No, not a social justice petition. XD A petition to a deity ( Read more... )

Witchvox published my article on gender roles in modern Paganism (emphasis on Wicca and Wicca-derived practices) after all.

So church was fun today.  It was the youth-led service and in general I thought they did great.  Since I'm still kind of new I had no idea who was in the youth groups or what they were up to.  We wrote things on rice-paper slips and burned them in a cauldron, but the 11 o'clock service was a lot more crowded than the 9:30 service so when they lit ( Read more... )

So here's a general practice update for those of you who care about such things.

( In which I start veiling and give my girly-parts a work-out )

Out of the sea came Aphrodite ( Read more... )

What Americans need to realize is that the values that keep the rulers of the United States from doing things like forcing children to fight each other to the death are Christian values. The values that ended the death matches in Rome were Christian values. The values that ended slavery in England were Christian values. And, the values that should ( Read more... )

Lady Yeshe Rabbit, who has been distinguishing herself in the Pantheacon Gender Controversy by apologizing for Z's trans*phobia all over the place, actually retired from Z's lineage over the issues raised at PantheaCon. Her explanation is at the link ( Read more... )

The moon is waxing gibbous and as I drove to the grocery store (a witch is a witch all the time, after all), I started composing in my head a hymn to Hekate. I'm not the world's best with software, but I tried to record myself singing it. For most of you, this will be the first time you've heard me singing! If I sound a little weird and breathy ( Read more... )

*falls over laughing*

DO NOT ATTEMPT A DRUID INFILTRATION ON YOUR OWN! ALL CHURCHES HAVE TEAMS OF TRAINED OCCULT INVESTIGATORS (tm) WHO CAN BE DISCHARGED TO CUT DOWN SUSPICIOUS TREES AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE! WE "INFILTRATED" AN ADF RITUAL WHICH WAS ACTUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Recently Jadelyn and I had a brief discussion on her blog about some of our lingering difficulties with masculine divinity. We were both raised Christian and converted later, and were talking about how our experiences with gender roles still affect our spirituality, especially when contrasted to the experiences of second- and third-gen Pagans who ( Read more... )