Tag: Paganism
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A Breakthrough: “For the Highest Good of All” and Other Caveats
What I learned from my conversation with Dorothy was that I’ve become too enmeshed with the philosophies of some of my spiritual friends. That’s not uncommon for me, being a Double Pisces, because I do tend to mesh with others, and while that’s a lovely thing to happen in a romance, it’s not always the…
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Better to Rush Upon this Blade
Oh, the power of words! Especially when said in a ritual circle. As my Circle grows, I find it helpful to discuss situations with other High Priests and High Priestesses because at some point, I’m going to be asked a question I really cannot answer and that the questioner really cannot find a correct answer…
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The High Priestess Speaks of Initiation…. (Shhhhhh)
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 one else’s, such that I should cast out any men in…
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Guess Who’s Coming to Your Spiritual Gathering (or Isn’t) (part 1)
Three of my favorite attendees — click for a larger view Before you start your own spiritual circle, coven, study group, or any other type of gathering, I’ve hosted enough spiritual gatherings in my home now to have a pretty darned good idea of whom to expect in any group. I’m on my fifth circle…
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A Wonderful Summer Solstice
With rain on the horizon, a lot of local Solstice rituals were cancelled because they were weather dependent. Or because it was just way too hot outside. Neither was a problem for us. The weather cooled down the moment the circle was cast, the mosquitoes we’d been slapping all day disappeared for the whole ritual,…
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Herb-Drying and a Late Spring
If there’s one tip that I would have loved to have included in Gifts for the Goddess on a Warm Spring Morn, it’s something that one of my Circle members told me right after the book went to press–a great tip for drying herbs. Granted, here in Florida, it can be quite hot in…
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Past Life Regression: Just Another Day in My Lives
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 for several seconds and the…
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Teaching Witchcraft to Christians
I am not a person who runs around with eyes glazed over and a phony grin, telling you how “excited” I am about some big project I want to sell you on. When I’m “excited” about something, you can tell by the gleam in my eyes. So, if you could see me now, you’d know…
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Life Purpose: Why Some People Just Don’t Get it
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. If you’re a long-time fan of my…
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Racism, Sexism, and Religious Prejudices: Seek and Ye Shall Find
Looking for racists, chauvinist pigs, and people who hate you for the God you worship? Then I promise you, you’ll find them all…and more than you ever imagined. You will draw the prejudices to you, attract them, like ants to your picnic. You will create them out of thin air. One thing I’ve heard repeatedly…
