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  • Quick Note: University of Nebraska Settles with Witch

    Jason
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:15 am
    Reminder: We are in the midst of our first annual Winter Pledge Drive! If you value this blog, its mission, and its content, please consider making a donation to keep The Wild Hunt open, ad-free, and updated daily. Spread the word, and thanks to all who have donated so far! About a year ago, I reported on a University of Nebraska employee who was allegedly fired for being a Witch. “Jane Doe”, who is a member of Reclaiming, claimed that once her superior found out about her religious beliefs she was fired and replaced by a non-Pagan. Now, the Journal Star reports that the…

  • (Pagan) News of Note

    Jason
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am
    Reminder: We are in the midst of our first annual Winter Pledge Drive! If you value this blog, its mission, and its content, please consider making a donation to keep The Wild Hunt open, ad-free, and updated daily. Spread the word, and thanks to all who have donated so far! My semi-regular round-up of articles, essays, and opinions of note for discerning Pagans and Heathens. It seems like a given nowadays that if some dead animals turn up, practitioners of Santeria or Vodou will get blamed by a police officer, animal shelter spokesman, or speculative/lazy/bored journalist, even though most of…

  • Thursday Winter Pledge Drive Update

    Jason
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:32 am
    “I like your pledge drive season much better than NPR’s!” – Snoozepossum Things are really moving along in my first-ever pledge drive! To everyone who has given, I want to thank you for your generosity and for sharing my vision of a Pagan new-media model that can eventually grow to support not just The Wild Hunt, but a variety of media and journalism projects originating from within the modern Pagan movement. To all my wonderful readers who haven’t had the opportunity or time to donate to this effort yet, please consider taking a few minutes before this week is…

  • Quick Note: The Never-Ending Christmas Wars

    Jason
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    Reminder: We are in the midst of our first annual Winter Pledge Drive! If you value this blog, its mission, and its content, please consider making a donation to keep The Wild Hunt open, ad-free, and updated daily. Spread the word, and thanks to all who have donated so far! Even though the American Family Association stumbled from the gate in the kick-off to this year’s skirmishes over religious language and iconography during the Winter holidays (aka “The War on Christmas”), that doesn’t mean other groups haven’t been cowed. Instead it looks like were going to…

  • Haunted by the “Third Wave”

    Jason
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am
    Reminder: We are in the midst of our first annual Winter Pledge Drive! If you value this blog, its mission, and its content, please consider making a donation to keep The Wild Hunt open, ad-free, and updated daily. Spread the word, and thanks to all who have donated so far! Much to Andrew Sullivan’s chagrin, former Vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is once again dominating the media. Touting her new book, duking it out with Levi, and chatting with Oprah. But while political junkies are taking bets as to whether she’ll run for President, the media blitz…
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  • Kore Award for Dissertations

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:36 am
    The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology is launching the Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Goddess Studies. ASWM will accept applications for the first award from January 1 to March 15, 2010. Dissertations completed in the previous two calendar years are eligible. For more information go to womenandmythology.wordpress.com

  • Events Coil: Nov. 15 - Dec. 31

    14 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am
    As far as we know, all events we list are open functions; but some may be limited to women or to adults and some may require that you notify them that you plan to attend. Please check the websites for group policies. If no country is given, the event is in the USA. All times are local. Events lasting more than 1 day are bolded. When listing events for the same date, we have tried to list those

  • Online Course: 'Kabbalah, Qabalah, and Goddess'

    11 Nov 2009 | 10:33 am
    I'm pleased to share with you that I'll be giving an online course through the Women's Thealogical Institute (WTI) of the Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess, International (RCG-I), on "Kabbalah, Qabalah, and Goddess," The 6-week course is slated to begin the week of Jan. 3, 2010 and is based on several chapters from my award-winning book, Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century: From

  • Global Goddess Oracle: Samhain '09 Issue

    31 Oct 2009 | 10:23 am
    Samhain/Hallows blessings to all!!! To help celebrate, here’s a rundown of what’s in the Samhain issue of Global Goddess Oracle.Much of this issue focuses on divination and other experiences of the thinned veil. In her opening statement, Dawn, one of the Oracle’s editors, tells us of her renewed interest in divination. This is accompanied by an amusing witch picture contributed by H. Byron

  • Goddess Book Wins Award

    27 Oct 2009 | 7:40 pm
    The second enlarged edition of my book, Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century: From Kabbalah to Quantum Physics has been declared the Winner in the "Religion: Comparative" category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. This is happy news for me and I hope all Goddessians, who may not be used to our books winning awards, especially in "religion" categories. I say,
 
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  • Recovering From a Bad Coven Experience [Bronwen Forbes]

    One of the best things about being in a coven is the sense of family among the members. In fact, it’s not uncommon to feel even closer to your coven family than you do your family of origin. Unfortunately, as with some families, there can be dissent and discord; some covens may be downright dysfunctional, others may “divorce”, e.g. break up with all the rancor and bitterness of a long-feuding married couple that has finally decided to untie the knot.Spirituality and the expression of rel

  • Diary of a High Priestess [Ehstemai]

    MONDAY:Morning: Homeschool my children.Afternoon: Maintaining website, responding to e-mail inquiries and voicemails. Most of my inquiries are the normal stuff. “I need a teacher, ” and “Please help!” Luckily I have a few form replies I use. “Thank you so much for contacting me. I'd love to chat with you some more and answer any questions that you have. First off, what all books have you read about Wicca? How long have you been practicing or interested in Wicca? How old are you? What

  • You Are Not A Tool [Fire Lyte]

    ‘The cloaked figure sits down at an aged table alight with dancing candle flames. Using a small knife, the figure cuts a cord into equal lengths, and then braids it up while muttering arcane words. The figure then opens the top of a black cauldron, with perfumed smoke smelling of jasmine and juniper, and tosses the braided cord into it. The cord catches fire, burns quickly, and the ashes float away on the smoke. The figure closes the lid on the cauldron. It is done.’I think most of us ha

  • The Dangers of Virtual Reality and Magickal Life: A True Story [Sitara Haye]

    When I was training to be a Priestess around the age of 20, I got involved in online role-playing games. There were several of us in our training group in college together, and all of us found escape and enjoyment in the early MUSH games online (MUSH stands for Multi-User Shared Hallucination) .These MUSH games were primarily storytelling-based, in which each person/player creates a character and describes them for the other players. You and quot;see and quot; these other characters by typing in a comman

  • The Best Thing About Death [Janice Van Cleve]

    What is the best thing about Death? That’s a very unusual question and not one I had ever heard before. It came as quite a shock. We were sitting around in the living room planning our Samhain ritual – by “we” I mean the women who make up our Dianic Wiccan circle. We gather two weeks before each Sabbat to plan our rituals. All of our women are welcome and encouraged to participate in ritual planning – newcomers as well as veterans – to underscore the fact that we create magic entirely from ourse
 
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  • 青年男子在性心理有哪些习惯？

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
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  • 人体血液的功能与构成

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:14 am
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  • 常用糖尿病治疗方法

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:12 am
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  • 什么是肥胖症？

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:10 am
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  • 引起肥胖的原因有哪些

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:08 am
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  • (Pagan) News of Note

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:24 am
    My semi-regular round-up of articles, essays, and opinions of note for discerning Pagans and Heathens.

  • Choosing a domestic deity for the Pagan household

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:18 pm
    Every domestic witch will eventually look into the subject of a household deity.

  • Indianapolis Public Schools Block the Pagans

    17 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am
    "The Freedom From Religion Foundation, responding to complaints from concerned Indianapolis taxpayers, has sent a letter of strong objection to the Indianapolis Public School system for its policy of censorship of web content that promotes or provides information about "atheistic views." This policy, which also censors Wicca, Witchcraft, "voodoo ...

  • Wiccan Sues Bath & Body Works Over Firing

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:44 pm
    All Gina Uberti wanted to do was take Halloween week off in October 2008 and head up to Salem, Massachusetts with other Wiccans for a festival.

  • King Arthur in nursery visit

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:26 am
    NURSERY children had an unusual visitor when Kin Arthur Pendragon and some of his fellow Druids came in to talk to them about Stonehenge.
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  • Checking the Little Box

    Anne Johnson
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" Now it's official. I'm dancing faster than I can. I'm Ginger, and Fred just went on crank. How's that for a multi-century analogy?Tonight I stayed at school until almost 6:00. There's this program our school has called 21st Century Initiative. It's chock-a-block with federal funding which no one quite understands how to disburse. For instance, one evening this week another teacher just showed up on my doorstep and said I was "on the team," and a student had stayed after school to spend three hours in my company.That student is a wonderful person and the very…

  • Exit 56A

    Anne Johnson
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:54 pm
    Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," dusting off the Old Time Religions since 2005! If you can read this, thank Jupiter. The deity, not the planet. We may not use His numerals, but we sure use His alphabet.These tough economic times have led many people such as myself to seek a livelihood in the teaching profession. As those of you who do it know, it's one demanding job.Teachers like me are called "alternate route." Meaning that we haven't sat through 30 credits of tedious pedantry on metacognition, but have instead earned a living while retaining enough personality and vivacity to lead a…

  • Wouldn't Work with People

    Anne Johnson
    15 Nov 2009 | 2:49 pm
    Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where today the tables turned on us!Not literally. I'm not lying under 75 pounds of varnished walnut.What happened was this: Spare and I took a friend to the pet shelter where we volunteer. The friend wants to adopt a dog. A small, older dog who will enjoy city life and the company of two cats.My daughters and I have fostered more than 60 kittens for this shelter. Usually when we enter the door, we're either picking up tiny waifs for a temporary stay at our home, or dropping off slightly larger, well-fed and healthy waifs for someone else to adopt.As far as…

  • Semper Fi

    Anne Johnson
    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," Pagan and patriotic since 2005! I'll venture a guess that there aren't many Druids in the Daughters of the American Revolution, but there are some. At least one. That's me. I pay my dues every year.You all know that I have trouble linking, so if you want to read the editorial I'm going to rant about today, just biff on over to The Wild Hunt to get all the details.A journalist for the Chicago Tribune has suggested that religious tolerance, particularly of minority religions like -- oh, let's just pick one -- WICCA, might have contributed to the violent shooting…

  • Niccolo and Me

    Anne Johnson
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:55 pm
    Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" Do you have what it takes to rule a Principality?This is my dear old friend, Niccolo Machiavelli.I can't remember the first time I read The Prince. I know it wasn't in college, because I took The Divine Comedy one semester and didn't sign up for The Prince during the following term. Maybe because I felt like I was missing something, I picked up a copy of The Prince and read it, somewhere along the line.The term "Machiavellian" has come to mean something sinister and manipulative. Actually The Prince is pretty pragmatic. Common sense, if you happen to be…
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  • Christian Leaders Unite On Political Issues

    Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. “We pledge to each other, and to our fellow believers,

  • Handcuffed Statue Has The Experts Talking

    A handcuffed statue of a revered woman who exists only in Burma’s spirit world is at the center of debate and speculation among even the country’s intellectual elite. “It is very interesting and mysterious story,” said Khin Maung Kyi, a writer on cultural affairs. He and an increasing number of others interested in occult practices in Burma are following the story of a statue in Rangoon’s Bo

  • Update: 'Agora' Picked Up For U.S. Release

    "Agora," Alejandro Amenabar's intellectual epic that had sat without a U.S. buyer for six months, has found a stateside home. Newmarket Films has picked up U.S. rights to the Rachel Weisz starrer and is prepping a release for the first half of 2010. The English-language "Agora" tells the story of religious conflict in Roman-governed Alexandria as the Christian and pagans battle, often violen

  • More: Moscow Priest Could Have Been Killed By Extremists, Pagans – Sources

    Moscow priest Daniil Sysoyev most likely has been killed for his missionary activity among the non-Orthodox Russian population, a source at law enforcement agencies told Interfax. "He had recently received constant death threats from some extremist organizations. Daniil Sysoyev complained about it several times to the Federal Security Service," the source said. Fr. Daniil might also have bee

  • Russian Priest And Muslim Critic, Daniil Sysoyev, Assassinated In Church

    A Russian Orthodox priest known for his outspoken criticism of Islam and attempts to convert Muslims to Christianity has been assassinated in his Moscow church. A masked gunman shot Father Daniil Sysoyev in the head and chest after asking for him by name, police said. The choirmaster, Vladimir Strelbinsky, was seriously wounded in the attack at St Thomas Church in southern Moscow. Father Dan
 
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  • Hate No More

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    Transgender Day of Remembrance. Recalling those who died because of any combination of hatred, ignorance, stupidity, homophobia, sexism or fear. Transgender Day of Remembrance.Recalling those who were killed far from their friends, at the hands of violence.There were 95 transgender related murders internationally last year, up from 47 the year before. Has hatred doubled? are the effects of ignorance and fear exponential? [edit: a source reports that this number is up to 162 reported murders.]For those who's names we do not know, and those who's faces some of us recall. For all of these,…

  • Slowing Down to Speed Up

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:42 am
    Escalation inside does not help with escalation outside. If we need to hurry up, we usually need to slow down internally. If we must face what feels like external opposition, internal violence is of no help. Think of a situation you've faced recently. What were the external conditions and what was your internal state? Were you remembering to center, or was there agitation you were acting from? Did you feel well grounded or as if you were spinning hard and fast? The more centered, stable and energetically calm we are inside, the more efficient, effective, quick and powerful we can be on the…

  • Peniel: Identity is Not the I

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:19 am
    What happens when we don't feel strong? What happens when our identity is so wrapped up in what we do that we forget who we are becoming?This happens to us all.Last weekend, I did some energy work with a person who was walking on crutches, has been out of work for over a year, and was struggling. She was used to being strong, vital, to running everywhere and being the go-to person. She could not do that anymore and was starting to have trouble holding on after two surgeries and perhaps one more to come. Pain, coupled with a sense of defeat, were making it hard for her to stay in her body.

  • Armistice and Oracles

    11 Nov 2009 | 1:56 pm
    When we are open to the moment, we are open to the teaching. When we are in a place of gratitude, we are in a state of love.Feeling love for the city of San Francisco and grateful for teaching today: for the lessons of the body; of presence; of other humans in their frailty and strength... I stood at the bus stop, reading The Gift of Danger by Mary Stein. A mildly lit-up man interrupted to compliment my hair. We struck up a conversation about New Orleans (where both he and my father were raised), race, class, work and finally, attention. Yes, we discussed the importance of attention, which I…

  • Transitions

    10 Nov 2009 | 7:11 am
    I write a lot about God Hirself being Process and flow, of how perfection is not static, and how this includes our lives. We each have an opportunity to learn and change, with every breath we take. Below is an announcement from two dedicated priestesses who have gifted many of us with their time, energy, wisdom and service. For myself, I am grateful to have walked their land, had tea in their kitchen, taught in their halls, and done ritual in the sacred groves they tended. I offer my blessings and thanks to them as their ministry changes, and look forward to what may come. Blessings to you…
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  • The season of marigolds

    victoriaslind-flor
    9 Nov 2009 | 8:18 am
    The last few pieces of the Dia de los Muertos altar need to be brought in, and the fading marigolds fed into the gaping maw of Kali Ma, also known as my compost bin. There's a definite chill in the air, and sunset is beginning to encroach on 5 p.m. We are truly entering the dark time of the year.For me, fragrances are always the harbingers of this descent into the dark times. Clouds of copal smoke rise from the altars, combining with the intense vegetal scent of marigolds. Not the dwarf French marigolds of my childhood, but the tall African marigolds -- Cempasuchil or Flor de Muerto…

  • Growing up on ``the hill''

    victoriaslind-flor
    9 Nov 2009 | 8:15 am
    I recently discovered a Facebook group called ``I grew up on Capitol Hill.'' That's the Seattle neighborhood where I spent my childhood. I wasn't all that surprised to see the group already has 500-plus members, for it was on the hill that all the Catholic doctors and lawyers found the big turn-of-the-century homes for their 12-child families. A LOT of people grew up on Capitol Hill. I scanned through the list of members and found a few relatives, a couple of classmates, and  many people who were either younger or older siblings of those who went through Holy Names…

  • We're the coven that makes stuff

    victoriaslind-flor
    1 Nov 2009 | 9:15 pm
    On thing that distinguishes my coven from some others is that we're always making things. It seems we are seldom closer than when we're gathered around the table sewing, decoupaging stuff, carving pumpkins, carving gourds or . . . .This year we made a new altar cloth for Samhain. In our tradition the altar is always on the ground in the center of the circle because we are non-hierarchical and we like having the altar as a central visual focus. And increasingly the altar is very simple, as we let fabric and clear votives provide the focus.I saw a pattern for a small wall hanging in one…

  • You know you're in Louisiana when . . . .

    victoriaslind-flor
    16 Oct 2009 | 9:40 am
    I didn't have all that much spare time on my quick trip to New Orleans. But I did have a rental car and a couple of free hours after I first arrived, and a few more the next morning before John's memorial. So I checked out a few of the old familiar places and saw that some things never change.Like the drive-up daiquiri window, for instance. If you can get your beer in a ``go cup'' in the Quarter, it's not too far a reach to be able to drive by the Daiquiri Shop and get your daiquiri in your flavor of choice for the road . . . . The Lucky Dog man still lives! If you…

  • A final goodbye

    victoriaslind-flor
    11 Oct 2009 | 1:49 pm
    Two weeks ago I made a quick trip to New Orleans for the memorial for my friend John Dauns, who died in June. I was very honored that they asked me to speak at the event, which was held in the beautiful Rogers Memorial Chapel on the Tulane University campus;  and also that they listed me in John's obituary as one of his survivors. Here's the program from the memorial with a portrait of John drawn by his colleague and friend, Professor Karl H. Hofmann, and below that, more John stories resume.   At the memorial many of John's colleagues talked about his…
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  • The Wheel Keeps Turning

    2 Nov 2009 | 2:17 am
    © 2009 Richard Man*Last night we celebrated Samhain at Reclaiming's 30th Anniversary Spiral Dance. The stated intention of this year's ritual was: "With joy and courage, we join together across generations and differences to move forward on the good road." To that end, my young friend Rhiannon, age 13, and I co-invoked the Mighty Dead of the Craft to come to our circle and dance with us. She and I had worked hard on this small piece and our work paid off. I felt that we did right by those who watch us from beyond.When I finally arose today, I indulged in my Sunday ritual of reading the…

  • Samhain Blessings

    30 Oct 2009 | 11:13 pm
    Photo by Peter Hughes (RIP)Blessed Samhain to All on Every Plane of Existence!Well, folks, I had this very cool audio file I was gonna share here for our Samhain pleasure, but having just spent several hours on tons of sites, registering places to upload audio files, and then being unable to make it happen, I give up. At least for now. I'm tired. I got to the point where I had the choice to upload, but when I went to my computer to choose a file, it wouldn't permit me to upload an iTunes file. So, alas! no cool audio this Samhain.That said, you can hear a Samhain Service on "Mama Fortuna…

  • Turkish-American Dialogue & Friendship Dinner

    16 Oct 2009 | 3:38 pm
    Well, Patrick and I made it to this event in spite of the fact that my car overheated in the BART parking lot where I was picking him up for the drive down to Santa Clara in evening rush hour. We managed to get the car several blocks to the home of Don Frew and Anna Korn, where Don gave us his keys and off we went.We were guests at the 3rd Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner sponsored by the Pacifica Institute, a Turkish-American organization whose mission is "to promote cross-cultural awareness, in order to attain peace and diversity with our neighbors, help establish a better society…

  • Blending In, Standing Out

    13 Oct 2009 | 8:55 pm
    Two weeks ago I attended a the 6th Annual Marin Leadership Luncheon sponsored by the Marin Leadership Foundation. Marin Interfaith Council had sponsored two tables they sought to fill, so I signed up. Having gotten a bit lost on the way there, I arrived about 15 minutes late and entered a crowded ballroom. I was grateful to see Fu Schroeder from Green Gulch Zen Center wave at me from one of the tables. I was assigned to the other, with Carol Hovis, Chris Highland* and Nafisa Haji. Usually I do a bit more research before attending an event that I understand to be interfaith in nature. This…

  • New Scholarly Books of Interest to Pagans - I

    26 Sep 2009 | 2:09 am
    As a member of the AAR, I get lots of catalogs from academic publishers. While most titles are not especially relevant or interesting to Pagans, I do come across a few now and then. I pass on the latest several titles for the benefit of Pagan readers, to suggest the breadth, depth and scope of contemporary Pagan studies and areas of related interest. I've included some commentary of my own, particularly as I see these works relating to who we are as Pagans religions and how we might evolve and unfold in this post-almost everything world.From Oxford University Press' New & Noteworthy…
 
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  • Pagans among Suspects in Priest's Murder

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:34 am
    A Russian Orthodox priest is murdered in his Moscow church, and suspicion falls both on Muslims and on Russian Pagans.But note the titles of his books.We know too much about people who shout "Allah Akbar" and then pull the trigger, but why the Pagans? Why bring them into the discussion?Paganism in Russia is somewhat like what my Anglosphere readers are used to, but there are significant differences. Russian Pagans are more likely to have their own line of "blood and soil" rhetoric and to claim that they represent the true spirituality of their people, which puts them in direct conflict with…

  • In Which We Use 'the I-Word' at the AAR

    15 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Attendance at this year's American Academy of Religion annual meeting was down somewhat, an AAR staff member told me: about 5,000 instead of 7,000-8,000. He attributed the drop to the economy, not to the fact that the meeting was held in Montreal. I certainly heard no complaints about the venue.Although I spent the Saturday being a tourist of magic, I was still able to make the main Paganism-related sessions.The Contemporary Pagan Studies Group had three sessions, and they were well-attended by AAR standards, with more than fifty people at each one.Our shared session with the Indigenous…

  • This Should Work for Freelancers, Too

    13 Nov 2009 | 10:58 pm
    From the Motor City Hoodoo line by Coventry Creations of Ferndale, Michigan.

  • Spices, Speak to Me

    12 Nov 2009 | 6:43 pm
    The Mistress of Spices is sort of like the wort-cunning herbalist witch archetype, only with (Asian) Indians and a Bollywood star whose "acting" is very stylized, mostly about eye makeup.We ordered it from Netflix months ago, and it finally reached the top of our queue. The whole movie is so stylized that it is more like a music video than a film. Artiness trumps story.M. says it reminded her of Chocolat.Will the spices win out over earthly love? Three guesses.

  • Writers and Money

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:55 pm
    I am back from the American Academy of Religion meeting in Montreal, of which more later, where I also collected a freelance-editing check that I was owed.When I collected nine days' worth of mail at the post office, I was happy to see that another check that was "in the mail" was in fact in the mail.It's not always that way, as SF writer John Scalzi makes clear in this blog post about writers and money.3. Writer pay is generally low and generally inconsistent. And if one writes fiction for some/all of one’s writing output, especially so. I’ve written in detail about writing rates and…
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  • An Essential Study

    Anne
    31 Oct 2009 | 12:12 pm
    Phillip Zarrilli’s new book may have a title that only a theater critic could love, but the body of his work deserves to be known and practiced by a much wider audience—and in terms of this blog’s readership, I am referring to anybody involved in the expressive or healing arts, ministry, ceremony, or public speaking. Psychophysical [...]

  • So Many Blogs, So Little Time

    Anne
    24 Oct 2009 | 10:44 am
    I have never been a blogger that can whip out short, frequent posts on the day’s most Googled topic, in the race to drive traffic to my site. Instead, I am one of many bloggers who write thoughtful pieces about the things that interest me, in hopes that those who are similarly interested will continue [...]

  • The Limits of Awareness

    Anne
    7 Oct 2009 | 6:43 am
    Monday I stood up a friend for brunch. I didn’t mean to, and I certainly didn’t plan on it. I had been looking forward to it just a couple days before, had the meeting written in my book, and the book was with me as I did errands beforehand. Yet so complete was my forgetting [...]

  • How Time Flies

    Anne
    21 Sep 2009 | 9:55 pm
    What a banner weekend—a heady mix of the new moon, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, and Autumn Equinox. The air has that piercing clarity of autumn too, with the touch of morning chill that makes the apples and pears so crisp and flavorful. My little apple tree is still too much of a fledgling to bring forth [...]

  • Sit Down and Be Counted!

    Anne
    5 Sep 2009 | 2:33 pm
    One of the most interesting studies to come out in the past decade is Voices from the Pagan Census. The book is based on surveys that were circulated from 1993 to 1995, by hand and via magazines and newsletters, but also through the new communications tool called the “internet.” I remember coming across several copies, [...]
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    Global Goddess - Goddess Women Helping Women Worldwide.

  • Blessings at Samhain

    Bendis
    1 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am
    Our newest edition of The Oracle is now available.  Simply click on the tab above and the select Samhain 2009 over to the left of the page.  We thank our many conributors and look forward to seeing new submissions from our readers, as well.  I offer you my latest poem in honor of the season. Many blessings, read more

  • Summer Solstice Oracle Now Availavble!

    20 Jun 2009 | 3:28 pm
    It is our pleasure to announce the Summer Solstice 2009 issue of the Global Goddess Oracle ezine is ready for viewing. Click onm the tab above "The Oracle" and then select the Summer Solstice 2009 from the menu on the left. We hope you enjoy the new issue of The Oracle. We would appreciate feedback and welcome your comments.   Blessings, Dawn, Bendis, Heather and The Oracle Staff

  • Dew Kissed and Beltane Blessed by Bendis

    Bendis
    2 May 2009 | 5:42 pm
    hawthorn gathered in the mayatop a tree of birchgaily blowing in the windrainbow ribbons spin queen of may, jack o'greenbless the fields and landlively dancing kissing twirlingribbons in the hand king making, goddess blessedsacred vows of ancient dayswrapping ribbons round the poledance the sacred ways spread the grass make a bedlay upon the landspill the seed bless the nightlovers hand in handread more

  • The Oracle

    21 Mar 2009 | 4:23 pm
    The Spring Equinox Edition of the Global Goddess Oracle is now available Click on the tab about "The Oracle." We need your submissions! We welcome submissions from all, as long as the content is appropriate to our publication. Because Global Goddess is an organization for women, our e-zine is written to appeal to that audience. If you are interested in submitting to The Oracle please review our guidlines:read more

  • Spring

    Bendis
    16 Mar 2009 | 9:13 am
    I have always wished to see the gorse blooming across the land - something perhaps about my blood ties to the land. I believe it would be much akin to what I felt as a child when the forsythia bloomed or when now, I see my first daffodils or the gorgeous Texas redbud burst into color before even green leaves shoot forth! Spring is such a wonderful time! What I see about me is so clearly the same as I feel within.  That incredible bursting forth - the need to DO pulsing forth from my center of being.read more
 
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    Chess, Goddess and Everything

  • Plans to Display Karanovo Thracian Finds

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:14 pm
    Story at NoviniteBulgaria Archaeologists Present Unique Thracian Tomb FindsNovember 17, 2009A team of Bulgarian archaeologists led by Veselin Ignatov formally presented Tuesday their finds from the tomb of an aristocrat from Ancient Thrace near the southern town of Nova Zagora.In October and November 2009, Ignatov’s team found a burial tomb of dated back to the end of 1st century and beginning of

  • World Blitz Championship 2009

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:49 pm
    There are two chess femmes playing in this elite of the elite championship of 22 players: GM Judit Polgar (HUNG 2680) and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS 2517).So far, the ladies have scored some telling wins through Round 28 (which gives you an idea of how fast and furious this BLITZ Championship is going), but both of them are out of contention for a medal. There are 42 rounds altogether. What

  • More on that Indus Measuring System

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    Some spectacular headline claims are made in this article from the Telegraph.co.uk! It makes sense to me though, since we know there was sustained trade among the Indus Valley civilization, Sumer (Mesopotamia), parts of Iran (Elam) and even Egypt, too. The entire trade netword would have collapsed unless the producers, the transportation people, the traders, and the sellers at the other end had

  • More on that Lost Persian Army Found

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:23 pm
    From Time Magazine OnlineThe Vanished Army: Solving an Ancient Egyptian MysteryBy Ishaan TharoorTuesday, Nov. 17, 2009In 525 B.C., the Persian Emperor Cambyses dispatched 50,000 of his soldiers to lay waste to an oasis temple in the Sahara because its oracle had spoken ill of his plans for world domination. The punitive expedition proved to be one of antiquity's most dramatic episodes of imperial

  • Computer Labs for Kids: Update on SOS Childrens Village

    15 Nov 2009 | 8:29 pm
    A photo of part of the SOS Children's Village in Chicago, taken from the parking lot outside the Community Center that hosted the project). Sunday was the day for Computer Labs for Kids Foundation's latest project!It started earlier than usual for me. I arose at 5:00 a.m. I am having this room (my former bedroom turned into the den/library) painted and I was still in the middle of clearing out
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    A Weblog for Our Mother God

  • Amazing Grace

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:53 am
    A video for devotees of Our Mother God.

  • Lotus Flower Symbol of Our Mother God

    23 Oct 2009 | 5:51 am
    The lotus flower symbol or Our Mother God is beautifully depicted in the dance shown on this video. The dance of the Feminine Holy Trinity and the lotus flower.

  • Early publication of the Mother Scriptures

    17 Oct 2009 | 4:51 am
    A correspondent writes: When it is said that Lux Madriana was the first organization to publish the Filianic Scriptures this is correct but a little more detail could be added here. We need to remember that we are talking about the 1970s before the internet and before desktop publishing. Publishing anything was a complex and expensive process. Only a minority of the Scriptures were actually issued in booklet form: the rest were simply circulated as hand-typed papers that were photocopied or retyped. This made them very vulnerable to alterations and redactions. We continue to see these to this…

  • Note on Lux Madriana

    16 Oct 2009 | 4:05 pm
    Thank you for your recent post on Lux Madriana and the Filianic Scriptures. Anyone who is seriously interested in the Scriptures and researches them in Elektra is bound to stumble upon self-proclaimed representatives of Lux Madriana and other groups and individuals with a less than sincere, religious approach. While I understand that the Chapel might simply not have wished to be associated with them at all, not even in negating any association, I have felt that some sort of clarifying statement has been needed for a long time. I am glad that this statement has now been made. Thank you very…

  • Lux Madriana and the Filianic Scriptures

    16 Oct 2009 | 5:04 am
    Lux Madriana Is sometimes credited with originating the Filianic Scriptures. What is the truth about this?
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    The Wigglian Way Pagan Podcast

  • Episode 60

    9 Nov 2009 | 10:01 pm
    What? Another show so soon? You got that right Brothers and Sisters, we're back! What a quick turnaround! We got news, great news!Thanks to you, dear listeners, thanks to you, dear PodKin, we have been nominated for the 2009 Podcast Awards, The People's Choice! Thank you, thank you, thank you! What an honour this is! We've been nominated in the Religion Inspiration category.But wait, it's isn't just an honour for us, this year we are joined by our good friend Jason Pitzl-Waters, his show; A Darker Shade of Pagan; was nominated in the Podsafe Music catergory. Great work, Jason!Voting opens…

  • Episode 59

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Twas a dark and stormy night in Wigglian Town and all the little Wigglians were tucked under the covers to wait out the storm. Then someone broke out some massage oil.....Thank you so much for downloading the show, we hope that you enjoy it. Tonight, we talk about spells and the Witches Alphabet, Theban.Our feature album is a new 18 song collection from Emerald Rose, That Night In The Garden. (Thank you, Arthur!). A great new live album, check out the harmonies! Please give a listen to Twilight Falls and Castle of Arianrhod. We end the show with Take Me Down.Also on tonight's show, Barrow…

  • Episode 58

    19 Oct 2009 | 6:51 am
    I walk with the Wigglians, the Wigglians, they walk with me!Greeting fellow Wigglians, welcome to Episode 58, we are so glad that you have downloaded the show, thanks. We hope that you enjoy it. This show, it's all about the Crone! First we talk a bit about the Crone archetype then in the final segment we take on the Cailleach.This episode's feature album is from Kellianna, I Walk With the Goddess from 2007. We hear the title track, I Walk With the Goddess and Ancestor's Song. We finish the show with Kali-Ma. We also hear Liquid Moon from Trillian Green and Rain Gods from Kan'Nal.

  • Episode 57

    28 Sep 2009 | 8:40 pm
    Howdy Ho, Wigglians!Thanks for downloading the show, we're so glad that you have taken the time to download our little show!Gather round and make yourself comfortable, it's story night, here on The Wigglian Way!Tonight's feature album is the 2004 release, Licht by Faun. Faun put on a couple of excellent shows at FaerieWorlds this year. Tonight we hear Andro and Isis and we finish the show off with Punagra.We also announce the winner of our autographed copy of Mythcreants by Tricky Pixie! Pagan Bookworm stops by with a look at The Witches Bible.Our second set of music features Daughter of the…

  • Episode 56

    12 Sep 2009 | 1:26 pm
    Well met, Wigglians! Thank you so much for taking the time to download and listen to our little labour of Love! Tonight's show is all about the pentagram! We also announce the winners of the D2D CD 'Remixed' and the winner of the beautiful piece by Mel Kickland.Tonight's feature album is the first album by Sharon Knight, 'Incantation'. We play Bardic Voices and Mother of the World and we end the show with Bewitched, please enjoy. We also hear 'Pentagram' by Chalice and Blade and 'Etrezomp-ni_Kelted' by Omnia.PodKin Love!Thanks again for downloading the show, it means so much to us! YOU are…
 
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    Vampires, Witches, and Geeks

  • VWnG020 News and Announcements

    morvenwestfield
    27 Oct 2009 | 9:18 pm
    News and announcements about vampires, witches, and geeks. Web links for this episode: Smoke and Mirrors Magic Show - http://www.theatreofthenight.com  ~~~ The Vampire Lestat Fan Club - http://www.vampirelestatfanclub.com  ~~~ I Kissed a Vampire — http://www.ikissedavampire.com  ~~~ Out of the Coffin Podcast - http://www.outofthecoffin.com  ~~~ The Witches’ Almanac - http://thewitchesalmanac.com  ~~~ WitchTalk - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchtalk  ~~~ Wild Hunt - http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/09/marion-weinstein-1939-2009.html   ~~~ Lynda Hilburn -…

  • Margaret Carter Reading

    morvenwestfield
    14 Sep 2009 | 8:44 pm
    This is a companion to Episode 19, where I interviewed longtime vampire author Margaret Carter. Here she reads from her vampire romance, EMBRACING DARKNESS, which was published in the Silhouette Intimate Moments line. This reading was recorded May 9, 2009.

  • VWnG019 Interview with Margaret Carter

    morvenwestfield
    13 Sep 2009 | 6:15 pm
    This episode features an interview with Margaret Carter.  Margaret’s first vampire book was published in 1970 and she’s had a rich and prolific career since then, including both fiction and non-fiction. Her works span multiple formats; comprising short stories, novelettes, and novels. Her most-recent work is an erotic paranormal romance novelette, “Lion’s Bower,” published in May 2009 by Ellora’s Cave. Show Notes: Recorded on April 23, 2009. “Lust, Love, and the Literary Vampire”:  www.strangehorizons.com Her web site: …

  • VWnG018 News and Announcements

    morvenwestfield
    14 Aug 2009 | 8:47 pm
    News and announcements about vampires, vampires, and more vampires. Oh, and some geek stuff, too. And the name of the contest winner! Topics: Spike (James Marsters), Harry Dresden, True Blood, Northern Haunts anthology, Bitten by Books, Dark Shadows Convention, Vampire Con, Killer Con, Pi-Con, Witchtalk, Vlad the Gothic magician talks about the vampire communty), winner of Tate Hallaway giveaway book contest. Web sites mentioned in the show: www.dragoncon.org –  www.jamesmarsters.com –  www.shroudmagazine.com — www.darkshadowsfestival.com — www.killercon.org…

  • Cornelia Amiri Reading

    morvenwestfield
    14 Jul 2009 | 6:26 pm
    Author  Cornelia Amiri reads a selection from her novel, A Fine Cauldron of Fish, and from her short story “Vampire Dancer,” which appeared in Sleeping With the Undead. For more “long swords, hot heroes, and warrior women,” be sure to visit Cornelia’s web site at www.myspace.com/CelticRomanceQueen
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    Aquila ka Hecate

  • Another One Leaving Early To Avoid The Rush

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:04 pm
    Temporary farewell to Don Pablo Amaringo.I will see you on the other side.

  • The Same Flesh

    16 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
    If you step outside onto the smokers' balcony now - ten past 5 of Tuesday morning - you will be enveloped in a grey-green world of very strange predawn.Low clouds are fleeing across the sky from East to West, under a high pearl white dome. The air tastes to all the senses of ice. The birds, when they show up, are hurrying to be somewhere else. It's an odd morning for two weeks after Beltane in Joburg.Yesterday, the atmosphere was filled with irritations. Probably most of us could sense the changing weather and reacted to it with a myriad little snipes against each other. A sort of two-axe…

  • Battle of Mechanopolis

    15 Nov 2009 | 3:31 am
    Resident Anti-Hero's Battle of Mechanopolis available for download (for free). Wheee.Recommend, recommend.

  • Thirteen Moons - Repost

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:02 am
    Tuesday, March 13, 2007I'm reposting this more-than-2-year-old item. Interestingly, I find my views haven't changed on this topic.Thirteen MoonsDespite my new-found head-in-the-sand resolution not to read a newspaper or watch the evening news or listen to a newscast (two-year-old-toddler brutally raped and murdered;Uncle Bob Mugabe beats opposition leader to within an inch of his life;more women and children blown to pieces by some atavistic wargod-struck man) Jason’s music still managed to creep me out (ah, Jason, that’s some good shit you play there-you even managed to get me looking…

  • “One Out of Every Five People Here is a Cyborg”

    9 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    I am a hyper-dimensional Being embedded, temporarily, in a 3-spatial-dimensional matrix.And so are you. Unless, of course, you’re one of those twenty-percent of people I alluded to in the title; that is, a Cyborg.It’s an interesting question. Sometimes, I swear I’m surrounded by bloody cyborgs. At other times, I can clearly see the immanent Divinity in each of Us.On Saturday, it was off to the new shopping mall around the corner – Cedar Square – to see if we could negotiate an internet contract with a different service provider, and get a new cellphone for Warren.Cedar Square, like…
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    Eye of the Storm

  • The Fairytale of Equality

    Storm Faerywolf
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    "Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities." ~Ayn RandI'm not usually into Ms. Rand, as she tends to be invoked fiercely by the conservative right... but I agree wholeheartedly with the above statement. Really, Maine... if you wanted so desperately to be like California why couldn't you have just voted for social programs that you have no way to pay for? ;)Rise up... do magic... share your anger, and your love... until…

  • Love

    Storm Faerywolf
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:42 pm
    From our day at the beach. A couple days later I opened up my laptop and this picture with the caption was set as the desktop.

  • A poem...

    Storm Faerywolf
    24 Sep 2009 | 10:36 am
    Under the Starsby Storm FaerywolfDaring took me hand in handEvening fell as did my heartVeil lifted, oh such splendor!Imagination has not prepared meNever have I felt this way before.He looks deep within my eyes and soulUnderneath the dancing starsNight has claimed our hearts as oneTogether now within our kissEverything has led me to this placeRapturous love, I welcome you.

  • A poem...

    Storm Faerywolf
    9 Aug 2009 | 4:21 pm
    This one I wrote while at Feri Camp during Thorn's and my class on creativity:Women of Song©2009 Storm FaerywolfThere is a meadow down belowwhere women sing a velvet tuneand dance within the golden sunand praise Diana of the moon.With lilting voices raised up highinto the open azure skya prayer is made on wings of songTo keep the covenant to which we all belong.Verdant grass beneath their feetHow soft! How lush! How earthen sweet.Greets their prayers with upward bladeAnd here it is their living bed is made.Priestess! Lover! Harlot! Teacher!You who hold the space of honor’s kissUnveil thy…

  • Name that Quote (please)

    Storm Faerywolf
    1 Aug 2009 | 12:19 am
    I remember reading, somewhere, a little statement about Sufism that really stuck with me, and I'd like to use it in the book I am writing, but I can't remember where I read it. :( I've used it (or at least the gist of it) several times as an example of ecstasy and so I'd really like to use it. It goes something like this:"All Muslim's, when they die, expect to see the face of God. Sufis are not that patient."Anyone?
 
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    Beth Owl's Daughter

  • Asking For Help

    Beth
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions. — Old proverb Speaking of jumps yesterday, I am wondering if everyone is still here. Back on Blogger, I had ninety something loyal “followers,” as well as unknown numbers of folks who didn’t sign up. Not that I expect comments each and every day, but I can’t help but wonder if everyone made the jump to this new location. Or has this just gotten old and boring?  Are you still with me?  Should we wind this up (we still have three more chapters)? Or…

  • The Artist Whisperer

    Beth
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:16 am
    Annie: I’ve heard you help people with horse problems. Tom Booker: Truth is, I help horses with people problems. From The Horse Whisperer Today we begin to find useful ways to deal with our creative U-turns, how to even turn them into the great opportunities in disguise they might be. The first step of course, is to acknowledge them. “To recover from a creative U-turn,” writes Julia, “or a pattern involving many creative U-turns, we must first admit that it exists. ‘Yes, I did react negatively to fear and pain. Yes, I do need help.’” I love her next metaphor, because…

  • U-Turns of the Rich and Famous

    Beth
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. – Jane Fonda Taking what Julia calls a creative U-turn is common among creative people. In fact, she declares that every artist does this at some time or another (often, more than once). As examples, based on her own personal interviews with them, she includes such renowned creatives as Jane Fonda, Kevin Kline, Julie Andrews, Akira Kurosawa, Sidney Pollack, Sissy Spacek, Gregory Hines, and over fifty more. “I talked to most of them about discouragement – which meant talking to them about U-turns.

  • Creative U-Turns

    Beth
    17 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. –David Lloyd George Last week we started exploring what Julia calls the “Creative U-Turn.” It often happens just as we are about to have a breakthrough (but of course, we don’t necessarily know this at the time). It’s where suddenly, everything seems to go flat, we sink into discouragement, the first flush of “What if” mysteriously gives way to “What’s the use.” This happens because we are now, truly, on the road to our artistic identity. And that, after a lifetime of pain and hiding,…

  • Tarot Card of the Week, and Blessings of the Scorpio New Moon

    Beth
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. – Galileo Galilei Now this is interesting. The last time the Ace of Swords came calling, back in June, was also on the New Moon. It was the New Moon of  Cancer, at Summer Solstice. Now we are in the New Moon of Scorpio. Both are extremely emotional, deeply intuitive water signs. New Moons bring us new…
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