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Slavic Chaos
On and off for a while now I've had a single name lingering in the back of my mind; Baba Jaga. I've been going through a very rough time in life lately. Of the reproductive side, nothing seems to work right. The hormonal medication makes me crazy, and I just feel like I'm suffocating in general. Last night as I was starting to fall asleep I hear a ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Eschatology
It can clearly be stated and defended that Christian Eschatology has borrowed from Pagan civilizations, but what can be said of modern Pagan Eschatology? Many of the reconstructionist faiths have their own series of myths about the end and post-life. The New Age craze has the Age of Aquarius going for them - a supposed time when the Age of Pisces/ ( Read more... ) -
Cradle of Civilization
Last night I was messaged by a fellow Sumerian enthusiast, who introduced me to a group designed for people interested in scholarly study of Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, folklore, linguistics, etc. This is really great for me b/c for a while I have been unable to find any decent conversations or subjects revolving around this area of study. ( Read more... ) -
Music
Orpheus believed something akin to a musical scale or soundex that corresponded to a celestial order which was termed the music of the spheres. Music is a huge influence in my life. It can lift me up or bring me low. Even music I don't like has its own inherent value. I have noticed that there's a certain kind of influence that music has over the ( Read more... ) -
Night Magic
I came across this several years ago. Night magic appeared to have been designed after a Wiccan structure, which I didn't care for very much with its emphasis on specific material tools to help the practitioner train their focus on the work at hand. What I did like about it was how it combined draconian/dragon mythologies, taoist dualism, and its ( Read more... ) -
Experimentalism
In Experimentalism As A Pagan Craft I explored a division within the Pagan community between people who "play it safe" versus those who aren't afraid to embrace and live their experiences, and their magical study. It was something I spotted in different occult forums where topics about illusory entities such as Cthulhu were considered a taboo. ( Read more... ) -
Introduction
On my other blog in my original post entitled Full Circle, I highlighted my background influence by the aura of Santeria (since childhood) and how I made my transition from Catholicism to Wicca as a teenager. In my late teens I came to realize that Wicca was no longer moving me forward, and it took several years for me to make a clean break from it ( Read more... ) -
Numerology
Numerology, the belief that numbers may portend important circumstances in our lives is more than just the musings of a new age insanity. Although a construct with which we've learned to symbolize something collectible or counted for centuries, they do take on a deeper meaning for the psyche. People relate to different kinds of stimuli, one of ( Read more... ) -
About Serpentine Spiral
A few months ago I began putting together information for a website. I wanted a Pagan-oriented website that didn't rehash the same kind of information that is already on the net 10-fold, but was an amalgamation of my views on different elements of my own Eclectic practice. I find that using websites is almost passe for the kind of material I want ( Read more... ) -
Why I Am Here
I spent the day sorting blogs and thinking about just what I want to do with the rest of my life. The real serious blow came after I graduated. I realized I had too many things on my mind that I didn't know how to go about each of them. So I decided to slow down for a while. I used to have an LJ but have sort of let it lapse over time. Fully aware ( Read more... )