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April 8th. 2007
- Is There Such a Thing as a “Fair Weather” Pagan? - Trey Justice [Witchvox Sponsor]
Is there such a thing as an indoor or “fair weather” pagan?Two pagans and I were leaving Roan Mountain, TN around noon on 27 Dec 2006. There had been a witches’ meet-up in nearby Johnson City, TN the night before and the i ... Posted: April 8th. 2007 Views: 3,006 - [ Full Article ]
- The Power of Words - Kestryl Angell
Recently, it is all over the news where celebrities are being “caught with their pants down” over racial slurs, backbiting remarks against each other, tearing at the fabric of the illusion of the “Peaceful American Community” that ... Posted: April 8th. 2007 Views: 2,979 - [ Full Article ]
- Faeries! - Sleeping Moon
Faeries.... the word itself conjures images of little people with lovely iridescent wings. (Although not all faeries are beautiful.) No matter how you spell the word, faerie, faery, fairy, fairie, fairye, phaery, pharie, fairfolk, ... Posted: April 8th. 2007 Views: 2,835 - [ Full Article ]
- How Music Shapes Paganism - True Pagan Warrior
I am proud to be a Pagan. It thrills me to hear the call of the Earth; I rejoice at being in the green woods of the Mother, of raising my voice with others who believe as I do. All things of the natural world are precious to me, a ... Posted: April 8th. 2007 Views: 2,547 - [ Full Article ]
April 1st. 2007
- Acceptance: Not Just Tolerance - Aliana Soulfire
I have been a witch (in-progress, really) for six years. My parents were “Christians” or like to think they were, at any rate. But at just barely sixteen I found something new, something that called to my soul. And that was pagani ... Posted: April 1st. 2007 Views: 3,841 - [ Full Article ]
March 25th. 2007
- Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Dysfunctional Families and Group Energy - Sia@FullCircle [Witchvox Sponsor]
While working on a series of articles from 2003-05 (including Dysfunctional Behavior and the Pagan Scene and Healthy Pagan Groups and Individuals), I took inspiration from an essay on the fallout felt by many, well meaning groups ... Posted: March 25th. 2007 Views: 4,893 - [ Full Article ]
- Hard Poly/Soft Poly - A Pagan Division - Crowshadower
Whenever you type ‘Pagan’ into a search engine, you are running a fairly hit and miss chance of finding a site that will have what you are looking for. The majority of them will be Wiccan and aimed at an audience just setting out ... Posted: March 25th. 2007 Views: 4,495 - [ Full Article ]
- Wiccan Deity- Who, What, and How - Chris K Underwood
There is an issue that I see as a problem in the Wiccan community and that is how to balance the desire to allow Wiccans to form their own beliefs about issues without becoming the "anything goes" religion for which we have gained ... Posted: March 25th. 2007 Views: 2,595 - [ Full Article ]
March 18th. 2007
- Magick: Black or White - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
Recently, during a class on magick someone asked me what I consider the differences between black and white magick are. I could see the look of surprise in their eyes when I answered: None.Somehow this wonderful gift has b ... Posted: March 18th. 2007 Views: 3,447 - [ Full Article ]
- One Voice United - Lady Fenix
Wiccan, Pagan, Heathen, Celtic, Shaman, Druid, Witch, etc. The list can go on and on to include different paths within each chosen label. The thing that gives me concern is that we in the community spend so much time defining ours ... Posted: March 18th. 2007 Views: 1,913 - [ Full Article ]
March 11th. 2007
- 5 Basic Ways to Support Your Pagan Community - Pax
Over the last 7 years or so, I have been involved in community building work in my local Pagan community -- first in my hometown of Anchorage, Alaska and now as I’m just starting to get involved in my new home of Orlando, FL. It s ... Posted: March 11th. 2007 Views: 3,991 - [ Full Article ]
- ...and the Beat Goes On. - Mama Fortuna
“If she doesn’t have a job by the end of the week, she’s screwed.”A friend in need is a friend indeed, and there’s no sense in being friends with witches if they can’t help sling the odds in your favor.“I’m on it, ... Posted: March 11th. 2007 Views: 3,616 - [ Full Article ]
- What's Behind a Symbol? - Crowshadower
There has been quite a furor of late over the right for Pagan soldiers to be buried with the symbol of their faith to mark their graves, a cause which all free minded individuals should support, and which has led me to wonder abou ... Posted: March 11th. 2007 Views: 2,194 - [ Full Article ]
- The Evolution of My Sacred Symbol - Lady Rain StarDragon (Teresa Garcia)
All around us are symbols, and all are sacred when viewed with Sacred Mind, the state that we enter into when we meditate, or pray, smile at a new baby, or gaze in awe as the sky is painted with crimson and gold as Amaterasu leave ... Posted: March 11th. 2007 Views: 1,793 - [ Full Article ]
March 4th. 2007
- Warlocks - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
Each year with the changing of seasons, many are beginning to seek out that something inside themselves they do not quite understand. The winds seem to set in motion a stirring that moves from the air into our very spirits, first ... Posted: March 4th. 2007 Views: 4,931 - [ Full Article ]
- The Seven Principles of Magick - Tara "Masery" Miller
The Principle of AttractionEverything we think, say, and do involves the exchange of magickal energy, and likewise, everything that we experience or observe has an affect on us on a magickal level – often completely ... Posted: March 4th. 2007 Views: 4,619 - [ Full Article ]
- Candle Magic for Today's Lifestyle - Kalam
I have been making candles for the pagan and metaphysical communities for over ten years. In that time, I have had to learn to develop my candles so they can be easily used in the hectic lifestyle that came with the 20th century a ... Posted: March 4th. 2007 Views: 3,583 - [ Full Article ]
- Spells and Circles - Chris K Underwood
The question was: Do you need to cast a circle to do a spell?The short answer is no, you do not need to cast a circle to do a spell and many do not.I do not do many spells since I tend to save the magical workings ... Posted: March 4th. 2007 Views: 3,138 - [ Full Article ]
- Ritual in the Modern World - Wyrdwind [Witchvox Sponsor]
As someone who has a lifelong experience of ritual practice, I have seen that people feel disconnected from participating in any sort of rites beyond the most mundane. People have no expectation of receiving meaning from the perfo ... Posted: March 4th. 2007 Views: 2,591 - [ Full Article ]
February 25th. 2007
- Pagans and Jesus - Chris K Underwood
I have seen numerous times an article floating around on the web proposing the theory that if Jesus were alive today, he would be a Witch. Other articles abound proclaiming that Jesus was a Witch or listing his "Witchy" attributes ... Posted: February 25th. 2007 Views: 3,843 - [ Full Article ]
- Spiritual Power - Mydnyht
Compassion and power. Simple words that can be defined in many ways. Compassion is love. Compassion is the desire to help others. It is that strong desire to be able to relate, even if you can’t. It is sympathy and sometim ... Posted: February 25th. 2007 Views: 2,307 - [ Full Article ]
- Religious Tolerance = World Peace - Dessa Blackthorn [Witchvox Sponsor]
I was reading an article about a young man who had converted to Islam and was readying himself for the Ramadan holiday. He talked about his former Christian life and how he felt compelled to convert to another religion, how he stu ... Posted: February 25th. 2007 Views: 2,141 - [ Full Article ]
February 18th. 2007
- A New Understanding - Gralyn
Yesterday I went to a site I have recently become involved with and nosed around for a while. Of course what interested me most were the courses of study they offered: Wicca, Druidism, Master Religions, etc. Ordained as a ... Posted: February 18th. 2007 Views: 3,378 - [ Full Article ]
- Hail! Is Anybody Out There? - Ione M. Karnes
Where are the Pagans?I find being a Witch is like living in two worlds: There is the Pagan World and the Christian World. As Pagans, we only come out of the wood work long enough to fight the Christians for something like ... Posted: February 18th. 2007 Views: 2,953 - [ Full Article ]
- Questioning Living Gods and Goddesses - Lady Rain StarDragon (Teresa Garcia)
The worship of a deity is a personal thing. How much more personal does that become if the chosen deity is a living breathing entity? What happens when one's vision of the Holy has a house, sits typing on a manuscript just ... Posted: February 18th. 2007 Views: 2,048 - [ Full Article ]
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