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September 9th. 2012

- Mysticism's Effect Upon The World - Stewart Bitkoff
 Q: Is the completed person, one who has achieved God Consciousness, a God? This is what some traditions claim. Can you clarify this point?Since I have heard of the world of Love, I’ve spent my life, my heartAnd my ... Posted: September 9th. 2012 Views: 758 - [ Full Article ]

September 2nd. 2012

- Wicca and Respect - Witcher
 Wicca. The word conjures (pun intended) an image of a young girl, probably dressed in black, almost assuredly Caucasian, wearing a large ostentatious pentacle in silver and draped in a cloak of dime store velveteen while surfing p ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 2,286 - [ Full Article ]
 - How I Came Out of the Broom Closet - Luna
 I’ve been reading a couple of the Teen Pagan essays here on the Witches Voice lately. As I write this, Cicada has just recently had her article Being a Teenage Pagan published on the home page, and faery wing’s essay, Te ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 2,102 - [ Full Article ]
 - Cronehood: Aging Gracefully Or Just Aging? - Rev. etain.butterfly
 I am enjoying my Cronehood journey and wish I could say the same for many of our aging population. What I am observing and I must say it is a concern to me…why do people of age want to home in on talking about their illness (s) an ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 1,902 - [ Full Article ]
 - Take off the Blinders - windsinger
 There are many articles on the topic of what Christians think of the Wiccan/Pagan/Heathen way of life from the Pagan’s POV and most of what I have seen is negative. I, for one, am here to try to open some minds and hearts in accep ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 1,799 - [ Full Article ]
 - In the Arms of a Goddess.. - Aoibhin [Witchvox Sponsor]
 "I will love you, even then." At the young age of seven, those words where comfort from my Grandmother. Now at the age of thirty, they have become my strength during hard times. You see, as a child, Nanny's house was full of myste ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 1,663 - [ Full Article ]
 - An English Witch in Syria - Aaliyah
 Back in 2009, I moved to Damascus, Syria in the Middle East. I moved there for work reasons. I was an English teacher. I am originally from London, England, but I have always had an obsession with Arabic culture, even attending Ar ... Posted: September 2nd. 2012 Views: 903 - [ Full Article ]

August 26th. 2012

- Beyond the Magick - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
 The air was hot and still. Nothing was moving and I believe it would have been completely silent except for the katydids calling from the weeping willow tree in my Great Grandmother’s yard. Normally, I loved summer. I would run an ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 2,999 - [ Full Article ]
 - Spell Ingredients: Add a Large Dose of Reality - Solonius
 The first ingredient for any spell: A large dose of reality…. I mean, really, what do you expect? If all spells worked, wouldn’t humanity universally believe in witchcraft and magic and use it wholeheartedly? And to that extent wo ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 2,892 - [ Full Article ]
 - Tarot For Newbs - Greenhammer
 The origin of the Tarot goes back thousands of years, and tarot may have its origins in Egyptian history, or maybe, even the cave painters, the mammoth hunters, who began drawing its earliest symbology. I have found a way to help ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 2,031 - [ Full Article ]
 - Can Gods Die? - Sterling Wilheim
 Can Gods die? This is a question that has been bothering me for some time. Of course, we believe that our deities are infallible. But if one truly follows the beliefs of the pantheon (s) that one has chosen deities from, chances a ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 1,760 - [ Full Article ]
 - Magick is...? - Darksky
 Magick. We are all here to do magick. Call it what you will… spells, circle, ritual… it’s all magick. It’s all the same… high magic, low magic, candle, poppet, herb, and so on and so forth. Magick. In a nutshell: Magick is the abi ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 1,591 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Complexities of Tarot - University Witch
 ~"The Magician card affirms that my alter ego today is the Imagineer or Director, whose superpower is a state-of-the-art design force. By bringing free will and intention together with natural principles, the creative process is t ... Posted: August 26th. 2012 Views: 1,468 - [ Full Article ]

August 19th. 2012

- Hecate, Goddess of Change - Alice
 I do not expect anyone to take me at my word. Indeed, I would be disappointed if any follower of Hecate did so. No, do not believe me; ask her yourself and take whatever truth you wish from my words. Real, dynamic spirituality ... Posted: August 19th. 2012 Views: 3,599 - [ Full Article ]
 - Living Life With Intention - Aoibhin [Witchvox Sponsor]
 I have always been a very out spoken person, and never had a reason or want to change that and as my parents would put it the rebel. That is until one thing, a simple object set a fire to my soul and pushed meaning into my life. Y ... Posted: August 19th. 2012 Views: 1,856 - [ Full Article ]
 - Snakes and Stones May Make My Bones - Bran Cinnaedh
 Medusa is the patron goddess of my coven. Most people (and I’m not even just talking Witches here) would see this as a curious, if not dangerous choice. After all, isn’t she a monster? With, you know, snakes for hair and the abili ... Posted: August 19th. 2012 Views: 1,644 - [ Full Article ]
 - Animals, Nature, and the Craft - Flame warped mind
 I love animals -- not all of them mind you, little bugs, spiders, bees, and rodents still freak me -- but I respect each for what they are. Respect. It’s a big part of being Pagan. Ants and spiders are just as important as cows an ... Posted: August 19th. 2012 Views: 1,412 - [ Full Article ]

August 12th. 2012

- The Wiccan/Pagan Community Grows Up - Dr. Possum
 I am writing this long overdue complimentary essay about the joy I have had over the last hand full of years while watching our eastern, N.C. magickal community truly come together. Since 2003, the Eternal Harvest Church of Wicca ... Posted: August 12th. 2012 Views: 1,587 - [ Full Article ]
 - Personal Thoughts on Sacred Landscape, Character and ‘Seeing As’ - Rhys Chisnall
 Unlike with Druids, places such as Stonehenge, Carnac, Avebury and Glastonbury do not have any particular significance to Initiatory Craft, though this is not to say that they don’t have significance to individual Witches. That be ... Posted: August 12th. 2012 Views: 1,471 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Tir Tairngire Foundation - Draft Proposal - LoreCaster
 Worship comes in many forms. Some pagans practice ritual, teach classes, offer divination performances or simply live a good life. I prefer to give something back to our wonderful world Whom has given us so very much. To this end, ... Posted: August 12th. 2012 Views: 1,327 - [ Full Article ]
 - Tribalism and Shared Resources: A Sinnsreachd Perspective - Dáire
 There are of course countless differences between the deoraithe and us. One difference in particular keeps most others in place while we continue to build on our own strength: shared resources. A typical deorad family works like t ... Posted: August 12th. 2012 Views: 1,178 - [ Full Article ]

August 5th. 2012

- The Quantum Goddess - Janice Van Cleve
 Neils Bohr and J.R.R. Tolkien may never have met each other in person but they certainly breathed the same air. Bohr (1885 – 1962) , the father of quantum theory, was born in Denmark but did his postgraduate work in physics at Man ... Posted: August 5th. 2012 Views: 4,223 - [ Full Article ]
 - August Magick: The Fairy Moon - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
 Even as a child I was drawn to the night. I loved that time when the world seemed to disappear into a mystic reality hidden from most. I lay there in my bed curled within the many handmade blankets and quilts my Great Grandmother ... Posted: August 5th. 2012 Views: 3,068 - [ Full Article ]
 - Witches Do It In A Magical Circle - Rhys Chisnall
 Sacred space is a space that is ‘experienced or seen as’ sacred but remember, this need not mean it has any extra unseen property. In many religions, it is a permanent structure such as a church, a mosque, a druid’s grove or a tem ... Posted: August 5th. 2012 Views: 2,176 - [ Full Article ]
 - Creating Magic With Candles - Kael
 If you’ve ever made a wish and blown out a candle on your birthday cake, you’ve participated in a very ancient form of candle magic. The tradition of placing candles on birthday cake began long ago. Early Greek citizens used to pl ... Posted: August 5th. 2012 Views: 2,163 - [ Full Article ]

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