It's been a long period of necessary isolation due to some really intense psychic experiences after the Solstice event, and yet it feels as though the intentions I worked towards at that & the previous ritual I held are slowly beginning to manifest.
A long time friend of mine was kind enough to furnish me with exercises to improve psychic hygiene, and I recently just met with someone who has been working with a spiritual healer on the same and who is willing to engage in ritual space together to share some of her techniques with me. It's incredibly profound to have begun to build or find this community, and I am so grateful to everyone who shares their time and space with me.
I have some really interesting tattoo work planned that I can hopefully pick back up in April or May, after this month's push to improve the land and the two weeks in April I'm dedicating to a survival medicine class.
Spring feels fruitful and hopeful, and there is grass growing everywhere, triggered out of dormancy by the rain we received in January and early February.
"Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Tom Parker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the Alabama ruling that turned in vitro fertilization on its head by defining frozen embryos as children.
He quoted 17th century Dutch theologian Petrus Van Mastricht."
The Minoan Coloring Book contains 48 of my favorite pieces of Minoan art from ancient Crete: bull-leapers, snake goddesses, blue ladies, and more!
This is not a book of clip-art; these are individually drawn pictures based on photographs of the actual ancient Minoan artifacts.
Take a break, treat yourself, and feel the magic of the ancient Minoans as you relieve stress and let your creativity blossom.
For those in the SF Bay Area who are part of the local #ScienceFiction or #Pagan communities, you probably know of Tom Digby, aka Bubbles.
Tom is in palliative care and is about to be transitioned to hospice.
He'd appreciate visits and ice cream and the like. If you'd like to visit, please PM me privately and I'll give the information and other contacts (or contact Valerie Voigt if you know her).
After a long and resilient journey amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Adocentyn Research Library (ARL) is thrilled to announce its eagerly awaited reopening to the public.
Siobhan Ball introduces readers to the history and folklore of the humble lentil, a legume associated with prosperity, good luck, and cures for hangovers, and offers a recipe for a delicious spiced lentil soup.
Classics of Pagan Cinema: Meg Elison combines the folk magic of Lasse Hallström’s 2000 romance “Chocolat” with her own memories of coming to Witchcraft – and coming to terms with her mother.
Saints, love, chocolate, and goatskins: How we got from Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day ~ We review the Pagan and not-so-Pagan history of the Valentine’s Day holiday, right down to the goat-skin loin clothes.
Letter's to the Editor: Karen Dales, a Jewish Gardnerian High Priestess and Witch conducts some interviews and shares a sobering message about the prevalence of antisemitism in Paganism.
Lyonel Perabo speaks with four Witches and Pagans in Israel about their individual experiences and disparate opinions about the October 7th attacks and Israel’s war on Gaza.
We honor Astarte, an ancient goddess of sex, love, war, the chariot, and the horse. Who was brought to Egypt from distant lands and found a home there alongside the other deities. Becoming once of the wives of Set, who himself is connected to the creatures of the wild and untamed places. She is often depicted as a naked woman rising a horse holding some weapon, crowns may vary.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Arizona Government Committee voting on the Reject Escalating Satanism by Preserving Essential Core Traditions (RESPECT) Act, House of Black Cat Magic shares first episode, festivals updates and events.
TWH catches up with the Chicago chapter of the Fellowship of Isis that celebrated their 30th annual festival last autumn with dances, oracle readings, lectures, and a sharing of cultural history
The priestess.
The temple she serves.
The people and the gods she loves.
Having given up her only child and her very identity to become a priestess in ancient Crete, an idealistic young woman struggles to find meaning in the day-to-day life of the temple; but when she is chosen to be the next High Priestess, she must call on both mystical and practical skills to protect her people from the encroaching Mycenaeans, who want to destroy the Minoans’ way of life.
Pagan reactions after Scottish Parliament hears first Pagan address ~ We share reactions about Rev. Haggerstone landmark address to the Scottish Parliament.