Category: Articles
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The Work: A Tale of Two Wiccas
Categories: ArticlesIn Traditional Initiatory Wicca, there are working rituals and celebratory occasions that have a distinct pattern, symbolism, and lore attached to them. And then, there is the other stuff. And the other stuff, at its heart, can really only be defined as purpose-driven and intuitive ecstatic practice.
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Wiccan Priestesshood: Serving the Gods, Preserving the Craft
Categories: ArticlesWiccan priestesshood is a life-long undertaking, which is why it takes time for the proper person to become properly prepared for initiation.
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The Winding Path: A Reflection on My Path as a Priestess
Categories: ArticlesI was a month shy of seventeen years old when I decided I wanted to be a priestess. In my naïveté, I envisioned that it would consist of singing songs to the Goddess and tending to an altar and leading a coven and making special blends of oils and incenses and teaching people who wanted…
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Ancestor Veneration: An Ancient Tradition for Modern Pagans
Over the last couple of decades, there has been a widespread push in modern Paganism to look at our history — our real history, not the mythological pseudohistory that tells of a pan-European Goddess cult and nine million women dying in the Burning Times. This push has led to increased scholarship in Pagan Studies and…
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Affirming Queer Pagans: Radical Love and Compassion
Categories: ArticlesTags: queer witcheryIn Paganism, we’ve come a long way from “gay people mess up the energy in circle”. There are a variety of traditions who are open to working with Queer folks. But we’re still largely in the stage of accepting Queer people. Encouragingly, there’s movement toward affirming Queer people, but it’s still working its way through…