The Season of the Witch is in full swing! If you’re looking for some opportunities to connect, I have some great options for you. Saturday and Sunday, October 14th & 15th: So Mote that Con Join me for an online conference by the wonderful witches at That Witch Life Podcast! Can’t make it in person?…
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The word “Pagan” is an umbrella term for a large collection of different belief systems. Those belief systems span an incredible variety in terms of form: some of us worship gods, some focus on ancestors, some are more animistic or pantheistic, and some of us aren’t particularly theistic at all. The decentralized nature of Pagan…
I recently had a chance to hang out with Lonnie Scott of Weird Web Radio for a wide ranging, often hilarious, sometimes profane (that part was my fault) foray into Heathenry, magic, and more. I had a blast and I think you can tell! ‘This episode features Irene Glasse! Irene is the co-author of The…
One of the things that drew me to Paganism early on was its emphasis on sovereignty: our path through this spiritual form is a self-governed one. We are our own priests, liturgists, omen-readers, and teachers. The edges of our Path gradually form themselves out of the different approaches and techniques we try. Over time most…
To be a witch is to be a liminal being in a world that loves absolutes. The phrase we learn early on about casting circles is generally something along the lines of “a time between times, a place between places.” From the very beginning of our dabblings in witchcraft, we learn to bend our perception…
New for 2023! I’m offering monthly Friday Night workshops on Zoom, starting in February, on a variety of Pagan and witchy topics. These workshops are all stand-alones, so you can take the entire series or just the ones that appeal to you. They are $15 each, with sliding scale options for folks who face financial…
“To be hopeful is to have a form of emotional resilience. A hopeful person believes that although challenges, grief, and adversity occur in every life, somehow things will work out. They believe that they have the ability to figure out a path forward or respond in a way that makes adversity just another part of…
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The…