Some of the panel discussions are shown here, and include Atheists, Secular, Agnostic Witchcraft; Divination; Cultural Intersectionality, and the Placebo Effect. The full schedule is here. Scholarships are available!
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Wishing you a Happy Fall Equitherm (Samhain)!
As Samhain draws near, our billions of Ancestors begin to visit us. Who are they? What can they offer you for your struggles today? They can help you anytime during the year – not just now – if you ask.
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Samhain Auroras are coming! [Stardust, Contemplating]
As you read this, a blast wave of trillions of energetic particles is bearing down on us, with impact expected in just 20 to 40 hours (October 30 and 31). The resulting auroras will fill the skies in many Northern…
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“The Ancestors” Includes so, so Much! by Starstuff, Contemplating
It could be a really good show tonight!
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The Land Spoke to Us of our Ancestors – with Radioactive Wonder, by Starstuff, Contemplating
I also find it interesting that these people were all barefoot.
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Our inner darkness, Sigils, Sedna Woo, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green
The concept behind THE WONDER—named, of course, for the awe and reverence we feel as we contemplate the magnificent Universe—is that it will be an ongoing resource for non-theist Pagans to inform and inspire our practices and stimulate our thinking.
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Samhain (The Fall Equitherm) Approaches (+ Online Rituals)!
This is one of the most sacred times of the year for me – a time when I feel my Ancestors even more closely than usual. I’ll be decorating my house the day after tomorrow, and our family is already…
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Your Voice can be Heard! Step up for the Pagan Census – t’s only open for a few more days!
As the witchcraft community is both misrepresented and underrepresented in mainstream politics and media, compiling regular quantitative data on our practices, beliefs, behaviors, and lives will enable us to demonstrate that there are actually a LOT of us out there. That we deserve to have the same religious and political protections and rights as other groups and that our voices matter too.
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Happy Fall Equinox!
Happy Fall Equinox, or Mabon! Of course, our spherical planet also gives us the beautiful symmetry of the Spring Equinox (& Ostara) being celebrated now by our Southern Hemisphere friends. The equinoctial moment, this year, is on September 22nd, at 1:21 pm…
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THE NEW AMERICAN RELIGIONS OF NATURE: Part 1 – DOING ECO-THEOLOGY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE, by Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. [The Dionysian Naturalist]
Rather the defining characteristics of Nature Religions should be evident in how their adherents live their religion. Belief in the absolute sacredness of Nature transforms people’s everyday actions and their relationship with their natural environments. I call this new way of life “the Earth Path”. Initially it is a journey of discovery and transformation in which one develops a radical ecological consciousness, loosing the estrangement from nature so prevalent in our modern lives.
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