return of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who slept in a cold, remote...
Keeping COMPANY WITH A GNAT’S EYEBROW
Lou Engle, a big YAJ* dude (Jehovah followers think he’s metacool), is actually telling Christians to martyr themselves in the name of anti-abortion. As in, “be willing to die” for the "cause." He’s also shouting about a 2nd American Civil War – Abortion-Rights dudes in the left...
CULTURE WARS: WHO Killed BABY JESUS?
Action star Mr. Chuck Norris says Obamacare woulda killed Baby Jesus. Shooting back from the hip, Washington Post writer M. Kessler says Christian-dude Chuck Norris woulda killed Mary even before she’d delivered Jesus. Afterall, Mary was an unwed mother. Before he’da let her give birth in...
Why are so many suffering apoplexies over the simple notion that, in the past, the world might have revolved around goddesses? Take, for example, Mr. Robert Sheaffer at “The Debunker’s Domain.” Mr. R.S. must have spent months -- if not years -- scouring the planet for every document...
INTERNATIONAL Childless PEOPLE’S DAY
Since Mother Earth is suffocating under skanky loads of human flesh, doesn’t it follow that the world’s true heroes are our radically fab and super-cool childless men and women? Those who say, “No. I refuse to add to the refuse. I WILL not use my body to...
Vampires, Witches, and Geeks
VWnG022 News and Announcements
News and announcements about vampires, witches, and geeks. This episode we have: Dacre Stoker’s book (www.audible.com) Vampire Anthology (www.Pretty-Scary.net) Twilight Reviews (www.cinemaknifefight.com - Click the link for November, Scroll down to the bottom to New Moon) Lilith’s Love (www.outofthecoffin.com, www.Liliths-love.com) This episode’s sponsor: www.flyingwitch.biz...
In this companion episode to Episode 21, Lynda Hilburn reads from Dark Harvest, the second book in her Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series. This reading was recorded June 11, 2009. Lynda Hilburn’s material is copyright Lynda Hilburn. Podcast copyright 2009 Morven Westfield, but licensed under a Creative Commons license. See sidebar...
VWnG021 Interview with Lynda Hilburn
Interview with Lynda Hilburn, author of the Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series which includes The Vampire Shrink and Dark Harvest. In her other reality, she makes her living as a licensed psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, professional psychic/tarot reader, university instructor and workshop presenter. Her first novel, “The Vampire Shrink” — which introduced us to...
VWnG020 News and Announcements
News and announcements about vampires, witches, and geeks. Web links for this episode: Smoke and Mirrors Magic Show - www.theatreofthenight.com ~~~ The Vampire Lestat Fan Club - www.vampirelestatfanclub.com ~~~ I Kissed a Vampire — www.ikissedavampire.com ~~~ Out of the Coffin Podcast - www.outofthecoffin.com ~~~ The Witches’ Almanac - www.thewitchesalmanac.com ~~~ WitchTalk -...
This is a companion to Episode 19, where I interviewed longtime vampire author Margaret Carter. Here she reads from her vampire romance, EMBRACING DARKNESS, which was published in the Silhouette Intimate Moments line. This reading was recorded May 9, 2009....
VWnG019 Interview with Margaret Carter
This episode features an interview with Margaret Carter. Margaret’s first vampire book was published in 1970 and she’s had a rich and prolific career since then, including both fiction and non-fiction. Her works span multiple formats; comprising short stories, novelettes, and novels. Her most-recent work is an erotic paranormal romance...
Witchvox - RSS Feed - News from the Nest 2009
Air Force Pagan Circle Invites God's Judgment, Says Pastor
A new Earth-centered worship area at the Air Force Academy has generated wide attention and discussion over religious freedom and political correctness. While officers say the site for pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers is in congruence with their duty to defend freedom for all Americans, including the freedom to...
Advocates Of Pagan Church Near Bowdon Blame Prejudice For BOC Permit Denial
Appearing at the Carroll County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, a number of residents spoke in favor of a conditional-use permit for a church near Bowdon, claiming the Planning and Zoning Board’s past recommendation of denial stemmed from unconstitutional prejudice. Robert Crowe asked the board to approve a conditional-use permit...
NY Times, AP, And Cable News Reports On Air Force Academy Don't Get The Picture
In recent weeks, there has been a pretty steady stream of articles reporting on the much improved religious climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy, many highlighting the addition to the campus of a permanent outdoor worship area for those who practice Wicca and other Earth-centered religions. Has the religious climate...
More: Slain Woman, Ex Made Wiccan Pact, Cops Say
Prosecutors in Everett, Wash., say a Gold Bar man murdered his former girlfriend last month because she broke a "Wiccan blood oath" to break off a relationship with another man. Eric Christensen, 40, was charged Jan. 29 in Snohomish County Superior Court with first-degree murder in the slaying of 35-year-old...
Used Bookstores Still Tell Fresh Story In The Age Of Kindle
Though products such as Kindle and Nook are slowly replacing books, in Seattle second-hand bookstores are confident they have a secure place in the community. “One of the reasons you go into shops is so that you can get ideas about things you didn’t know about,” says Kris Minta, owner...
Crackdown On Black Magic Sorcerers Intensifies In Sierra Leone
With just the stroke of their witch guns popularly know among Black Magic Sorcerers in Sierra Leone as “Paw Paw” gun, they can destroy lives and inflict untold sufferings on their unsuspecting victims. At the Up-Gun Roundabout in the East End of Freetown, they are seen brandishing their weapons of...
The Wild Hunt
More Vodou Talk and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: As post-earthquake Haiti continues to make the news, mainstream media continues to explore the unique and complex religious atmosphere of the small Caribbean nation. Specifically, the relationship of Haitian Vodou with Catholic and Protestant forms of Christianity, and the growing chorus of voices that have risen up to defend this...
James Arthur Ray Arrested, Charged With Manslaughter
Notorious New Age self-help guru James Arthur Ray, who led a “sweat lodge” ceremony that ended up killing three people, has been arrested and charged with three counts of manslaughter. “The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said Ray was indicted on three counts of manslaughter relating to the deaths of James Shore,...
Desecration at the Air Force Academy and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: Well, that didn’t take long. While many have been pleased with the Air Force Academy’s recent turn towards accommodation for minority faiths in the wake of accusations that an aggressive and pervasive evangelical Christianity was creating a hostile environment for non-Christians, it seems that some aren’t so sanguine regarding recent changes. With national headlines...
The Wiccan “Blood Oath” and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: Newspapers in Washington have been giving a lot of coverage to the death of Sherry Harlan, stabbed to death and then dismembered by her jealous ex-boyfriend Eric James Christensen. While serious crimes often get coverage in local papers, this one is getting special attention for its savagery, and...
Tonight and tomorrow is when most modern Pagans celebrate the fire festival of Imbolc sacred to the goddess Brigid, patroness of poets, healers, and smiths. Today is also the feast day of Saint Brigid of Ireland patron saint of poets, dairymaids, blacksmiths, healers, cattle, fugitives, Irish nuns, midwives, and new-born babies. Brigid: Saint and...
Letter to the Pagan Community from Peter Dybing in Haiti
On Tuesday of this past week I spotlighted the efforts of Peter Dybing, a Pagan and member of COG, who is on the ground in Haiti providing emergency care to those affected by the massive earthquake that has shattered Port-au-Prince and killed tens of thousands. This morning Dybing posted an...
Ana's Waters
Honor Between the Gods and the Folk Goes Both Ways
Let me start by telling you a story from my mother's mother's mother youth, back when she lived in northern Italy. She lived in a farming community, and there hadn't been rain......
Bríd Is Coming, Are You Ready?
No new article this week, as I just returned from a three-day trip to my aunt's house in Maryland to spend time with my grandparents. With the Brídeog coming up next Saturday......
What Do You Mean, It Doesn't Have To Be Lynx-Compatible Any More?
Ah, what a beautiful January day it was here today, it actually got above freezing for a little while in the afternoon, and I think I saw a blue patch between the clouds! Spring......
Wednesday Night's All Right For, Um, Stuff
The three-week gap in the Grove's calendar of events draws to a close this week, and with it come our first Wednesday night meetings in, wow, I'm not even sure. I think our old......
Nothing too exciting to report on this week. Sure, it's a new year and all that, but that's not a particularly pagan holiday in my mind. It's funny, I have to keep reminding......
They're Like Giant Smurfs, Only Nakeder
Grove-wise, it's been a quiet week, but then, the period between the Yule ritual and mid-January always is. With our members' commitments to the other holidays at this time of......
Peacock Dreams
Prose Poem for This DayLook to the sky this fine day and ask yourself, "What is important to me now?"The heart beating in your chest is lugubrious compared to that of the hummingbird, yet they are both beating hearts. You both are breathing. What miracle of connection lies in wait...
The CallingWhen you stand before the fireThere shall be no more weeping.The trees shall whisper and wind shall moan:Your fate is in your hands.What is the path of your choosing?How shall you walk this road?With spine that reaches, earth to skyAnd feet that tread surely.Drink now of the watersThat bring...
Here I am, trying to leave North Carolina (where it is starting to snow) and finally spoke with chaplain Patrick McCollum who tried to leave me a message yesterday. Big news folks: California is siding with religious extremists. We have a chance now to fight this if we choose. Make...
Love is the valley in which you wander. Every day, we choose to set our feet upon the path. Again. Every day we seek that which feeds us and find inside that which we can offer. Every day we have to recommit to our lives, our relationships, our work, and...
Why do you reject that which you must know? Take up the work at hand and do not prevaricate within yourself. You are stronger than you know. Correction. You are stronger than you allow yourself to realize. – LVXHow well do we know ourselves? What are we avoiding?Try as I...
Usually I don't write blogs two days in a row, but sometimes the situation calls for it. I interrupt your current meditation practice for a wee bit of politix:Other than providing fabulous fodder for Stephen Colbert, there's nothing much funny about today's Supreme Court decision. Rather than wade my...
Medusa Coils
The wonderful e-journal Matrifocus has announced that it has stopped publishing. Happily, the archives, from the first issue (Samhain 2001) to the last (Lammas 2009) remain available on matrifocus.com , which also has more info on the journal's history and the decision to stop publishing. To editors Sage and...
Scholarly 'Avatar' Papers Sought
Spurred on by the various reactions to the film Avatar, the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, is seeking proposals for papers for an issue discussing Avatar and nature spirituality. For more info, including how to submit proposal, go here....
A look at some posts of interest from our blogroll and beyond:This just in...Jan. 28, 11:30 pm...The Wild Hunt: In his January 27 post,"Goddess Religion and Misandry?" (which I didn't read until just now) Jason Pitzl-Waters posts an extensive commentary on a new book, Sanctifying Misandry: Goddess Ideology and the...
Availability of Goddess columns ebook--with discount code
All of my "Thealogical Musings" columns that appeared in the print journal The Beltane Papers from 2002 to 2007 have just been published as an e-book, Goddess Spirituality at the Crossroads and other columns, in multiple formats, at smashwords.com/books/view/8990. Among the columns: Goddess as Flow, Naming Ourselves, Do We Create...
New Report of Ancient Egyptian Goddess temple
AP is reporting that Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a temple containing many statues of the goddess Bastet. Thethe article says the temple is "more than 2,000 years old," dating the find to 3rd century BC. Thanks to MSNBC for including it in their news coverage. Here's the link(update 10:10 pm:...
Global Goddess Oracle: Winter Issue
The great variety of fascinating material in the winter issue of Global Goddess Oracle includes:An opening statement by Dawn, "Winter Solstice 2009," thanks those who have helped with the Oracle. She also contributes "Moon Schedule from Winter Solstice to Imbolc" to this issue."A Favorite Solstice Ritual," by Flash Silvermoon involves...