I've been noticing lately, to my chagrin, that my pagan friends seem to be more inclined toward pressuring others to join their groups than my "mainstream religious" friends are ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about offerings. In principle, I like the idea. But when I think about it more closely, it doesn't seem quite right ( Read more... )

My guy and I are getting married (insert random 'OMGIMFREAKINGOUT' spazz here). We're doing the civil veremony thing in a few weeks, mostly for the benefits we'll get from the Navy. We're planning a handfasting for later this year (the 'real' wedding in our eyes). Now I need non fluffy help in the form of links to communities (my searchs just came ( Read more... )

A friend and I were discussing various Gods and Goddesses of the pan-Celtic pantheon today (like ya do), and she mentioned Danu and her consort... Beli. I was all, "fwuh?" until she told me it was something she read on a website, which immediately raises my hackles because I have a wild distrust of websites ( Read more... )

What makes for a 'good ritual' in your opinion? What are the most important factors for that to happen? What purpose is fulfilled in an ideal ritual?*

*If your immediate thought is 'which kind of ritual?', please either choose one or more to describe, or describe the most common, or most central type of ritual in your practices.What I'm curious ( Read more... )

I've been a member for some time here, and have been enjoying reading the wide variety of posts here. However, I thought it was probably time I introduced myself. I'm an Australian, a pagan on a very earth based path, leaning towards Druidry. And I thought as part of my introduction, I'd do a bit of a rave on a topic that's been occupying my ( Read more... )

I just wanna bang on the drum all day ( Read more... )

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So, today was in a Drumming Workshop ( Read more... )

Hi all ( Read more... )