Tag: parenting

  • The REAL Pagan Pride: Our Children

    The REAL Pagan Pride: Our Children

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    Lorna Tedder
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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…

  • Talking to Animals

    Talking to Animals

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    Lorna Tedder
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    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 they represent can “speak” to us, she…

  • Altars for Children

    Altars for Children

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    Lorna Tedder
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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…