He's alive, he's well, he's invaded a facebook group I'm fond of. Is there an easy way to find posts involving him here that I can use to convince the facebook group owner that he's bad news?

I hope I'm not annoying anyone with such a basic question, but it's nagging me for a long time now. (I even googled this, but no success ( Read more... )

I read a lot of posts and comments, on Pagan forums, about not discouraging people from finding their true paths. This is generally an admonishment not to argue too much, or not to use harsh words, or not to tell seekers they're wrong about something, but instead to be gentle and welcoming to them. Elders and mentors, we are told, should not be ( Read more... )

So there used to be a pagan group on my campus and it's since died. Now, a friend of mine and I are trying to bring it back but better and more productive. Our main thing right now is public relations. We want to get rid of a lot negative ideas as well as a lot of the silly fluffy ideas, we also want to get involved with community service but ( Read more... )

Thou shalt not steal from other cultures.
Thou shalt not believe the historical claims of oral tradition.
Thou shalt not take the names of William Blake, Elias Lönnrot, Austin Osman Spare, J.R.R. Tolkien, Doreen Valiente, Terence McKenna, or Andrew Chumbley in vain.
Thou shalt not believe that anyone under the age of 30 is an elder: some people are ( Read more... )

What authors do you like and what authors do you stay away from and why ( Read more... )

I've heard Jung referenced in a few occult/witchcraft/pagan non-fiction books, and he is vaguely touched upon in my psychology book (Psychology, Myers, seventh edition).  I've Googled him, but I've only gotten the same general information.  As a result, I know very little about him but would like to know more.  Is he an accepted authority on ( Read more... )

For those of us who are inexperienced, and possibly a little "fluffy," what (public domain, freely available) books do you recommend? (Or, if not public domain, at least really old?) I've read all sorts of new stuff by this author or that author, but I'd like to get a feel for older version of paganism and magic ( Read more... )