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April 15th. 2012
- I Walk My Own Path - Melody BlueMoon
When I was younger, I never really felt a connection to my parents' Christian God. I liked to hear the beautiful stories, but I just never felt like any of it was real for me.As I grew up, I became almost irritated with my ... Posted: April 15th. 2012 Views: 2,353 - [ Full Article ]
- In Support of a Pagan Laity - Lady Caer
“Clergy” is a loaded term for any faith, but it becomes especially problematic when coming at it from a Pagan perspective.Definitions vary, but for me the difference between “layperson” and “clergy” is fairly basic. Most p ... Posted: April 15th. 2012 Views: 1,981 - [ Full Article ]
April 8th. 2012
- Epona's Call - Kris Hughes
A couple of years ago, my beloved friend, a mare called Iona, ran over me as I opened a gate, and broke my arm. The injury healed and our friendship is still strong - but the broken arm forced me into a position of taking more tim ... Posted: April 8th. 2012 Views: 2,221 - [ Full Article ]
- Circle Stones - Crimson
I never realized the importance of rocks and crystals when I started on my path. Not really. I collected them for all sorts of reasons: they where pretty, or full of energy. Then as the years progressed, in my studies of the stone ... Posted: April 8th. 2012 Views: 2,209 - [ Full Article ]
- A Shaman's View on the Soul - Hecates Moon0013
To begin, I write these words through my own personal experiences as a Shaman. Every Shaman is different just as each religion is different. It is my hope that you, the reader, enjoy the article, and perhaps get something out of i ... Posted: April 8th. 2012 Views: 2,019 - [ Full Article ]
- Wicca and Paganism Beyond the Stars - Luna
A quick disclaimer about this next essay: this is pure speculation on my part. I have no idea what the future may hold for our planet or humanity, as we know it. In fact, much of what inspired me to write this was much of the scie ... Posted: April 8th. 2012 Views: 1,973 - [ Full Article ]
April 1st. 2012
- Why Pagan Shops Fail and How Some Succeed - Pennanti
There’ve been a few online calls in recent months about Pagan store closings, bemoaning the lack of community support and placing the blame for failed shops firmly on the shoulders of the local community. These are fairly common a ... Posted: April 1st. 2012 Views: 4,979 - [ Full Article ]
- Magical Signs - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
Magical signs are geometrical designs, designed to represent the mysteries of deity and creation, and thus are of special interest to those who have an interest in the mystical arts and similar disciplines. The primary sig ... Posted: April 1st. 2012 Views: 2,574 - [ Full Article ]
- A Metaphysical Shop, You Say... Again? - Michael Wolfheart
It's amazing how life moves in circles isn't it? When I was 17, I wrote a lament on this very website entitled “Metaphysical Shop? What's That?”* Now, I'm 21 and writing a very similar article.This time, I'll open with the ... Posted: April 1st. 2012 Views: 2,557 - [ Full Article ]
- Finding Resources - Lacran
Like many people, I found paganism a little later in life. A friend who wanted to show me it wasn’t all about cursing people and creating fear introduced me to it. Like many of the young, I’m very good with computers and turned to ... Posted: April 1st. 2012 Views: 2,028 - [ Full Article ]
March 25th. 2012
- The Chaplain, The Witch, and the Warden: Pagan Prison Ministry - Arianthe [Witchvox Sponsor]
We all have our own prisons [that] we build. We accept perceived obstacles, limitations [in] what we can and cannot do. These become our walls. -Rev. Jerrie HildebrandLike many other Pagans I consider mysel ... Posted: March 25th. 2012 Views: 2,419 - [ Full Article ]
- From Faith to Indifference and to Faith Again - Sheaden
I’ve read more articles here on WitchVox than I can remember, slinking quietly through cyberspace and admiring those with enough courage to speak to the world. Now it is time to take my place amongst them, and tell my convoluted s ... Posted: March 25th. 2012 Views: 2,247 - [ Full Article ]
March 18th. 2012
- Growing Up Wyrrd - Liofrun
Most of us have at one point or another heard a story from a fellow Pagan about growing up in a Christian family, being disillusioned with the religion they were assigned to and later converting. These stories are one of the more ... Posted: March 18th. 2012 Views: 3,161 - [ Full Article ]
- My Academic and Personal Search for Forgiveness - Fire Lyte
When you were young and magic was new, you were taught how to do spells and rites from your parents. Yes. You were. Despite religious affiliation or moral apprehension at the notion of doing magic, you were taught how to perform s ... Posted: March 18th. 2012 Views: 2,147 - [ Full Article ]
- Just A Little Bit Different - Whisp
My beliefs and my experiences work a little bit differently than many of my peers, and often I am asked about the mechanics of my spirituality. What makes being a Witch different from being something else? What exactly is it that ... Posted: March 18th. 2012 Views: 2,134 - [ Full Article ]
- What If Oedipus Was a Heathen? - Ehsha Apple
We all know that the Oedipus story is Greek. But if Oedipus is a universal story, there are universal values. If Oedipus were a Heathen, what would the story be like?Unlike Freud’s assertion that Sophocles’ Oedip ... Posted: March 18th. 2012 Views: 1,937 - [ Full Article ]
- The Butterfly - Marantha Jenelle
Once upon a time, long ago, there was a very special girl child born to a young couple in a land far away. Although very poor in terms of worldly wealth, they were rich in their love for each other and for the Lord and Lady. ... Posted: March 18th. 2012 Views: 1,715 - [ Full Article ]
March 11th. 2012
- A Modern Perspective On Traditional Witchcraft - Baudrons
One thing I’ve noticed in the pagan community over the past few years is the increase of people identifying themselves as “traditional witches”. Most of the time, they fail to claim membership in any specific tradition but are qui ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 3,773 - [ Full Article ]
- Becoming Wiccan - Aigéan
To some, this journey may be easier than to others. For myself in particular, it is proving to be very difficult. Growing up in a solely Baptist family and growing less and less interested in Christianity isn't easy. I can't quite ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 2,637 - [ Full Article ]
- Pagan and Agnostic: The Tale of the Doubting Witch - Jeffery Johnson
I’ve lived just over three decades on this planet, which I realize isn’t long. However, I’ve lived long enough to know that time changes people. It can change our personalities, our way of looking at the world, our beliefs on any ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 2,598 - [ Full Article ]
- I'm A Witch Too - Rev. Julio A Baez
Greetings to all. This is my first essay here or anywhere online when I think about it. I've had an account on Witchvox for 9 years and have a personal and clergy profiles, plus 2 group profiles, and have listed classes and public ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 2,468 - [ Full Article ]
- A Decade of Paganism - SylvanFox
When I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I had a children’s Bible that I must have read a hundred times. I quickly noticed that it didn't have any of the quotes that I heard in church, so I knew I had to get my hands on the real thi ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 2,336 - [ Full Article ]
- Family Traditions? - BellaDonna Saberhagen
Many people take tiny superstitions or practices (and sometimes psychic abilities) and blow it up into full-fledged Witchcraft. However, the little charms your grandmother used would have been more likely a charm against Witchcraf ... Posted: March 11th. 2012 Views: 2,328 - [ Full Article ]
March 4th. 2012
- Crone Inspiration - Rev. etain.butterfly
I work in an outpatient surgery center and I must share a story about a lively 92-year-old Crone that came in for cataract surgery. As I was interviewing her I noticed she was really tan so I ask if she had been on vacation and sh ... Posted: March 4th. 2012 Views: 4,200 - [ Full Article ]
- Pagan Sin - BellaDonna Saberhagen
Sin is an interesting thing to consider in modern Paganism. With many believing that, “all acts of love and pleasure are Her (the Goddess’) rituals” (taken from Doreen Valiente’s Charge of the Goddess) , is there room for a Pagan ... Posted: March 4th. 2012 Views: 3,317 - [ Full Article ]
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