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Summations of History
The significance of male witches throughout history cannot be ignored. The numbers who were accused, tried, tortured and executed has been glossed over and de-classified by those of political, ideological, religious and personal agendas, including but not limited to feminist scholars. This very simplistic portrayal between gender and witchcraft does not truthfully reflect [...]
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Recently I’ve had to delete some 17 comments from one of the posts. This wasn’t a spammer, those are quickly and easily caught before they can even enter. Rather, these are from one individual who is obviously filled with both ignorance and religious hatred. Of coarse, that IP is now denied, blacklisted.
I will make myself [...]
News and Views: A small collection
Pandemic? H1N1 flu virus
Let’s see now, topping the media broadcasts today is the outbreak of swine flu. They say this started in Mexico, where there are now over 139 deaths reported. The US, with one confirmed death today, is amoung the now 11 countries reporting suspected cases, with Germany and [...]
A little while back I read a blog posting from a HPS of the Dianic Witchcraft following concerning her views about pagan labels. The post was a personal commentary, well thought out and expressed her views clearly from her perspective.
This led to some scattered thoughts about my own use, and non-use of pagan labels. [...]
19 April, 2009
“Books are words of wisdom spoken by the dead to the living.”
–Welsh proverb
Having been ‘around’ for more than a few mortal ages now, I’ve had the opportunity and sometime blessings of being able to see many things traverse along the ebb and flow of their ways. It is kinda-sorta like; ‘now you see [...]
Recently, I wrote a commentary concerning “Witch Wars”, which you can read if you wish by clicking the link title. Near the end of that commentary I spoke of other options. In particular, I mentioned that if your magyk was strong, you did have other options. Of coarse, I fully expected somebody to come [...]
Researching your Gods and Goddesses: Part Two
In our last meeting we discussed some of the many pitfalls both new and experienced pagans encounter when researching their gods and goddesses. Today we will highlight some of the ways you can avoid many of those pitfalls.
I can tell you from my 40 plus years of practice [...]
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personal commentary upon the holiday season
A brief writing in repetitive history
(musings of an old witch)
It is often said that history repeats itself. That what once was, will be so once again. There are relative truths in this. People, cultures, empires, theologies, rise and fall throughout time. This includes lifestyles and “religious” beliefs.
Many have often heard me say of myself that [...]
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