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  • Life Purpose: Why Some People Just Don’t Get it

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    Photo copyright by alicepopkorn; creative commons license. Life purpose.  Some people just don’t get it. Then again, some people want everyone else’s life purpose to match theirs.  This is really rather…normal.  We live our lives by a certain theme and we cannot understand why someone else isn’t as passionate about that theme as we are.…

  • The REAL Pagan Pride: Our Children

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      Maidens and Mother photo, copyright Thanksgiving 2007, Destin, FLorida. That’s right:  the real pagan pride is our children, whether they’re the children of our bodies or of our hearts.  They are the next generation, the young ones who’ll take up our spiritual torches when we are enjoying our crone-age.  This next generation that we…

  • Are You a White Witch?

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        Photo by Est Bleu2007 Some Witches like to explain that they practice only “white” magick. This is probably their way of assuring you that they don’t cast “evil spells” or try to manipulate you through their magickal talents. The term white witch was much more prevalent in the early 1990’s, possibly as a…

  • Is There a Witch Next Door?

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      Photo by Sashala   Quite possibly. And the truth is, you may never know. Because followers of Nature Religions are still persecuted–yes, even in places that tout freedom of religion–many cannot afford to come out of the “broom closet.” They’re not hiding who they are on the inside or ashamed of their religion. Not…

  • A Witch by Any Other Name

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           Photo by joana joana A witch by any other name…would smell as sweet? On this site, you’ll often see us use certain terms interchangeably –Witch, Wiccan, and Pagan, for example–based on staff members’ personal belief systems, but in reality, these terms aren’t always synonymous. Yes, a Wiccan may call herself both a…

  • Talking to Animals

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        Photo by Noel Zia Lee Sometimes we choose special animals–including birds and insects–and sometimes they choose us. “But Mommy,” my older daughter protested, “animals can’t talk!” Okay, so my response to her question about animal totems had failed and failed miserably. As I explained how animals have different spiritual meanings and how what…

  • Indigo Children: When I Give Birth to the Messiah

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    Photo by aturkus ***No, no, that’s not me in the photo, but I thought this was a lovely idea***   At these Gatherings of mine, I do have the oddest conversations, especially when discussing the future of the human race. Little did I know I’d spend the evening discussing the Mother Mary Ego Syndrome. I hadn’t…

  • Bible Belt Publisher Donates to Pagan Prison Ministry

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    ***Lorna Tedder and her crew at Spilled Candy Enterprises load donations for a pagan prison ministry. Below, Tedder and Rev. Edward Livingston whose Fire Dance Church of Wicca runs the prison ministry.*** NICEVILLE, Florida (April 03, 2008) – Spilled Candy Books, a small publisher for the “spiritually eclectic,” has donated over $8000 in books to the…

  • Altars for Children

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    Photo of LittleSprite’s Pink Altar  Written by Kristin Madden, author of Pagan Parenting and Pagan Homeschooling We all have our altars, whether they are formal tabletop altars, talismans hung on a doorknob, Medicine pouches, or a subtle arrangement of crystals and feathers on a shelf somewhere.  Altars serve as focal points for magic and as…