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March 31st. 2013

- What is the Magickal Self? - Robin Fennelly [Witchvox Sponsor]
 The building of the magickal personality brings us to something else; each one of us has the actor within him or her. As Shakespeare put it, so beautifully and poetically:All the world's a stageAnd all the men and w ... Posted: March 31st. 2013 Views: 1,481 - [ Full Article ]
 - Ethics and Numerology - An Enchanted Spirit
 When people start doing numerology, and even later after years of use, they like to look at the numbers of people, place, things, etc. However, people seem to be the big focus for most Numerology students and this can lead to a bi ... Posted: March 31st. 2013 Views: 742 - [ Full Article ]

March 24th. 2013

- Keystones of the Sacred Land - Alison Leigh Lilly
 In modern Paganism, rituals are an opportunity to connect with our spiritual community. We come together in a shared sacred space to speak with the gods, perform magic or even just spend time in meditation. Even when we can't gath ... Posted: March 24th. 2013 Views: 1,176 - [ Full Article ]

March 17th. 2013

- Why Some Pagans and Witches Still Hide - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
 As a child, I was extremely lucky to be raised my Great Grandmother. She was a well known Witch and healer in the Ozarks. Her history and roots blended from her Native American family to her Cajun traditions, French history and ve ... Posted: March 17th. 2013 Views: 3,007 - [ Full Article ]
 - Witch Heritage 101: What Happens When Witch Haters Joke about anti-Witch Films - Treasach [Witchvox Sponsor]
 I've gone into some of the pathology on anti-witch bigotry and Blood Libel before, but clearly, there needs to be more said. With movies still being produced that encourage our 'hunting', a gleeful totally non-hateful friend poste ... Posted: March 17th. 2013 Views: 2,112 - [ Full Article ]
 - I'm Not a Broom. So What's with the Closet? - Aoibhin [Witchvox Sponsor]
 When I say "Witch" let’s be honest… what's the first image that comes to mind? For most, it's that old green hag with the wart on her nose, right? When people find out I'm a Witch the first thing I get asked is if I ride a broom. ... Posted: March 17th. 2013 Views: 1,705 - [ Full Article ]

March 10th. 2013

- Top Ten Stupid Things I Did as a New Pagan: Part 3 - The Redneck Pagan
 And finally the cream of the crop of the stupid things I did that make me shudder to this day:4. Bonfire on the Hill: This was yet another one of my Year-and-a-Day flubs. I think I really understand why many witches insist ... Posted: March 10th. 2013 Views: 3,002 - [ Full Article ]
 - Hunting for the Real Witch in Film - BellaDonna Saberhagen
 So, I have heard much complaining from the Witchy community regarding Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Most of this complaining seems to be in regard to Hollywood making the witches evil, all female, glorifying their slaug ... Posted: March 10th. 2013 Views: 2,266 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Collective Shadow - Diane Awenydd-Evans
 In a discussion of the “shadow” at a recent conference of people who would generally fit into the population that this resource serves, the subject of the shadows of society was brought up. One person invoked Hitler and another Ab ... Posted: March 10th. 2013 Views: 1,267 - [ Full Article ]
 - Lies - The Opposite of Truth - An Enchanted Spirit
 Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who is entitled to know the truth and doing so with the intent to deceive or to injure them or another person. A lie need not always be verbal. It can also be expressed i ... Posted: March 10th. 2013 Views: 1,087 - [ Full Article ]

March 3rd. 2013

- Grounding and Releasing Negative Energy - Mother Phoenix
 There are many ways to ground yourself, and it is one of the simplest and most important practices to get yourself into when performing Magick or dealing with your day-to-day life. Grounding yourself is very important. The act of ... Posted: March 3rd. 2013 Views: 5,089 - [ Full Article ]
 - A Patchwork of Magick - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
 Magick comes into a child’s world likes fairies playing in the morning sunlight. There was no need to ask if the sparkle dancing above the flowers is just a glint of a fairy wings caught by the morning dew. You knew it was. ... Posted: March 3rd. 2013 Views: 2,581 - [ Full Article ]

February 24th. 2013

- Top Ten Stupid Mistakes I Made as a New Pagan (Part Two) - The Redneck Pagan
 Let’s jump right into the stupidity… shall we?7. Staying in my first group: This one I really cringe over because this happened less than a year ago. I include it as part of my new pagan list since it was the first group I ... Posted: February 24th. 2013 Views: 3,936 - [ Full Article ]

February 17th. 2013

- Top Ten Stupid Mistakes I made as a New Pagan... Part One - The Redneck Pagan
 So I am embarking on a whole new challenge this time around… everyone seems to love a nice, easy list of things. So I am going to periodically create my own top ten lists. To get the ball rolling I began to think of some things th ... Posted: February 17th. 2013 Views: 4,147 - [ Full Article ]
 - Gardening with Crystal Energies - Bear Stormcrowe
 The concept of utilizing energies in everything we do is a widely known, accepted, and practiced idea. The usage of crystals in practice is also a widely accepted idea, utilizing the energy of certain crystals to amplify a particu ... Posted: February 17th. 2013 Views: 1,617 - [ Full Article ]
 - A Call from the Ancestors - Rev.Roman Delgado
 As I sit before my altar, I’ve had a memory, a vague knowing of something past calling me to return to myself. As if the echoes of those gone before call me into a path walked by many in Aeons past. A feeling as if what I have los ... Posted: February 17th. 2013 Views: 1,334 - [ Full Article ]
 - Moon Musings, Planetary Preponderances and Black Water Snakes - Mary Anna Abuzahra [Witchvox Sponsor]
 This month’s New Moon is the beginning of the 2013 Lunar Year in the Chinese system.This year’s animal symbol is the Water Snake, emphasizing wisdom, empathy and peacemaking.The Albatross and The Sea Snakes ... Posted: February 17th. 2013 Views: 1,268 - [ Full Article ]

February 10th. 2013

- We Are the Weirdos, Mister: A Completely Uncool Story of Origin - Deborah Castellano
 April, my bestie since about sixteen, thanklessly spent her autumn season this year trying to drag me out of my doldrums of apathy and overwork by making me do cool sh*t on our weekly Wednesday get together. We carved pumpkins and ... Posted: February 10th. 2013 Views: 2,564 - [ Full Article ]

February 3rd. 2013

- "I'll Grind Your Bones to Make my Bread": Pagans and Animal Husbandry - Sorbus
 Pagan ethics in relation to the animal world is a difficult topic to talk and write about. The diversity of our pantheons of Gods as role models, the cultural effects of generations of Disney cinema, and issues like feminism…all h ... Posted: February 3rd. 2013 Views: 1,881 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Role of Contemporary Culture in Magic - Taylor Ellwood
 Since I first started practicing magic in the early 90's, I've always been fascinated by the idea of applying contemporary culture to magical practices. That fascination has resulted in a couple of books such as Pop Culture Mag ... Posted: February 3rd. 2013 Views: 1,603 - [ Full Article ]
 - A Pagan Response to Endangered Earth - Radko Vacek
 Complexity may be genius expressed, but simplicity is genius at its best. The best of genius is expressing some idea so elementary that a receptive ten-year-old could understand it, but that everyone else overlooks. Some ... Posted: February 3rd. 2013 Views: 1,198 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Great Mother's Gift, Heinlein, and the Nature of Squirrels - Wog
 I am beginning to understand the Great Mother’s gift, via Robert Heinlein, and the nature of squirrels.Waiting is - it was many years ago that I first read that phrase; I thought it cool, though I had no real understanding ... Posted: February 3rd. 2013 Views: 1,143 - [ Full Article ]
 - 13 Keys: The Glory of Hod - Robin Fennelly [Witchvox Sponsor]
 The focus of these articles is not the Paths of the Tree, but some explanation of their energetic state and connective function from sphere to sphere is necessary. The 22 Paths that connect the Sephiroth act as conduits/ filters a ... Posted: February 3rd. 2013 Views: 1,116 - [ Full Article ]

January 27th. 2013

- Why We Do Need Wicca - Sage Runepaw
 Wicca is one of the more flexible religions I've ever seen. As I've written before, it branches out and grows deeper as we continue its practice. A big part of that practice is ‘self’ and ‘community’ and how these concepts relate ... Posted: January 27th. 2013 Views: 2,175 - [ Full Article ]
 - The Cosmos In the Coffee Shop - Loetree
 I had been sequestered in my house, reading, writing, reading, taking care of kids, reading, painting, reading, etc. Today, my wife was off from work and she was entertaining the kids so I decided to take advantage and go for a wa ... Posted: January 27th. 2013 Views: 1,506 - [ Full Article ]

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