Tag: pagan
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A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
All photos on this page taken between 1993 and 2009 of Lorna Tedder, Shannon Bailey, and Aislinn Bailey are copyrighted; all rights reserved. I stand with my toes in sugar-white sand and squint through bright sunrays at the turquoise-green waters. It’s eerily beautiful yet it feels more like a death watch for an old friend—not…
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Starting a Spiritual Group and Getting the Energy Just Right
Jasmine incense, right after one of my famous Sunday Night Gatherings. This smoke art is copyrighted by Aislinn Bailey, used with permission. When I was first looking for a like-minded spiritual group in Northwest Florida, I found several existing circles rather easily. These were people who were either pagan or pagan-friendly, with anything from a…
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Kristin Madden’s Pagan Celebrations Cookbook, Festival Feasts, Is Now Available!
I know, I know. After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry. Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having…
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Quick! Get your "Evil" Books Here!
These were letters to complain about customer service, for example. I’d come home incensed and spend the rest of the day upset, and much of it exorcising this demon by writing it out in the form of a hate letter. Though I still write for catharsis and self-inquiry in personal and spiritual matters, in these…
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The High Priestess Speaks of Initiation…. (Shhhhhh)
Photo: Lorna (Third Degree High Priestess) and WolfFire (First Degree Priest) For four or more years I had potential students come to me, asking me to teach them, to Initiate them into my sacred path. Some wanted power–for revenge, for money. Some wanted me to arrange my circle to suit their personal needs and no…
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Happy Mabon (Thanksgiving!)
 Highly recommended–here’s a beautiful book for the Autumn season, beginning today! Mabon: Pagan Thanksgiving (Revised) Author: Kristin Madden Trade Paperback, 6×9, 280 pages Publisher: Spilled Candy Publications ISBN 978-1-892718-68-6 Acclaimed homeschooling author Kristin Madden shows adults, parents, teachers, and children how to celebrate the Autumn of the year with myths surrounding Mabon (the Harvest),…
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Timing Is Everything
Photo by Kuw_Son Sometimes things happen for a reason. The timing seems to suck and none of it makes sense…until later. Then it’s easy to look back at a series of events and how they had to take place in a certain sequence to get the right result. One moment out of place and…
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The Essence of Time
Time is of the essence, they say, but maybe really, that’s just the essence of time. At least 5 times in 24 hours, I’ve been reminded that “time is of the essence” and not to tarry. In the back of my mind, I’ve also realized that nearly half of May has already come and gone…
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Past Life Regression: Just Another Day in My Lives
Photo by Mr. Last Minute Some people describe their past life regressions as they would a movie, and you can almost hear the soundtrack crescendo-ing in the background. Maybe they see it that way, too. I don’t. I get flashes of sight and emotion, sometimes scents, too. Sometimes they’re quick flashes and sometimes they last…
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Is "Going Green" a Fad or a Trend?
Photo by hurleygurley “Let me hear you make decisions without your television….” “Stripped,” — Depeche Mode I predict that “Going Green” will be the top buzz phrase of 2008. And, as with most things that become “popular” when I’ve been doing them for a long while without the benefit of its popularity, my cynicism is…