I got up this morning to watch on TV the 123rd Santa Claus Parade from cold, mostly abandoned downtown Peoria. I know I am getting old because every year the parade seems smaller and shabbier than the parades I remember as a kid. And yet, for the last ten years I’ve craved a Pagan float [...]
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Filed under: Christmas, Wheel of the Year, Wicca, Yule
November 25th is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. According to Bloggers Unite: In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women [...]
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Filed under: Halloween, Politics
I won’t get to see The Deathly Hallows till Monday, but I am in the grip of Harry Potter mania. –No, actually I am having a full blown geek attack.. Seriously… Last night I was rereading the book, when my mind snagged on a bit of HP trivia: the Statute of Secrecy, which severed Wizard [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Christians, Curses
Most Wiccans and many eclectic Pagans subscribe to “The Rule of Three”–that is, whatever energy you send into the Multiverse will return to you three-fold. Usually the “Rule” is cited as a caution against sending negative energy into the Multiverse… Like rethinking an angry email you are about to send to a boss, a business [...]
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Filed under: Curses, Life, Pagan Values, Wicca
Samhain in the fall and Beltane in the spring divide the Wheel of the Year into the dark months and the light months. The end of Daylight Savings Time tonight will put us firmly at the beginning of the Black Months. Coincidentally, we have a New Moon this weekend. And the hangover from Tuesday’s election… [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Prosperity, Wheel of the Year