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August 28th. 2011
- Beyond the Fluff - Maggi Horseman
I've been struggling with not feeling that I want to call myself a Pagan; that somehow I missed the cultural boat. This boat feels like something I will never understand nor connect with. Yet, my religion is Wicca, and I am a Qaba ... Posted: August 28th. 2011 Views: 6,140 - [ Full Article ]
- Autumn Magick on the Wind - Lady Abigail [Witchvox Sponsor]
I am not sure whom to ask about this or if it is possible. But I was so excited to get this in so it might go on for my Great Grandmothers birthday, I send it the unedited one instead of the edited one. I know it is slated to go o ... Posted: August 28th. 2011 Views: 5,186 - [ Full Article ]
August 21st. 2011
- A World Without War? - Stewart Bitkoff
Over the Memorial Day Weekend, I had the long awaited opportunity to visit Gettysburg, PA and tour this immense and historic Civil War Battlefield. This is one of our National Parks with many tour guides, roads for cars, bicycles ... Posted: August 21st. 2011 Views: 3,331 - [ Full Article ]
August 7th. 2011
- Familiar or Pet - A Fine Line - Lione Moon
Wikipedia describes a familiar as this: “…supernatural entities that were believed to assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, ” and their primary purpose being to “protect the new witch coming into his/her new ... Posted: August 7th. 2011 Views: 6,017 - [ Full Article ]
- Twelve-Step Paganism (Uh... WHUT? and other exclamations of confusion) - Corvidae
Let's get the disclaimer out of the way, as we are dealing directly with any Twelve Step Anonymous Program that exists: I'm not getting paid for this, this isn't endorsed, and the only interaction with any Twelve Step executive I ... Posted: August 7th. 2011 Views: 3,894 - [ Full Article ]
July 31st. 2011
- Why I'm a PAT: My Journey to Becoming a Smoke-Free Witch - Jeffery Johnson
My love affair with cigarettes began when I was ten. That's the summer Dad gave me my first smoke--he said it would keep the mosquitoes away. I liked the smell of the cigarette. I kind of liked the taste, as well. Dad told me I wa ... Posted: July 31st. 2011 Views: 4,494 - [ Full Article ]
- Waking - Bob Makransky
My own, personal spiritual quest has been driven by a burning need to find the answers to two questions:1) Why is our society so screwed up? and2) Why are people such a**holes?After many years of contemplating and ... Posted: July 31st. 2011 Views: 3,185 - [ Full Article ]
July 24th. 2011
- A Walk in the Wilds - Draigathar [Witchvox Sponsor]
It had been a few months since I had been to the woods. The daily activity had kept me occupied and living without a car makes it less likely to just go spontaneously. Now a friend had wanted to go out to learn something of the fo ... Posted: July 24th. 2011 Views: 5,848 - [ Full Article ]
- Get in Tune With the Moon - Jessica Marie Baumgartner [Witchvox Sponsor]
The modern age has led us to believe that we are better than nature. We have calendars that help us count the days and clocks to tell time for us. There is just one problem with that: it’s incorrect. How is it that our months have ... Posted: July 24th. 2011 Views: 4,474 - [ Full Article ]
- Preparing a Temple Space - Chirotus Infinitum
Most neopagans will develop some sort of magical practice, and a few will engage in this practice regularly and consistently. There are several good reasons to develop such a regular practice, and possible a couple not to. The dec ... Posted: July 24th. 2011 Views: 4,216 - [ Full Article ]
- The Language of the Stars - Radko Vacek
Having listened to the language of the stars closely, I do think it is spiritual, and in accord with the properties of - our own minds! To realize that their language, in all its heavenly grandeur, shares our own mental properties ... Posted: July 24th. 2011 Views: 2,711 - [ Full Article ]
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: 12,931 - [ Full Article ]
- Gazing and Seeing Auras - Bob Makransky
Most of us don’t realize the extent to which our social training distorts our very senses. In our society we are taught to repress our true feelings and to engage our complete attention in an interminable inner dialogue every minu ... Posted: July 17th. 2011 Views: 4,041 - [ 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: 4,308 - [ Full Article ]
July 3rd. 2011
- The Pentacle Meets the Flaming Chalice: On Being Unitarian Universalist and Pagan - Jeffery Johnson
When I first began treading the Pagan path, I never imagined I'd consider joining a church again. Churches, with their crosses, stained glass and hymnals represented everything that I despised about society. Churches have for the ... Posted: July 3rd. 2011 Views: 4,888 - [ Full Article ]
- 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: 3,865 - [ 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: 2,801 - [ 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: 6,051 - [ 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: 4,528 - [ 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: 3,268 - [ 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: 3,083 - [ 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: 6,106 - [ 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: 3,518 - [ 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: 9,210 - [ Full Article ]
- Out of Body Experience or Vision? - Rev. etain.butterfly
One morning around 1:30 a.m., I woke up drenched in perspiration after having a powerful strange dream. I got up and took a shower, trying to calm my nerves. I immediately got a pencil and paper to draw what I had seen. I added al ... Posted: June 5th. 2011 Views: 2,920 - [ Full Article ]
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