It’s a tough task to pick my favorite posts of 2018. Luckily, I don’t have to do that. Here are the top ten posts of 2018, based on the number of views. Plenty of them show that many of us…
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Pagan Bloggers with Naturalistic Worldviews
It’s a tough task to pick my favorite posts of 2018. Luckily, I don’t have to do that. Here are the top ten posts of 2018, based on the number of views. Plenty of them show that many of us…
Read moreHappy Winter Solstice, or Yule! Of course, our spherical planet also gives us the beautiful symmetry of the Summer Solstice (Litha) being celebrated now by our Southern Hemisphere friends. For all of us, this year brings us the special treat of…
Read moreThough we are now seeing less and less of our closest star (in the Northern Hemisphere), the Sun will soon be returning! For me, the Winter Solstice is a celebration of all stars, near and far, ancient and current. Here…
Read moreIn PaGaian Cosmology, and sometimes explicitly expressed in other traditions, Winter Solstice/Yule essentially celebrates the Birth of All, Origins (capitalized because it needs to be noted as a sacred and ultimate event). Winter Solstice is a good time to contemplate…
Read moreSo how will you be celebrating? There are less than three weeks left before Yule (the Winter Solstice)! This is going out a week early because for many of us, this is a Sabbat that takes a little more preparation…
Read moreWell, here I go again. I used to be a pagan, back in my teens up until I was about 22. I was a true believer. I fully believed in gods and goddesses, and that I could summon magic to…
Read moreOur Ancestors reach back in an unbroken chain billions of years long, including both good and bad people, and many more. Today our Ancestors speak to us, and we speak to them. Celebrations Death, the dead, and our Ancestors fill…
Read moreThe idea of honoring Heroic Ancestors came to me a few years ago when my grove was working on a Lughnassadh ritual and we wanted to connect with our inner warriors. … I’ve always had a great deal of reverence for a number of modern heroes, including Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. The rite was a wonderful success, empowering each of us to strive to be more like those people who had come before.
Read moreGot your house decorated yet? Samhain (the Fall Equitherm) is only a few weeks away! For many of us (including me), this is one of the most sacred times of the year – a time when I feel my Ancestors…
Read moreHappy 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. Celebrations Some of the ways many of us are celebrating were published…
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