Paganism

Thread of golden light and red fire weave throughout the universe. the connect, intertwine, merge, and separate. This complex web hold everything together, binding and supporting it.This is the web of wyrd, that runs through everything. It is not static, but fluid and ever-changing. Threads shift...

Late last night, I ran across a copy of a typed transcript of a letter I sent to some college friends back in 2003. A month or two before that, we had talked briefly with each other during a get-together of old friends. During that conversation, both Tim and Kathryn had asked me about my…

Today's first question comes from NCPagan13:Assuming that life's Karmic goal is to evolve to a higher status and you acheived the "required karmic points" to evolve into a god, what would you be a patron of, i.e love, war, art, water and what impacts would you make?Wow! There's a lot of assumptio...

These questions were asked in a private note, so I won't identify the person who asked them. But they're great questions, so I want to answer them publicly:When did you start pursuing your Pagan path? What signs did you see that you knew you were choosing the right way?I officially started pursui...

One of the interesting things about Freyja acting as my patroness and primary guide is that she often puts in her two cents on my health and any matter related to it. And while she certainly reaffirms my right to make my own decisions about what I should do, she both makes her opinion about…

Thousands of hands holding me up,Helping me to remain above the depths.Those who went before did their work,Giving me a place now to stand.Those now passed look to me,Their hopes surviving their own deaths through me.They call to me, beckoning me to continue,Building on from where they left off.I...

This past Saturday, I took my parents out to dinner at TGIFriday's. While there, our waitress asked me about my pendants. I normally wear two pendants:A silver pentagram which is a little bigger than a dime. It has a bear at the top point, walking on all fours.A brass spherical cage, which contai...

Received Saturday, 14 June 2008In glory, the flame rises,licking the cold air.Its searing heat burns awayall impurities, carrying them into nothingness.The fire of purification makes anew,leaving that which remains stronger, more whole.Fear not the times of trials and tribulations, for such are t...

We sit in a circle in the dimly lit room. Incense smoke wafts gently upward among the flickering candlelight from the small altar. One of the attendees, a woman in her forties, speaks of the spirit who just gave a message. The woman identifies the spirit as a great aunt. She mentions that the wom...

My previous post about what Pagan community looks like got me thinking about community and community building in general. To me, community building is in itself a spiritual discipline. The meal after a ritual is as important as the ritual itself. The regular covered dish dinners (one of the thing...