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April 5th. 2009
- How Do You Like Your Pagan? Straight Up or Blended? - Avren
I was recently the butt of a joke. I know this happens to lots of folks, no matter what their theology. What ticked me off though was the fact that my theology was what the jerks were pointing fun at. Some pagans enjoy being a spe ... Posted: April 5th. 2009 Views: 4,079 - [ Full Article ]
March 29th. 2009
- Hiring a God: Selecting a Patron Deity - Chirotus Infinitum
So you’re a pagan now! Fun and exciting times await, full of mystery, magic, and maybe a skyclad ritual with the hottie working at the occult bookstore. For some, the magic and mystique are enough, but many take their new religion ... Posted: March 29th. 2009 Views: 16,130 - [ Full Article ]
- Pagans, Freemasons, Satanists, and the Knights Templar: A Common Link? - Rev. Luna Bloodstone
A NOTE BEFORE READING: I do not try to offend anyone EVER with these writings. They are simply facts that I have found through my studying. I am the type of person who likes to "share the knowledge". Some or even many of you may k ... Posted: March 29th. 2009 Views: 6,782 - [ Full Article ]
- Mysteries of Janus (Revised) - Iain Quicksilver [Witchvox Sponsor]
1: The Mysteries of a GodIn the Old Testament, which is chock-full of pagan religious conceptions (especially when it is honestly translated) , the word used for "knowing" a god is the same as that used for a man "knowing" ... Posted: March 29th. 2009 Views: 3,440 - [ Full Article ]
March 22nd. 2009
- The Dark Side of Leading: Covens, Groups or Groves - Lady Abigail Welcher
*R-E-S-P-E-C-T Perhaps the biggest challenge in any group is in understanding the people you work with. In search of the perfect solution, most people become oblivious to those of differencing opinions. It is not negative; ... Posted: March 22nd. 2009 Views: 4,661 - [ Full Article ]
- Religion vs. Spirituality - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
There is often a blurring of the lines when it comes to the difference between what is a religion and what is a spiritual path. Neo pagans in particular are guilty of this lack of distinction, perhaps because so many neo pagans co ... Posted: March 22nd. 2009 Views: 4,047 - [ Full Article ]
March 15th. 2009
- What in Hades Has Happened to Our Traditional Roots? - Jon "Athrawon" Edens
What in the world are new Wiccans and Pagans learning?Why are newbies teaching newbies? and where are the ones with even a little bit of experience to help guide the new seekers?While these questions may appear con ... Posted: March 15th. 2009 Views: 3,801 - [ Full Article ]
March 8th. 2009
- Some Thoughts on Secrecy in the Pagan Community - Bronwen Forbes [Witchvox Sponsor]
Whether you ever intend to work with what is often referred to as a traditional or mystery tradition in the Pagan community, sooner or later you will be confronted with the fact that some people and some groups keep at least part ... Posted: March 8th. 2009 Views: 9,484 - [ Full Article ]
- Ritual Tools That Won't Break the Bank - Bronwen Forbes [Witchvox Sponsor]
We've all seen them, either on EBay or some online Wicca supply shop - or even the Pagan bookstore in our own town: ritual tools and altar pieces that are apparently only for the independently wealthy. Well, seeing as how I am sti ... Posted: March 8th. 2009 Views: 8,941 - [ Full Article ]
- Living An Urban Pagan LIfestyle - raewytch
What does being a pagan mean to you? We know most people nowadays believe it originally comes from the Latin ‘Paganus’ which meant ‘Rustic’ or a ‘country dweller’ but what does that actually mean to us today? Nowadays Paga ... Posted: March 8th. 2009 Views: 6,656 - [ Full Article ]
- Dancing the Spiral of Wicca - Rhiannon Keneally
This is my understanding of Wicca and Witchcraft. I do not profess to be the most knowledgeable about the religion, but I had many other non-Wiccan friends from the class ask me about it and I answered as best I could. To make it ... Posted: March 8th. 2009 Views: 3,540 - [ Full Article ]
- A Pagan life in Orange County - Mara Light
More than anything in the world I would love to say I wake up around seven with the sun beginning to bath light through my window, and my body in lotus position in my meditation room while sage smoke fills my lungs and connects me ... Posted: March 8th. 2009 Views: 3,428 - [ Full Article ]
March 1st. 2009
- Doing What the Book Says: A Cautionary Tale - Bronwen Forbes [Witchvox Sponsor]
I was young, I was a shiny new Pagan, the Internet – which made contacting my fellow religionists as easy as calling my mom – was about ten years away from being invented, and by gosh I was going to perform this solitary sabbat ex ... Posted: March 1st. 2009 Views: 17,392 - [ Full Article ]
- Paganism, Atheism and Humanism: Finding Common Ground - Morgan Ravenwood
Having spent a great deal of time communicating on the Internet with many different people from all walks of life, over the years I've found myself becoming quite a Pagan "activist." I've also learned that this seems to be a road ... Posted: March 1st. 2009 Views: 3,261 - [ Full Article ]
February 22nd. 2009
- Who is Hecate? Insight into the Goddess of the Witches - Helena Domenic
Who is it that we think of when we think of the Goddess Hecate? Is she the Goddesses to whom the three Wyrd sisters in MacBeth cry to? Is she a fearsome creature who aids in cursing as in Medea? From Appolonius Rhodius we get this ... Posted: February 22nd. 2009 Views: 10,685 - [ Full Article ]
- Protecting Yourself and Your Home: A Basic Warding Ritual - GeekyValkyrie
Have you ever moved into a new home and thought to yourself, “Gosh this place feels so empty and sterile! I wonder how to make it feel more like home quickly?” Worse yet, have you ever thought to yourself, “Eww, this place feels c ... Posted: February 22nd. 2009 Views: 10,531 - [ Full Article ]
- Dancing with the Moon - Lady Abigail Welcher
The night was late, yet brightness filled my room as if it were day awaking me from sleep. The light seemed to be calling to me like a distance song somehow familiar to my heart. Slowly, I set up in my bed and begin to look around ... Posted: February 22nd. 2009 Views: 4,643 - [ Full Article ]
- The Voice of Spirit - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
From the realm of spirit to the physical realm we are each sent forth. And like a babe in the woods we are exposed from the instant of birth until our final breath, to the cacophony of life. We experience the intrusion of sound an ... Posted: February 22nd. 2009 Views: 3,697 - [ Full Article ]
- What Guardian Spirit? - Janice Van Cleve
David Spangler – noted author, lecturer, theosophist, and thinker – spoke recently about what he called the “Second Ecology.” By this he meant the spirit world that together with our physical world makes up the total being we call ... Posted: February 22nd. 2009 Views: 3,027 - [ Full Article ]
February 15th. 2009
- High Magick Demystified - Panisch Lockelear
The first thing many Neo-pagans think of when the words High Magick are conjured up is a painstaking order of rules and rotes that are strictly adhered to or a plan of Magick that far out-reaches the realm of Kitchen Witche ... Posted: February 15th. 2009 Views: 8,584 - [ Full Article ]
- Illusions, Mind Games and the Modern Pagan Way - Frances
When I was younger I recall a teacher warning us that if you try to put yourself out to be something that you are not, you will eventually get caught out. The statement may have been made in relation to cheating on school exams or ... Posted: February 15th. 2009 Views: 3,262 - [ Full Article ]
February 8th. 2009
- Satan: Not My God - Lady Abigail Welcher
"So, you‘re a Witch. Do you worship Satan?" I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked that question. It does not seem to matter what tradition you may happen to work with; Eclectic, Druid, Celtic, Wiccan, and so f ... Posted: February 8th. 2009 Views: 5,031 - [ Full Article ]
- Has Neo Paganism Gone Too Far? - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
Has Neo Paganism gone too far? Have members of the organized religions diluted the real meaning of paganism to serve their own needs? Do the organized religions inadvertently use neo paganism to rid themselves of their mal-content ... Posted: February 8th. 2009 Views: 4,691 - [ Full Article ]
- Paths and Journeys - Janice Van Cleve
Paths and journeys are not the same thing. Paths are like nouns and journeys are like verbs. Paths are routes that lead to this or that destination. Journeys, on the other hand, are how we drive on this or that path, where we have ... Posted: February 8th. 2009 Views: 4,135 - [ Full Article ]
February 1st. 2009
- Solitaires Are Pagan Too! - Crick [Witchvox Sponsor]
Guess what, folks? Solitaires are pagans too! Over the years I have personally visited many a different gathering, have been a participant in many divergent conversations and have been a member of numerous chat groups. And ... Posted: February 1st. 2009 Views: 4,990 - [ Full Article ]
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