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Autumn is that time of year when we all seem to feel the magickal energies of the Great Goddess. With every change of the weather, every warm or cool breeze, we feel Her a stirring within our spirits. As the seasons transform the dark green earth of summer into a kaleidoscope of colors we sense the Goddess all around us. We feel Her power, Her majesty, and Her wonder. It is this time of year that stirs the very essence of our being. Fall is also an extremely busy time of year. First ther
Altars are kind of common knowledge, I know, but I thought I should add my two cents. This article is mainly for those Wiccans, Witches, or Pagans out there who for one reason or another can’t have a typical altar or sacred space. Many teens seem to get into the mindset of thinking that they HAVE to have an altar candles, incense, and athame, a wand, and many other things to be Wiccan. This is not true. Yes, these things can make your rituals more of a deeply spiritual experience
When I got up on that Friday morning in December 2008 and looked out of a south facing window, I was greeted with a spectacular display of sunlight refracting off of ice covered tree branches. The forest in my back yard was like a giant crystal cathedral. This was truly one of the great things about living out in the country. “The power’s out.” My wife said. “It went out sometime last night.” “Well”, I said, “the power company will probably have it taken care of in a couple of ho
I feel something needs to be addressed. There is a secret that the modern pagan movement doesn't want you to know. This secret is so dangerous that it would utterly change what it means to be neo-pagan. While simple enough the secret is angrily and hastily defended, mutated, added to, and only spoken about in hushed voices by others in the know. The secret?Pikachu isn't real. Nor are Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, hobbits, Gandalf, or Merlin (or his lost book, currently available for pur
People have always been compelled to give non-human things human qualities. Mountains, rivers and oceans are often referred to as and quot;Old Lady and quot;. Pets are common victims of this. How often do we talk to our friends about how our dog or cat thinks they're a people? But maybe sometimes these phenomena come from a real place. Is it possible that the primeval forests of the old World inspired the so-called and quot;Green Man and quot;?New archaeological evidence from Europe indicates that the types of an
I was once a little boy, and like most every English-speaking boy, I loved the tales of Robin Hood. Given the number of modern retellings in movies, books, and television, apparently we adults still have a soft spot for him too.And why not? Robin Hood was the good guy, right? He fought and quot;the man and quot; - in his case, the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham and the powerful and oppressive Church of England - by taking from coffers laden with the taxes of the poor and returning the money to the people.
While listening to the boom of thunder, echoing across the land, an obscure thought occurred to me. As Taranis strides about this realm, his passing signifies the essence of life in its purest form. It is but a brief notation in the eternal passing of that which we know as time. And yet its effects can be enduring, stretching out through the ages in the form of fallen trees, newly formed streams, forest fires renewing the earth or a few fresh drops of water in a quiet mountain pond. Each element
The Book of Shadows is the name used for a book that contains magical and religious texts in the religion of Wicca and certain other magical traditions. Typically, a Book of Shadows contains the core rituals, magical practices, ethics and philosophy of Wicca within it, and more often a list of the witch's personal spells. But we all know that. I want to focus more on the Book’s history and usage among different traditions. This article began as an attempt to explain to a non-Wiccan frien
Within the Pagan community, we tend to avoid discussing the topic of evil. While many of us accept the idea of at least some form of karma or retribution, we do not generally dwell in depth on it. Indeed many of us were raised within the “mainstream” religions that focused all too much on the topics of sin and Satan. Thus we try to stray from these concepts and instead focus on the “brighter” side of things.Yet as human beings, we cannot deny that there is a certain level of evil and neg
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…In the beginning, there was the Great Spirit. No one knows how this Spirit came to be, it just always was. The Great Spirit was perfect in its composition, balance, and flawless in its approach of creation. The Great Spirit had the amazing ability to create what it saw fit, from the greatest galaxies to the smallest organism. This Energy spent millenniums creating perfect galaxies, stars, planets, and rogue comets for its amusement. But
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