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December 26th. 2010
- Declaring Your Faith in the Southern U.S. - Eruchye
When you think of the Southern United States you think of hospitality, pecan pie, or maybe even banjos. For most of the people who live down here, we think Southern Baptist morals and upbringing. However, we also see some of the m ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 3,742 - [ Full Article ]
- Pagan Apologetics: Why We Believe - Nepthys Agrippa
Growing up Roman Catholic, I spent a lot of my time being inundated with the Catechism, Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, and that wonderful branch of theology known as "Apologetics"--the attempt to systematically and thoroughly expl ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 3,490 - [ Full Article ]
- Just Think Happy Thoughts! - Bob Makransky
Whenever I hear some spiritual guru proclaim that all you gotta do is "just think happy thoughts!” it makes me want to pop him one upside the head and see how long he can keep on thinking his "happy thoughts." Take as an e ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 3,206 - [ Full Article ]
- Dark Night of the Soul - Draconis Wierinsan Kinthasil
I always knew I was different. I spent almost twelve years blindly accepting what I was taught was the only truth, that there was only one God and He was unchanging. That the Church was always right and if you disagreed, then you ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 2,548 - [ Full Article ]
- Completing Evolution - Stewart Bitkoff
In order to affect a great work, there must be the combining of factors or a confluence of essences. For the spiritual traveler to reach completion, and assume an active role in their own higher destiny and the higher destiny of t ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 1,915 - [ Full Article ]
- A Path Through The Clouds - Lady Wolfwind
It is so quiet here. Colder too. I stare up at the mountain and the stairs set in its side. They’re made of white stone, ancient. Wise ones for thousands of years have tread these steps seeking answers from what lies at the top. I ... Posted: December 26th. 2010 Views: 1,861 - [ Full Article ]
December 24th. 2010
- The Holiday Season - Divine Creative Inspirations
I started writing this last winter, and with so very much happening in my life since then, I am only now remembering that this was here, needing to be finished. For many, this is such a very busy season, all gearing up for the "bi ... Posted: December 24th. 2010 Views: 1,902 - [ Full Article ]
December 19th. 2010
- Playing with God-Doh - Fire Lyte
A young boy sits down at his craft table. He has an assortment of coloring implements, pages to draw on, pictures to paint, and toys that let him build miniature versions of the world’s great wonders. Instead of these, he picks up ... Posted: December 19th. 2010 Views: 2,864 - [ Full Article ]
- The Shamanic Witch and Ethics - Eilan
When ethics from a Pagan perspective are discussed in the public domain the ultimatum of “Harm None” arises. I have written on the Harm None ethic and the Pure Will in my book, Spirited. When I write, I am conscious of the ... Posted: December 19th. 2010 Views: 2,631 - [ Full Article ]
- Getting Started - Lacran
A lot of us have been here somewhere: the first time we picked up a book on it, the first time we had a Pagan/Wiccan friend tell us it wasn’t all about casting curses or eating babies, our first Google search on the subject. Maybe ... Posted: December 19th. 2010 Views: 2,472 - [ Full Article ]
- The Paradox of Acceptance - Michael Wolfheart
It seems to me that we just can't stop arguing. I'm not talking about the Pagan community specifically, but humanity as a whole. Whether it is about religion, habits, or upbringing we just can't keep our opinions to ourselves, we ... Posted: December 19th. 2010 Views: 2,173 - [ Full Article ]
- The Trouble with History... - Mnesiptolema
The great philosopher and writer George Santayana is well-known for his famous remark "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"... and yet, even those of us who can remember the past still seem unavoidably de ... Posted: December 19th. 2010 Views: 2,130 - [ Full Article ]
December 12th. 2010
- Gods, Magic and Bending Energy – What Other Oddities Do We Believe In? - Bronwen Forbes [Witchvox Sponsor]
You’ve got to admit – to the outside world, we Pagans and Witches believe in some pretty weird stuff. For example, most, if not all of us, actively work with deities that a large chunk of the world doesn’t believe exist; either Ap ... Posted: December 12th. 2010 Views: 3,232 - [ Full Article ]
- Talkin' With the Devil - Moon Panther
I used to have an interesting part time job as a security guard. My beat? A sub-development in suburban Maryland where I drove around in a security vehicle and walked through areas to maintain the peace.As an ever-studying ... Posted: December 12th. 2010 Views: 2,911 - [ Full Article ]
- Spells: Prayer With Props - Elsherar
A spell is a spoken or written prayer or decree which is used together with the projection of our intention. Spells are intended to initiate or influence a situation, event or circumstance. They are petitions for specific outcomes ... Posted: December 12th. 2010 Views: 2,625 - [ Full Article ]
- Dark Ages Paganism and Burchard of Worms (Part 1) - Zan Fraser
Like many another Church Father before and after him, Burchard (Bishop of the German city of Worms from the year 1000-1025) inadvertently did modern Pagans a huge favor, in compiling (with complaining manner) an impressively thoro ... Posted: December 12th. 2010 Views: 2,597 - [ Full Article ]
December 5th. 2010
- Magical Efficacy: The Economic Argument (Or Why Can't I Sell This?) - Fire Lyte
Now that Pagans have had a number of years to be out of the broom closet and begin weighing things like magic against science, a conundrum has been brought up by - of all places - a comic strip. XKCD - a totally geektastic webcomi ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 2,766 - [ Full Article ]
- Finding My Way To Wicca - Elle Sea
Like most kids, I grew up Christian. Even as a child, religion was a big part of my life. I went to church on Sundays and went to an additional church group (Awanas) each Thursday night after dance class. I knew that all the "bad ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 2,094 - [ Full Article ]
- Cranberry and Cool Weather Kitchen Magick - Kiki's Cauldron
For many, cranberries become a part of the meal between Samhain and Yule. Prior Samhain, fresh cranberries are harvested from northern bogs and available for many autumn dishes. At Thanksgiving, stuffing is sweetened with a heapin ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 2,046 - [ Full Article ]
- Wandering Through Faerie Land: Metaphor and the Semantic Landscape - Rhys Chisnall
On Midsummer’s Day, the corn stood half grown and green, knee high in Suffolk fields. The bumblebee buzzed as it flew from flower to flower and overhead high above the corn the skylark sang. The midsummer’s sun beat down from high ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 1,750 - [ Full Article ]
- The Goddess in India - Mnesiptolema
As westerners, our focus is naturally on the history of Europe and the Middle East... but did you know that the Kurgan invasion also had an eastward component, which reached as far as India? That story is just as complex and fasci ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 1,446 - [ Full Article ]
- Traveling In Indigenous Ecuador - Luthien
When I began this journey, I set out with the intention of going to South America to observe the lives of the native peoples, compare it to my practices of modern-day Paganism and write a merry little essay about it. While on the ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 1,380 - [ Full Article ]
- Loving Light for Our Ocean - Katharina Moonchild
I was born and raised in Florida. The beaches were always a part of my life, stretching back to the furthest reaches of my memory. I remember the way She would rock me, a deep soothing rhythm reaching back to the furthest and most ... Posted: December 5th. 2010 Views: 1,167 - [ Full Article ]
November 28th. 2010
- Spiritual Traveler: Unlearning and Conditioning - Stewart Bitkoff
He whose undertakings are free from anxious desire and fanciful thought, whose work is made pure in the fire of wisdom: he is called wise by those who see. -- Bhagavad-Gita, 4:19Traveler: It is said that in order for the s ... Posted: November 28th. 2010 Views: 1,634 - [ Full Article ]
- The Flutes and Drums of Antiquity - Verda Smedley
The woodwind and percussion instruments of ancient people were created from a wondrous array of species for an intriguing diversity of reasons. As with other hunter-gatherer medicine the flute makers and drum makers knew the intim ... Posted: November 28th. 2010 Views: 1,621 - [ Full Article ]
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