Countdown to Spiritual Warfare

The DC40 prayer campaign launches today in Hawaii: state by state the “40 Days of Light and Fire over D.C.” intends to change the District of Columbia into the “District of Christ.” The 51 day prayer guide is available for download on the DC40 website. The Dominionists intend to focus their will on the statue [...]

DC40 Leaders Write an Open Letter to Pagans

The Minnesota Bureau of the Pagan Newswire Collective has published the contents of a newsletter written Prepare the Way Ministries in New Baden, IL. It is addressed to the Pagan Community: To the pagans, we write: We are well aware of the websites and blogs rallying to try and curse our effort and counter it. [...]

It’s Harry Potter Time!

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 [...]

World Kindness Day

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 [...]

Blessings Journal: Day 17

No question: counting my blessings has become a chore. It’s hard not to descend into satire or parody. In active rebellion, my brain wants to start a curses list as well–and if Pumpkin Head, the alcoholic who lives across the hall, wakes me up tonight for the third time running–well, I am tempted to wish [...]

Curses, again

Well, my bus driver, Darnnear Atoad, continues to be his own charming self. But I think I have come up with a hex that will fulfill my my caveats and get him out of my hair. Let me say that CityLink drivers sign up for their shifts every quarter, so I know there will be [...]

A Witch Who Cannot Curse Cannot Heal

I had an ugly confrontation with a CityLink bus driver this week. Frustrated in an attempt to file a complaint against him and faced with a bright, beautiful full moon, I considered slapping a curse on him that would make George and Fred Weasley beam with pride. I was in the process of gathering up [...]