http://www.witchvox.com RSS Feed - WitchVox - Past 14 days http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usor&c=words&id=15428 May 15th. 2013 The concept of identity in magic first fascinated me when I encountered the subculture of Otherkin. My perception of that subculture was the people in it were primarily obsessed with proving that they were something that wasn’t human, whether it was an angel, dragon, elf, coyote, etc. More specifically, while they acknowledged they had a human body, they felt that their soul and identity was not human. What I found so fascinating was the fixation on identity itself, which I’d never seen focused ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usoh&c=words&id=15158 August 10th. 2012 I felt the need lately to write another article. With several ideas running through my mind, I put it off for the past few weeks and focused on Teaching saying that the right topic would come to me in time. Let’s just say the past month has consisted of several coincidences. Somehow, I was blind and didn’t notice it until my Angels sent me a huge wake-up call!It started with reading more and more on Earth Angels, consisted of a new student of mine (learning about Angel Readings and Heali ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usky&c=words&id=15353 February 23rd. 2013 They say that the truth is both hurtful and freeing. Now, looking around, I understand that it in full. I wanted to write on a topic that taught me something new. So I chose a lifestyle, one that takes a stand and is simple. What I found was Freeganism (Freeganism: is the practice of reclaiming and eating food that has been discarded. Freegans and Freeganism are often seen as part of a wider "anti-consumerist" ideology, and Freegans often employ a range of alternative living strategies based on ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usny&c=words&id=15376 March 18th. 2013 I began my pursuit of Wicca the summer before my freshman year of High School out of a necessity to find answers to my questions about morality, life, the world and my place in it. In my asking questions, my faith grew exponentially in the religion in which I was raised. I went to church with my mother and sang all the hymns, listened to the sermons like I never had before, and read the Bible along with my teachers and peers in Sunday school. Before long, however, my enthusiasm exhausted itself ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=15369 March 12th. 2013 The focus of these articles is not the Paths of the Tree, but some explanation of their energetic state and connective function from sphere to sphere is necessary. The 22 Paths that connect the Sephiroth act as conduits/ filters and refiners of the energies of the connecting spheres. The Spheres are the pure states of Being, and the Paths allow for the movement of energy between the pillars of Force and Form. On the evolved or “Middle” Path, they become the direct line that mirrors the adage “as ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usfl&c=words&id=15398 April 13th. 2013 This is the first in a planned five-part series on some topics I believe are pertinent in modern Paganism. If nothing else, I hope it can accomplish the task of prompting further community questions and discussions on these topics and more. The DebateIt has become somewhat of a proverb in our modern Pagan Community: just what is Paganism? What makes you a Pagan? I read a lot of blogs and occasionally chime in on Facebook feeds where many people debate just what Paganism ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=15419 May 5th. 2013 A few months ago I was watched as Turner Classic Movies played yet another sweep of vintage movies. Not having many other real choices on the idiot box to view at the moment, I kept the channel tuned and watched the movie “Razor’s Edge” (1946) . The movie was based on a book of the same name: The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1944. Its epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard, " taken f ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=caab&c=words&id=15320 January 20th. 2013 So let’s see… in my last essay, I basically told a handful of people that they are not special… and softened the blow by saying neither am I. So now that I have pissed people off, let’s see if I can pull my foot out of my mouth long enough to explain.Really and truly, in many ways, none of us are special. Let’s look at me. I had an “average life”. I was born in the city, and my parents had my brother when I was five. We lived in a house; I went to school, played in some team sports here ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usga&c=words&id=15370 March 13th. 2013 Too often these days I see a lot of people, especially young teenagers, in the bookstores at the malls looking at books on Wicca, Witchcraft, Magick, and Paganism in general. Often these young teenagers do not fully understand the material written in these books and they may only read them to act out in rebellion or gain attention from their peers. Recently, a lot of people have approached me (the youngest being 18) to ask if I could teach them Wicca or Magick. I often ask a few simple questions ... http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usla&c=trads&id=15357 March 1st. 2013 Devotional Wicca is a tradition founded in the late Eighties in rural Central Kentucky by Belva Polley. Organized around small monastic communities of priestesses and priests, its practice is centered on devotion to the Goddess and God through personal and communal worship in the form of daily offering rites, meditation, and prayer. Core BeliefsThe text entitled “The Nine Principles”, contained within “The Book of Ways” (considered the sacred book of Devotional Wicca, consisti ...