Here’s one of the first things I learned when I started learning and practicing the Reclaiming tradition:
I am my own authority, rooted in community.
Lemme me tell ya: that can be terrifying.
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Tarot of Bones 2022 Twelve-Month Readings Are a Go!
It’s that time of year again! While you can get a twelve-month Tarot of Bones reading from me anytime, the New Year is definitely the most popular, and each year I get more and more requests. Because these take a LOT of mental energy as well as time, and because I am extra busy with … Continue reading Tarot of Bones 2022 Twelve-Month Readings Are a Go!
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Happy 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. With the exact Solstice moment at 4 pm (UTC) on December…
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UU Humanist Winter Solstice Event Tonight, 7 pm EST [Stardust, Contemplating]
If would like a short, energizing break from Winter Solstice preparations, the event will have both a discussion of why we celebrate holidays at all, how incredible our Sun is, and some past memorable Winter Sostices.
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New Practice Tool for You! Announcing The *Active* Cosmic Calendar! [Stardust, Contemplating]
“OK. Uh… So… I need to… write some FORTRAN at the L. P. record floppy disk address? Or something? Or the I. T. gettysburg address? Or is it that snake language you use? Anyconda?”
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Staring a Pagan Practice, Building a Pagan Family Spirituality, 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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Approaching Sixty
A month from today, I will reach 60 years of age. I can’t believe it, honestly. I still feel 35. Where has all that time gone? Now, I’m aware that I can’t look at this dispassionately. A combination of the American cult of youth and the very real fact of impending mortality makes this a …
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Yule (the Winter Solstice) is coming up fast, + a bunch of Online Rituals!
The pandemic gives us even more reason to turn inward, to stay cozy, and reflect on the hibernation of much of the wildlife (in cooler areas, at least). For many of us, this is a big Sabbat, which takes a more preparation (and if you are buying gifts, the Naturalistic Pagan Gift List here might help).
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If You Give Gifts at this Time of Year…
Why not consider some of the great suggestions Jon Cleland Host has over at Naturalistic Paganism? Remember, too, that we are coming to the end of 2021, when our Atheopagan Chosen Charity has been BLACK LIVES MATTER. All proceeds from the Atheopagan Zazzle store will go to BLM through December 31. So head over there …
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You Have Permission to be Witchy
All of us in the nontheist/SASS*/Atheopagan sphere start out having to contend with that pesky internal Critic Voice that says, as we begin to move out of our ordinary mental states and towards creating or participating in ritual, “THIS IS STUPID. YOU’RE MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF.” For we are practical, rational folk, yes? We …
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