My first ADF ritual that I’ve created. The following rituals were used for inspiration: http://www.adf.org/rituals/norse/gleichennacht/shunity.html http://www.adf.org/rituals/norse/gleichennacht/gleichennacht.html Spring Equinox 2012 Protogrove of the Valley Oak [Initiation & Purification] Folk process to Nemeton singing “Come we Now as a People” (words & music by Ian Corrigan) as participants are purified with smoke and water. Come we…
A few months ago, the goddess Freya called to me at a ritual at Stone City last year. Since then I’ve worked with her a bit and done some research on her. Freya is one of the Vanir who went to Asgard as a diplomatic hostage in the war between the Vanir and Aseir. She…
For some reason E is giving me a hard time in the Pagan Blog Project .. with so many options, you’d have thought that it would be easy. I dread what happens when we reach Q! Today I would like to talk about what we do everyday. I don’t mean the whole sleep-eat-shower-sex (if we’re…
There are so many different ways to define the elements and most of it depends on what traditions you follow. Wiccans are often heavily involved with the elements, using them to define their working circles as well as invoking them in their work. Other traditional witches that I’ve known use the associations and energies of the elements in their working.
So I’m late with this week’s blog post for D, and I couldn’t decide what to write it on. There are a lot of different topics to choose from, but given my last few months I think that a “Duh” is in order. There are those times where you think you can do it, you…
As today’s Pagan Blog Project post I’d like to discuss our, well my, relationship with Deity. There are may different definitions of Deity. Some people believe in the single deity; or that all gods are different facets of one god; or that all the gods are individuals; or they’re not really divine and are really…
Today I’d like to talk about community. It seems to be a very appropriate subject for the Pagan Blog Project which is all about building the online pagan community. In the last year, I have been getting more involved with the local and online pagan communities. I’ve joined a local ADF grove, a local working…
Cosmology is defined as the study of “the universe as a whole: its birth, growth, shape, size and eventual fate.” (“Introduction: Cosmology”). In modern science, this study is limited to the stars around us and the evolution of the physical galaxy. To the ancient people, there was not a whole lot more universe than the…
For this Pagan Blog Project post, I’d like to introduce you to an exercise that I learned first from T. Thorn Coyle in one of her Battle Goddess seminars. When I was a little Witch, I learned how to ground, but I sometimes have a challenging time not grounding out too much energy. This technique…
Here’s the fourth post in the Pagan Blog Project Series. Bone breathing is a technique that has been used by yogis for a while, but is also very useful for anyone with any kind of health challenge or who wants to maintain good health. I first learned of bone breathing from a yoga practioner friend…