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May 1st. 2011
- Making Room for all Genders in Paganism - Maggi Horseman
In this age of women’s liberation, we still find a deep wound surrounding gender differences in our culture. How is gender expressed differently in the pagan community? Is there still a use for gender specific ritual spaces? Many ... Posted: May 1st. 2011 Views: 5,195 - [ Full Article ]
- Sacred Sexuality - Mel Fleming II
Sexuality, while it should be a topic of freer thinking in the pagan community, is still viewed with great suspicion in many of our circles, covens, and pagan philosophies. In fact, it has become a very sensitive topic, bringing o ... Posted: May 1st. 2011 Views: 4,977 - [ Full Article ]
April 24th. 2011
- Light, Love and Fluffy Bunnies, Oh My! (Thoughts on Polarities) - Corvidae
I've always been a non-conformist. I suppose a lot of us are, or we wouldn't be Pagan in a largely Judeo-Christian society. Here we are, doing the best we can to better ourselves spiritually in the most non-hypocritical manner pos ... Posted: April 24th. 2011 Views: 5,095 - [ Full Article ]
- Menarche - The Threshold of Maiden - Maggi Horseman
I had a couple of experiences this weekend that gave me some insight about the nature of the Maiden phase/face of the Goddess as well as Maiden as a phase in a woman's life. A girl in my family crossed the threshold of Menarche la ... Posted: April 24th. 2011 Views: 5,071 - [ Full Article ]
April 10th. 2011
- Spirit of Spring - Shion Flame
It’s an odd time of year to share a 'ghost' story but springtime reminds me of an experience I'd like to share as the trees bud.In the early spring of 2008, I was asked to housesit at the family home of a dear friend. They ... Posted: April 10th. 2011 Views: 4,788 - [ Full Article ]
April 3rd. 2011
- This Is The Folk Magic - Greenhammer
We are at a crossroads here in the 21st century with magic, environmentalism and the future of pagan religions. The pagan-curious are looking into polytheism and many of them are active in environmental stewardship and land preser ... Posted: April 3rd. 2011 Views: 4,394 - [ Full Article ]
- In Search of Growth in Neo Paganism - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
Now that Neo Paganism has been in place for about 60 years, one can look back and see the twists and turns, which has led the Neo Pagan community to its current state of apathy. For those who have not been inundated by the plethor ... Posted: April 3rd. 2011 Views: 3,802 - [ Full Article ]
- World Sickness - Stewart Bitkoff
While on the path, what exactly is it you learn? How is this learning different than other learning?From the very beginning, the traveler is taught that there is an underlying reality in all events. This underlying reality ... Posted: April 3rd. 2011 Views: 3,142 - [ Full Article ]
March 27th. 2011
- An Interview with Christopher Penczak (by Bernadette Montana) - Brid's Closet
We now continue with our series of interviews with noted author Christopher Penczak!Bernadette: Many of the celebrations of the Wheel of the Year were originally created and celebrated by a culture that were no long ... Posted: March 27th. 2011 Views: 10,531 - [ Full Article ]
- Will Paganism Survive Beyond Us? We Must Pay It Forward. - Beth Owl's Daughter [Witchvox Sponsor]
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. – PericlesThroughout my life, I have been a passionate spiritual seeker. In fact, I might have been born with an ... Posted: March 27th. 2011 Views: 2,363 - [ Full Article ]
March 13th. 2011
- The Tree of Life, Wicca and the Goddess - Sorita d'Este [Witchvox Sponsor]
“She is called the Spirit of Life and through Her do all men understand Wisdom.” -- Zohar, 13th centuryThe Goddess occupies a central role in a number of magickal traditions. These include obvious instances such as the Wic ... Posted: March 13th. 2011 Views: 17,442 - [ Full Article ]
- The Magical Egg and Celebrating Ostara Through Food - Nar Leoterra
The Magical Egg: Eggs are a symbol of life, creation, birth and rebirth. Over the centuries, eggs have been revered, cursed, collected, broken, eaten, buried, filled, and used in innumerable ways by humans desiring to tap their my ... Posted: March 13th. 2011 Views: 7,318 - [ Full Article ]
March 6th. 2011
- Religious Form: Internal and External Reality - Stewart Bitkoff
Traveler: Speak to me of the great religions, and why each states their Path is the only Way. In the past, religious difference has led to wars, killing, and fighting. Why is this? Master: On an inner level, your religion ... Posted: March 6th. 2011 Views: 3,384 - [ Full Article ]
February 27th. 2011
- The Paradox of Contemporary Paranormal Research - Michael
Psychical or paranormal research - the pursuit of evidence to validate the existence of psychic, supernatural, or preternatural phenomena using scientifically rigourous methodologies – has come to a crossroads in contemporary soci ... Posted: February 27th. 2011 Views: 4,503 - [ Full Article ]
- The Open Hand - Janice Van Cleve
Familiarity is comfortable. We are naturally more comfortable in our own town than in a strange city because we are familiar with our own streets, the traffic laws, and how to get around. In the same way we are more comfortable wa ... Posted: February 27th. 2011 Views: 3,757 - [ Full Article ]
February 20th. 2011
- Spirit and Character - Rhys Chisnall
There is a growing belief in modern paganism in literal spirits. A casual look through of Pagan magazines such as Pagan Dawn or looking at pagan websites such as that of the Association of Polytheistic Traditions reveals th ... Posted: February 20th. 2011 Views: 3,915 - [ Full Article ]
- Musings of a Grizzled Warrior - Ursa
I am the center of my universe. This is not to say I am the center of the universe, for in that world, I am but a speck of the corner of a mote in the eye of the Gods! Nevertheless, in my universe, I reign supreme. I have m ... Posted: February 20th. 2011 Views: 3,553 - [ Full Article ]
February 13th. 2011
- Everyday Spirituality: Life as Prayer - Stewart Bitkoff
We are participating in an explosion of new age teaching, interest in eastern religion, and a general curiosity about the usefulness of everyday spiritual practice. When you turn on the television, it seems just about every talk s ... Posted: February 13th. 2011 Views: 3,976 - [ Full Article ]
- We the Weavers: Beads of Life - Sage Runepaw
My necklace has been through several incarnations. It has been created 4.10.2009; it has broken four times since its creation, each time different.I wore my focal point, the pentacle pendant of amethyst and silver on a sim ... Posted: February 13th. 2011 Views: 3,464 - [ Full Article ]
February 6th. 2011
- The Dream of Pagan Unity and Why It's So Hard to Achieve - Morgan
I've been thinking a lot lately about ecumenism among Pagan groups; maybe its the recent flurry of Pagan Pride Day planning, maybe its the common refrain that so many people love to sing about wanting the community to all get alon ... Posted: February 6th. 2011 Views: 4,519 - [ Full Article ]
- Finding A Path - Stewart Bitkoff
Each person’s journey is both individual and on an inner level collective, meaning that the sequence of learning experience varies according to the person, the time and their higher (not emotional) needs. This sequence is establis ... Posted: February 6th. 2011 Views: 3,812 - [ Full Article ]
January 30th. 2011
- The Raven, The Horse and The Goddess - Sorita d'Este [Witchvox Sponsor]
“I knew by the voice of the raven, each morning since you journeyed from me, that your downfall was true and certain.” -- The Lay of the Wife of Meargach, Ossianic Society 4:173.In the British Isles, the Raven is pr ... Posted: January 30th. 2011 Views: 6,329 - [ Full Article ]
- Wake Up Exposure - Shion Flame
Recently I’ve been focusing on what message I may have to share with the community. Indecision isn’t very healthy for me so I’ve decided to simply start somewhere. I’ll begin with how my path found me.I’ve often felt as th ... Posted: January 30th. 2011 Views: 4,412 - [ Full Article ]
- Tree Magic - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
It is a cold and blustery morning as I head out to an ancient forest draping itself about the peaks of a tired old mountain. Meandering along the foot of this local mountain is a frozen creek, its banks glistening with early morni ... Posted: January 30th. 2011 Views: 3,883 - [ Full Article ]
- Promises of Imbolg - Cliff
When the wind is in the west and the bite of snow is yet hard in the air, and the days, though waxing, have yet to bring any warmth, at such a time winter has been long and hard and it can seem like it will never be over. It was u ... Posted: January 30th. 2011 Views: 2,975 - [ Full Article ]
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