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July 17th. 2011
- Totem Tails: Not Just a Fashion Accessory - Lupa [Witchvox Sponsor]
In the past few years, there has been a growing trend of people wearing animal tails as part of their outfits. At festivals and concerts, raves and Renaissance faires and even out on the street, you can find people wearing real fo ... Posted: July 17th. 2011 Views: 14,392 - [ Full Article ]
July 10th. 2011
- Naming Rumplestiltskin - Naya Aerodiode
Do you remember the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about Rumplestiltskin? In the story, an overzealous father told the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. The king, greedy as kings tend to be, decides to put the father's ... Posted: July 10th. 2011 Views: 4,718 - [ Full Article ]
July 3rd. 2011
- Authority and Status in the Metaphysical Community - Chirotus Infinitum
Several years ago, I encountered the website for the Universal Life Church.[1] The site advocated a simple message – you have the right to believe in anything you want, so long as you do not infringe that similar right for others. ... Posted: July 3rd. 2011 Views: 4,252 - [ Full Article ]
- Reincarnation: An Introduction - Stewart Bitkoff
Q: What would you like to say about reincarnation? Is this something, from your framework that you accept or believe?Once again, it does not matter what a traveler believes; the operative aspect, is if this is a reality or ... Posted: July 3rd. 2011 Views: 3,068 - [ Full Article ]
June 26th. 2011
- The Religion of Trees - Sarah Anne Lawless
I am a tree worshipper, but it goes beyond holding an ancient Oak or Redwood in awe. I worship the tree, the World Tree. I worship it like a god, and in many cultures the World Tree was considered a god, but its deified versions b ... Posted: June 26th. 2011 Views: 7,273 - [ Full Article ]
- Brigid Healing Woman - Priestess as Healer - Maggi Horseman
My current position in life, location on the initiatory path, and my personal astrology has me reevaluating how I see the world and my place in it. Nothing is immune to examination. The Goddess Brigid has had a direct hand in this ... Posted: June 26th. 2011 Views: 4,983 - [ Full Article ]
- Fred and the Gods - Rhys Chisnall
The current polytheistic trend in Popular Wicca is a fairly new phenomenon. Since its inception in the late forties or earlier, depending on your point of view, the Craft had until recently only two deities, the Goddess and the Ho ... Posted: June 26th. 2011 Views: 3,533 - [ Full Article ]
June 19th. 2011
- Knowing Right and Wrong - Stewart Bitkoff
On one level people want simple answers and to be told what to do. On another they want freedom to choose and make their own decisions. People are multi-level and have the capacity to make their own choices as well as accept direc ... Posted: June 19th. 2011 Views: 3,350 - [ Full Article ]
June 12th. 2011
- Exploring the Goddess Arianrhod - Helena Domenic
As I worked on research for this article, I was reminded that Arianrhod does not always come off in a great way in the Welsh stories about her that have survived. She seems a harsh, aloof and self-centered Goddess, one who does no ... Posted: June 12th. 2011 Views: 7,335 - [ Full Article ]
- Ye Gods! - Janice Van Cleve
The gods make me happy. I’m happy that I found them. I didn’t really lose them, mind you, but since I grew up Roman Catholic I had no access to them before now. It went like this:I graduated through parochial school, Catho ... Posted: June 12th. 2011 Views: 3,879 - [ Full Article ]
June 5th. 2011
- An Interview with Oberon Zell (with Bernadette Montana) - Brid's Closet
Bernadette: Oberon, I want to thank you for taking the time to do this. You were actually the one who inspired me to do this series of interviews. When we had our talk at Starwood, we spoke about history and who our elders are. Ho ... Posted: June 5th. 2011 Views: 9,553 - [ Full Article ]
May 29th. 2011
- What Happened to the Groups? - Kalex Korban
So it seems you’re the only one! You’ve looked everywhere. Magazines, the local shops, even online. You get the same thing just about every time. You email and receive no response. Or the response is that no group exists anymore. ... Posted: May 29th. 2011 Views: 4,762 - [ Full Article ]
- What to Expect During a Reiki Healing Session - Gloria Gypsy
What is Reiki? “Reiki” means “Universal Energy” in Japanese and is the life force that is everywhere and inside of everything. We are all born to be Reiki therapists, so you need not worry about whether or not you will have the ab ... Posted: May 29th. 2011 Views: 3,213 - [ Full Article ]
May 22nd. 2011
- Animal Parts And Paganism - Lupa [Witchvox Sponsor]
For over a decade I have been incorporating animal parts into my artwork and pagan practices (1) . I started in 1998 when, while on a quest for better beads than what the big box store had, I discovered a small arts and crafts sho ... Posted: May 22nd. 2011 Views: 4,645 - [ Full Article ]
May 15th. 2011
- Seventh Major Mass Extinction: or Why I'm a Green Witch - Treasach [Witchvox Sponsor]
When I was training as a petroleum engineer in University in the late 80's, we were already referring to the present era as the "Seventh Major Mass Extinction". However, the evidence has been in for decades about the species loss ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 4,889 - [ Full Article ]
- Shadow Creepy - Shion Flame
The journey I share tonight is about my own personal discovery of my shadow totem. When I was a little girl, I was curious about bugs and other creepy crawlies. My mother lit my creative interests by helping my sister and I catch ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 4,712 - [ Full Article ]
- A Call to Arms - The Time is Now - Storm Shadow-Wolf
Listen! Brothers! Sisters! Those of you of my blood - and you all are of my blood! One people, one tribe, one heart - now be of one mind! Lend to me your hearts and minds and listen openly to the words I have for you now…I ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 3,833 - [ Full Article ]
- I Aim to Misbehave - LoreCaster
Children of all ages have dreams, and many are taught that such things are exercises in whimsy and best left in childhood. Their parents teach them that well-behaved children do not waste time on fantasy, and effort is best resolv ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 3,698 - [ Full Article ]
- My Path to Wicca - Rev. Luna Bloodstone
Growing up as a child, I loved the Arthurian legends that told of knights and magic and Excalibur, King Arthur and Merlin. I loved movies like The Wizard of Oz, The Black Cauldron, Sword in the Stone, and The Never Endin ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 3,519 - [ Full Article ]
- Downsizing May Not Be Enough - Nathaniel Jeffers
The cowboy mentality dominates American life. From gas-guzzling large trucks complete with thirty-seven inch mudding tires to sport utility vehicles and modified hummers, perhaps no other culture holds quite as much emphasis on co ... Posted: May 15th. 2011 Views: 3,485 - [ Full Article ]
May 8th. 2011
- Warp and Weft (Why Witchcraft Works - For Me) - Renee Damoiselle
Picture a loom - a large one, for the weaving of those lovely tapestries that hang in old stone castles. The "warp" are the tightly pulled, vertical, stationary threads. The "weft" are the threads woven horizontally, in and out of ... Posted: May 8th. 2011 Views: 3,621 - [ Full Article ]
- Be the Change - Spark [Witchvox Sponsor]
The state patrol vehicle pulled away from the backpack-laden couple and their pink-sweatered dog on the side of the freeway. I had never picked up hitchhikers before after a lifetime of being admonished by conventional wisdom (inc ... Posted: May 8th. 2011 Views: 3,441 - [ Full Article ]
- Spiritual University: Repetition and Formula - Stewart Bitkoff
One of the characteristics of the way our mind works is to create order, categorize and use repetition to help establish a sense of security. Additionally, this tendency toward repetition is one of the aspects of the physical univ ... Posted: May 8th. 2011 Views: 2,898 - [ Full Article ]
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: 4,933 - [ 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: 4,773 - [ Full Article ]
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