Defining my Theology

A little over a week ago, I went to a Buddhist temple for one of their Temple Life tours. The tour was great, and subject for another post. As part of the tour registration, I was required to put down my religion. That made me think … how do I define my religion?  Depending on the … Read more

Review: Visions of Vanaheim

This is the 2nd edition of the book. The original edition was removed years ago, and now has Svartesól has revised the book and re-written sections of the book. This book is more of an explanation of the author’s personal beliefs than a re-constructionist text. If you’re interested in the Vanir, however, it’s an interesting … Read more

Review: Hounded – Iron Druid Chronicles Book 1

Hounded is definitely in the range of popcorn reading for me.  The author does a great job of blending just enough “real” mythology with new and modern twists to keep you interested.  The characters are well written, showing flashes of their true identity while trying to blend into the modern world.  There are very few … Read more

Book Review: Geekomancy

Overall I enjoyed the book. The writing isn’t particularly amazing, but the characters are interesting and kept me engaged while the story wove its way through my geek memories. If you’re not a geek I’m not sure how much this will appeal; but for geeks who wish they could wield a lightsaber this is a … Read more

Review: The Lightning Thief

My Review Someone stole Zeus’ Master Bolt and it’s up to Percy Jackson to return it. Having watched the movie a couple times, I was interested in reading the original book that it was based on. Overall, I quite enjoyed the book and finished it in a couple of evenings. The book is fairly close … Read more

Focus on reading as well as writing!

This year, one of my goals is to do a lot more study.  I’m working on my Initiate Program with the ADF and am on the first class.  There are some of the classes that include work that takes a year from the time you start it, so I’m not targeting on finishing all that … Read more

It’s about the challenge

So it looks like I’m done with work travel for a little bit .. at least for the insane amounts of travel that I’ve been doing lately (4 weeks of travel in the last 6 weeks). To celebrate the “Yay I’m home” I’m going to attempt a couple of challenges.  I noticed these challenges this … Read more

“A” Pagan Blog Project

Over on One Witch’s Way, Rowan has started up the Pagan Blog Project where bloggers are prompted to post on a topic every Friday. The topics are defined by the letters of the alphabet, so this week we start with “A”. I’d like to start of the year with a post on Altars.  I’ve already … Read more

Yule Magic

Welcome to the members of the Yule Magic Blog Tour! If you’re a regular follower of this blog, or someone new but don’t know about the Yule Magic Blog Tour, then please, take a tour through the blogs of Magic! Please enjoy the party!  Have a glass of wassail, pull up a chair by the … Read more