Tag: Wicca

  • Giveaway Time! Let’s Celebrate Taurus

    As the Sun moves into Taurus 20 April, it’s time to celebrate with a give-a-way.  Why?  Well, because CELEBRATE EVERYTHING is my personal theme for this year and if you look, it’s not hard to find good things in life. The prize is a pretty orange and blue Balance-and-Expression necklace by a local artist, as…

  • Teaching Witchcraft to Christians

       Photo by Ben Northern 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…

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

    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

      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…

  • Is There a Witch Next Door?

      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

           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…

  • Why Even a High Priestess Needs to Do Housework

    “How can I ever live a mundane life?” Two years ago, I sat at Melissa’s kitchen table and sipped the hot chai tea her husband had made for me while our kids played Neopets computer games upstairs. She’s been called to walk a spiritual path yet didn’t know how to take the first step. “A…

  • Racism, Sexism, and Religious Prejudices: Seek and Ye Shall Find

    Photo by SteveTookIt  ***I liked this photo, especially in its largest format, because the snowflakes were so unique and amazing. Or did you see the thorns first?***   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…

  • Bible Belt Publisher Donates to Pagan Prison Ministry

    ***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…