Why I Am (Still) a Born Again Witch
My honeymoon in the Pagan community is slowly but surely coming to an end. I am now in my fourth year of identifying as a Witch and gone are the days when I thought the Pagan community was flawless and...
View ArticleChristian Prophecies For A Witch
But as a real Witch, I have to be first of all real as a person, real to myself. I carry baggage as well as treasures from my Christian upbringing. To me, receiving a prophecy from a Christian source,...
View ArticleA Witch’s Guide to IKEA Furniture Assembly
Let there be reverence and mirth, says the Charge of the Goddess. Sadly, assembling IKEA furniture is an enterprise that affords me neither. I thought I would use the tools of the Craft to create a...
View ArticleThe Magic Of Transforming A Room
I had seven days. My partner Autumn was at Witchcamp in Canada without internet or phone signal. A full week without communication, just enough time to create the perfect birthday surprise: a complete...
View ArticleArriving At The Parliament Of World Religions
Our conversations stretch late into the evening and when we exit the restaurant, we don't want to leave. River gathers us into a circle and teaches us a chant. And then we sing on the sidewalk, out of...
View ArticleFalling In Love With Samhain
This year I am allowing myself to fall in love with Samhain. It’s not an easy season, but it carries within it the seeds of new birth. I take time to reflect on its gifts, the awakening to my sexuality...
View ArticleStruggling With The Dark Season
I’ve tried many tricks to get through this dark season, but one thing I have been avoiding year after year: acceptance. Everything I do is aimed toward making me feel like I am back in the light part...
View ArticleAbuse Survivors And Trans-Exclusive Spaces
Yes, there was a time when my binary thinking helped me take a step toward accepting my body, my sexuality, my gender. But this was something I needed, personally, at that particular season in my...
View ArticleAdvent, Integration, And Metaphorical Pregnancy
This growing has me engaging in all of my coping mechanisms. I’ve been withdrawing and overeating and working too hard. And yet ironically (or maybe unsurprisingly?) my love for my path is deepening...
View ArticleAspecting and Tentacles of Fundamentalism
Recently I was in a class in which we were going to practice aspecting. But the closer we came to starting our aspecting practice, the more uncomfortable I grew. Eventually I raised my hand and said I...
View ArticleThis Is Integration
I know I don’t ever want to go back. But I also know that I can’t discard my past completely. What I am seeking, is integration.Sometimes people return to the religion of their childhood in times of...
View ArticleDo Pagan Conventions Matter?
It made me reflect on why so many Pagans work so hard to make these conventions happen. Nobody is getting rich and famous. Is it simply because we love doing what we do?
View ArticleChristians And Pagans As Allies
Pagans who consider themselves allies with Christians are sure to attract animosity from members of both religions. We're told to chose one side and hate the other, even though the lines don't run...
View ArticleAn Intuitive Paintbrush Banishing Ritual
I dip my paintbrush into the can of grey primer. “Manipulation!” I hiss as the paintbrush flies across the wall. A grainy grey streak is visible against the bright paint, going diagonally up from the...
View ArticleI Had Sex with a God
It was this I dreamed of. A coming together like I’d never known before. Last night’s dreams were powerful. I am almost certain that I dreamed true. They spoke of what could be mine, today, if I was...
View ArticleMarrying My Housemate
Instead of rings, we exchanged stones. They were of different shapes and colors, but equal weight, and we each inscribed our stone with a sigil, representing what we bring to the relationship.
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