There is a beautiful maple tree in my mother’s yard. I used to sit under it on warm, clear summer nights and look at the moon. Its trunk at my back was so grounding and brought feelings of safety and wholeness.
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The symbology of trees
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Carl Jung, Correspondences, Craft of the Wise, jeanraffa, Jung, Jungian psychology, Matrignosis, Symbolism, Symbolism of Trees, The Craft, The Old Ways, The Overgrown Path, The Symbology of Trees, Trees, Wicca, Witchcraft on February 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday chuckle: The Typical Male Wiccan
Posted in Wicca, tagged Humor, Neo-Paganism, Religion, The Craft, Witchcraft on April 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m far from the average male anything…but found myself grinning and chuckling when I read the Typical Male Wiccan.
Springtime Magick: Planting Runes!
Posted in Spells, tagged Garden Witchery, Heathenism, Heathenry, Neo-Paganism, Norse Paganism, Ostara, Paganism, Religion, Rune Lore, Rune Meanings, Runes, The Craft, Vernal Equinox, Wicca, Witchcraft on March 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Happy Ostara! The vernal equinox is a time when rebirth and renewal are celebrated in many religious and spiritual traditions. For me it’s a happy time that marks the end of winter’s darkness and beginning of longer days and nicer weather. In years past it was a time when the earth was tilled, seeds were planted, and hopes of an [...]
How do you use religion?
Posted in Religious Tolerance, tagged Christianity, God, Interfaith, Neo-Paganism, Religion, Spirituality, The Craft, Wicca, Witchcraft on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Religion exists to unify, to move us toward Love, and to help us remember Who We Really Are. How do you use yours? To unify, or to divide? To love, or to conquer?
Spell: Creating an Amulet of Protection
Posted in Spells, tagged Magick, Neo-Paganism, Religion, Ronald Hutton, Spirituality, The Craft, Wicca, Witchcraft, Witchery on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve shied away from posting spells on this site up until now, for a few reasons. Those unaware of its true nature and origins - Christian fundamentalists and Wiccans/Neo-Pagans alike – make inaccurate assumptions about witchcraft. These assumptions have long distorted the truth of what it is and is not – a quagmire impossible to remedy with a single post on [...]
The Evolution of “As Above, So Below”
Posted in Spirituality, tagged As Above So Below, Hermes Trismegistus, Neo-Paganism, The Craft, The Triumph of the Moon, Witchcraft on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It could be said that those who consider themselves spiritual have always aimed to create peace with the heavens so that they might have peace while on earth. The wise have always taught that serenity within corresponds to serenity without. While reading The Triumph of the Moon, a lengthy but captivating book on the history of Western Paganism and Witchcraft, I realized why the ancient [...]
Review: Wicca’s Charm by Catherine Edwards Sanders
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Aleister Crowley, Catherine Edwards Sanders, Christianity, Creation Myth, God, Goddess Worship, Margot Adler, Matriarchal Myth, Neo-Paganism, Pagan, Paganism, Religion, Spirituality, The Craft, Wicca, Wicca's Charm, Witchcraft on November 8, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Catherine Edwards Sanders strikes me as an intelligent, compassionate woman who truly believes that despite its challenges past and present, Christianity remains the one and only way to Divinity. Funded by a Christian source and written to a Christian audience, her book aims to explain what Wicca and Neo-Paganism are, why people continue to leave the Church to pursue them, [...]
The Threefold Law: the Patriarchy’s gift to Wicca?
Posted in Wicca, tagged Christianity, Ethic of Reciprocity, Ethics, God, Goddess, Golden Rule, Interfaith, Neo-Paganism, Pagan, Philosophy, Religion, Rule of Three, Spirituality, The Craft, Threefold Law, Wiccan Rede, Witch, Witchcraft on October 8, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Most Wiccans recognize two related moral codes – the Wiccan Rede and the Threefold Law. The Rede states “As it harms none, do what you will.” In simple terms this means “do what you like as long as no one gets hurt, including yourself.” The Threefold Law states that whatever energy one puts forth (in words, thoughts, [...]
Understanding Panentheism
Posted in About Me, Wicca, tagged Christianity, God, Monotheism, Neo-Paganism, Pagan, Panentheism, Pantheism, Philosophy, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality, The Craft, Wicca's Charm, Witchcraft on October 7, 2007 | 5 Comments »
While reading Wicca’s Charm, a Christian commentary on Wicca, I came across a term I hadn’t encountered before: panentheism. I decided to visit Technorati to see what other bloggers had written on the topic. Of the posts I read, this one seemed to offer the best explanation of the term. Its author compared and contrasted it with another term it’s apparently often mistaken for, pantheism. [...]
The Wiccan Rede, Part II: Meaning
Posted in Wicca, tagged Christianity, Ethic of Reciprocity, Ethics, God, Goddess, Golden Rule, Interfaith, Neo-Paganism, Pagan, Philosophy, Religion, Religious Tolerance, Spirituality, The Craft, Wiccan Rede, Witch, Witchcraft on October 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In part two of this three part post, I’ll examine the meaning of the maxim many Wiccans strive to live by: As it harms none, do what you will. From attorney, activist, and Wiccan author Phyllis Curott in her interview with Guy Spiro of The Monthly Aspectarian: We are indicted in the rest of the religious community for that. [...]
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