Posted on March 30th, 2011 by witchsbrew
The Daily Kos is reporting that evangelical witch-hunters will be among the participants at the Social Transformation Conference at Harvard April 1-2. From the Social Transformation website: Historically, many of our great social transformers had their sense of purpose and passion undergirded by their Christian faith. Several of our Ivy League universities (such as Harvard, [...]
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Filed under: Christians, Pagan Values, Witch Hunts
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by witchsbrew
I blogged last year about the South African Pagan Rights Alliance and its campaign “30 Days of Advocacy Against Witch-hunts.” I DO NOT want to write about it again this year. I do not want to write about elderly women in Ghana banished to isolated witch-camps. I DO NOT want to read a report that [...]
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Filed under: Pagan Values, Witch Hunts
Posted on March 27th, 2011 by witchsbrew
The Blog Peoria migration appears to be a success. (Sigh of relief!) I’ve been feeling media deprived this last week. I am still trying to adjust to the loss of my classical music on WCBU. It’s been begging week on WTVP, and I wholeheartedly loathe Les Miz, Celtic Woman, any number/nationality of tenors, Suze Orman, [...]
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Filed under: Life
Posted on March 20th, 2011 by witchsbrew
It’s finally here: Ostara, the first day of Spring! It’s time to find balance in my life.
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Filed under: Ostara, Wheel of the Year
Posted on March 17th, 2011 by witchsbrew
I’m afraid Scott Schulz at The Juggler: Arts, Culture, and Pop Culture from a Pagan Perspective has unwittingly popped the cork and released my inner genii. In a March 1st post “Toward a Pagan Critical Theory: Introduction” he asked the question: “A thought that I have been gnawing at like at bone ever since we [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Pagan Critical Theory, Pagan Values
Posted on March 11th, 2011 by witchsbrew
For my Goddess Hathor: Long before I was accept that the Gods were real and still with us, I could see and hear Goddess energy rising on the dance floor. Denise Belfon brings the exurberance of Mardi Gras in Trinidad. “Move your waistline, move your waistline!/Move your waistline and wine!” According to uCaribbean.com’s Caribbean Travel [...]
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Filed under: Friday Video
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by witchsbrew
Last week the Pagan community and those who embraced the Women’s Spirituality Movement were saddened to hear of the passing of sculptor and art historian Merlin Stone. She was the author of the ground-breaking book When God Was a Woman (1976). On the Facebook page “Requiem for Merlin Stone”. Zsuzsanna Budapest spoke for all of [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Pagan Values
Posted on March 4th, 2011 by witchsbrew
Every time I watch Rent, I’m surprised by its Pagan sensibility. This evening, in honor of my beloved Cow Goddess Hathor– my Matron Deity–I bring you “Over the Moon.” Idina Menzel, who plays performance artist Maureen in Rent, also endeared herself to Pagans when she played the witch Elphaba in Wicked.
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Filed under: Friday Video
