Part of the ADF Dedicant’s program is essays on the discussion of virtues. This is one of my essays. “Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.” (Dalai Lama)( 1) Compassion is defined as…
I spent this last weekend at the Stone City Pagan Sanctuary in California for the Answering the Call retreat lead by T. Thorn Coyle, Sharon Knight, and Morpheus Ravenna. The goal of the retreat was to help us step up and deal with the changes and turmoil that are occurring in the world today. I will admit…
Since I missed posting yesterday, I thought I’d do a double post today. This is just a little something extra for you. WARNING: Contains explicit language!
One of the wonderful things about the internet and the modern digital media age is how easy it is to create and share works of art! Here’s some details on just two of the upcoming movies that I’m following. You can find out more about each project by clicking on the images. Dahm the Bard…
Recently I’ve discovered Dahm the Bard. He’s a folk artist that does a lot of pagan related music. His tunes are very catchy and I find that I sing and hum along with the music (even when I’m listening at work!) Here’s one of his pieces from YouTube called “The Winter King”
Recently I’ve been going through some of my old photos and I thought that I’d share some of the beauty of nature that I’ve captured with you.
For years I have called myself a Wiccan, but about five years ago, I wondered if that was right. Unfortunately, the word ‘wicca’ has become overloaded. There are traditional wiccans who are descended from lines of Gardenarian or Alexandrian traditions. There are eclectic wiccan groups who take practices from different traditions to forge a new…
Over on The Deepest Well, Aine has a series called The Witch’s Circle. This week she began a conversation on Spells.
After that first attempt at a spell, there was something about magic that drew me in. I always enjoyed reading fantasy books with magic in them, and the better thought out ones with an actual magical system were even better! Less than a year after that first spell, I headed off for college. For a…
… or how I became a witch. Growing up, I spoke with faeries in our garden, and in the woods, and my friends gardens, and I thought nothing of it. As I got older, I realized that other people didn’t see the beings that I did, in fact, other people rarely saw the world as…