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February 6th. 2005
- The Mouth’d Minority - Jemma Hawtrey
If you are of a certain generation you may remember the wartime adverts exhorting you to ‘Keep Mum’ and reminding you that ‘Careless talk cost lives’…Not really a nice thought, although we were at war at the time. We being ... Posted: February 6th. 2005 Views: 3,960 - [ Full Article ]
- Our Foundations Won't Support Traditional Structures - Pan
The validity of a religion is not measured by the number of campuses it constructs. We haven't needed any of that kind of validation to become the fastest growing religion in the US. In fact, not having church buildings, t ... Posted: February 6th. 2005 Views: 2,413 - [ Full Article ]
January 30th. 2005
- Royal Tara Under Threat - Caroline Kenner [Witchvox Sponsor]
Tara. Its very name evokes the majesty of ancient Pagan Irelan ... Posted: January 30th. 2005 Views: 10,978 - [ Full Article ]
- A Brief History of the Tarot - Istari
I would like to take a brief look at the history of the Tarot Card. This first part looks at the initial creation of the Tarot in the fifteenth century. Let me just say by way of comment that looking at the origins ... Posted: January 30th. 2005 Views: 3,238 - [ Full Article ]
January 23rd. 2005
- Making Fauna Pagans - Isaac Bonewits [Witchvox Sponsor]
Many people in the Neopagan movements use an interesting metaphor (or “clever” putdown) to describe people who are newer to Wicca and Paganism than they are, or who seem to have more sensitive ethical constraints on their magical ... Posted: January 23rd. 2005 Views: 20,209 - [ Full Article ]
- Work From the Inside First! - Lori Dake [Witchvox Sponsor]
Since so many people have submitted essays on Paganism in the public eye, I thought I would add my fifty cents worth. Take it for what you will, and spend it how you wish, but I feel there’s something no one has really pointed out ... Posted: January 23rd. 2005 Views: 7,209 - [ Full Article ]
- A Structure Uniquely Ours - Aidan Odinson
Some form of structure is inevitable if we grow. We might not like that fact, but neither did some early members of other of current well-structured institutions. The danger is that if no alternatives are found, what we have now m ... Posted: January 23rd. 2005 Views: 6,522 - [ Full Article ]
- On the Need for Pagan Structures - Jemma Hawtrey
Dateline: 12th February 1964Location: Shipboard en route to LebanonAn unassuming English Gentleman dies at breakfast. Not really a piece of world news, until you realise that this man was Gerald Gardner, the fat ... Posted: January 23rd. 2005 Views: 5,784 - [ Full Article ]
- From Pagan Infrastructure to Structures: Making the Leap - Reverend Karla S. Douglass-Sinclair [Witchvox Sponsor]
“Pagan unity must come about in the political forum if we are going to be able to continue to enjoy what limited ability we currently have to follow our paths.”Beige AllenFounder, World W ... Posted: January 23rd. 2005 Views: 5,378 - [ Full Article ]
January 16th. 2005
- It Never Rains, But It Sometimes Waves… - Jemma Hawtrey
Happy Muggle New Year, Boy, do I hope 2005 will be a better year! My partners grandmother died the Thursday before the dreaded Xmas, my job is boring and miles away (70 each way to be exact) and I need to sell my car befor ... Posted: January 16th. 2005 Views: 5,276 - [ Full Article ]
January 9th. 2005
- My Big Fat (Pagan) Wedding: How to Have Your Pagan Ritual Without Offending Your Non-Pagan Guests - Michael Dolan
Your handfasting is one of the most important events of your life, and you have every right to have the kind of ceremony that you want to remember twenty years from now. The sometimes-hard reality is, however, that while we would ... Posted: January 9th. 2005 Views: 15,054 - [ Full Article ]
- Adopt an Elder! - Isaac Bonewits [Witchvox Sponsor]
January and February are the worst months for Pagan elders. The weather is cold, there are few (if any) festivals to pay them for teaching, authors' royalty checks from the Yule shopping season don't arrive until March or April, a ... Posted: January 9th. 2005 Views: 14,527 - [ Full Article ]
January 2nd. 2005
- Email From Gaia - Tree Higgins
Suppose everyone in the world, including heads of state and corporate suit types, woke up this morning and found an email from Earth sitting in their Inbox. What would it say? Maybe it would read like this: To: All ... Posted: January 2nd. 2005 Views: 7,067 - [ Full Article ]
- Pagan Clergy - Who Qualifies? - Jon "Athrawon" Edens [Witchvox Sponsor]
Exactly who is clergy? And what does it take to be a member of the Pagan clergy? These two questions have been raised over the years and heatedly debated since they first came to people's minds.Let’s begin by first definin ... Posted: January 2nd. 2005 Views: 5,916 - [ Full Article ]
- Corporations as Modern Vampiric Godforms - Andrieh Vitimus
In America, being an individual is thought to be extremely important, but what is individualism? Individualism is defined by Webster's as "the conception that all values, rights, and duties originate in individuals." Each p ... Posted: January 2nd. 2005 Views: 4,698 - [ Full Article ]
December 20th. 2004
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 The Christians and the Pagans - Sia@FullCircle [Witchvox Sponsor]
"The food was great, the tree plugged in, the meal had gone without a hitchTill Timmy turned to Amber and said, "Is it true that you're a Witch?"I was raised as an Evangelical Christian. Our family wen ... Posted: December 20th. 2004 Views: 14,587 - [ Full Article ]
December 5th. 2004
- Southern Hemisphere Magick - Frances [Witchvox Sponsor]
Despite what appears to be a wealth of information available on neo-Pagan traditions, one section of the community seems to be grossly under-represented and that is those of us who reside in the Southern Hemisphere - Australia, Ne ... Posted: December 5th. 2004 Views: 8,097 - [ Full Article ]
- Behaviour and Ethics for Pagan Healers - Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone [Witchvox Sponsor]
When I wrote The Healing Craft (see Book profile below) in co-operation with Janet and Stewart Farrar in 1999, it was because all three of us felt that th ... Posted: December 5th. 2004 Views: 5,647 - [ Full Article ]
November 26th. 2004
- Priesthood Is A State Of Being - Aidan Odinson
Priesthood is a state of being. That point must be understood before there can be any discussion concerning priesthood, clergy status, or who qualifies. Priesthood is not a job, a title, or something one earns as the result of a c ... Posted: November 26th. 2004 Views: 3,771 - [ Full Article ]
November 20th. 2004
- What's Past, Is Prologue: Post Election Thoughts From a Maven - Sia@FullCircle [Witchvox Sponsor]
Whatever your feelings about this last U.S. election, the fact remains that there is still a great deal of work to be done by anyone who cares about justice, liberty, and Mamma Gaia. So take a bit of rest, take stock, and then dec ... Posted: November 20th. 2004 Views: 9,238 - [ Full Article ]
- The Needfire: One Group's Journey For Change - Oracle DancingGoat/ Shelly O'Brien
When my Clergy partner and I heard about the Needfire we knew that we were in, that we needed to do this ritual. We worked the Needfire Ritual into our Full Moon schedule. We had already scheduled the Full Moon Ritual for 10:30 PM ... Posted: November 20th. 2004 Views: 3,911 - [ Full Article ]
November 14th. 2004
- Fighting the Good Fight: - Rev. Heidi Gleber
Another day, another "to do" list as long as my arm. In amongst our day-to-day duties - Shelly cares for her two-year-old twins, attends her first grade daughter's school play; I take my nineteen-year-old daughter to her volunteer ... Posted: November 14th. 2004 Views: 5,390 - [ Full Article ]
November 6th. 2004
- Grey Magic: Back to the Broom Closet? - RuneWolf [Witchvox Sponsor]
The elections are over, and it would seem that many Pagans feel that we are now on the verge of a new Dark Age, if not a wholesale return to the Burning Times. Many would have us believe that, in four short years, we will see the ... Posted: November 6th. 2004 Views: 10,054 - [ Full Article ]
- A Coven Commitment - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
Ravensgrove Coven has received many questions requesting information and advice on how someone could get a Coven started. We hope that this might be of some help to you and that you are blessed in your endeavors. Whenever there is ... Posted: November 6th. 2004 Views: 4,951 - [ Full Article ]
October 17th. 2004
- Just Us - Sia@FullCircle [Witchvox Sponsor]
In April of 2003, I wrote an article for the Witches' Voice which appeared soon after the U.S. declared war in the Middle East. The article is titled "The Elephant in Our Circles: Pagans Tolerance and the War in Iraq" [ ... Posted: October 17th. 2004 Views: 6,820 - [ Full Article ]
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