I have feasted on roast pork, which the Ancient Celts believed was the food of immortality. The magical pigs belonged to the God Manannan; slaughtered in the evening for the feast, the pigs were reborn again in the morning. (Just as the leftovers of my feast will be resurrected for most of this coming week…) [...]
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Filed under: Halloween, Urbanism, Wheel of the Year
This summer I have been following The Archdruid Report, a blog by John Michael Greer. Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) Greer has been blogging about the end of the Industrial Era and the coming of the Deindustrial Society. Greer is lucid when he talks about economics: Over the last [...]
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Filed under: Prosperity, Urbanism
International Pagan Blogging Month has introduced me to a multiverse of other Pagan bloggers. While several CIPS members are set up on Facebook, MySpace, or PaganSpace, nobody admits to blogging. Through Chrysalis’s site, however, I have been following a daisy-chain of Pagan contributors. How to chose? Do I want to read Witches and Scientists? How [...]
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Filed under: City Witch, Pagan Values, Urbanism
As I said previously, I am Pagan and I have values, but there has been, in the past, some doubt that my values were Pagan enough.. Nevertheless, “My Pagan Values”: I) Earth-based Spirituality (not just Nature-based.) II) Structure & Infrastructure III) Scholarship & Contemplation IV) Community V) Educating the Younger Generation I) Earth-based Spirituality (not [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Pagan Values, Urbanism
In a few hours the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure kicks off at the Metro Center in the magical heart of Peoria. Many people know about “ley lines” that link up prehistoric monuments and megaliths in Britain and the miles long Nazca lines in South America. Reputedly the points where ley lines cross [...]
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Filed under: Urbanism
The Riverfront Museum is “on”! Maybe. The referendum to raise $40 million (through a .25% increase in the Peoria County sales tax) has passed by the skin of its teeth, and it wouldn’t surprise me if opponents called for a recount. If this museum is going to be built, Build the Block supporters need to [...]
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Filed under: Christopher Penczak, City Witch, Urbanism
I have not yet introduced myself.. I’m Sophie Gale, novice blogger, Pagan, and Witch. “Merry Meet,” as we say. I’ve not been practicing for a while, and I hope in these posts to rekindle a spark of magic in my life. –Or Magick, if you prefer. So, why, you may ask, all the concrete? [This [...]
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Filed under: Christopher Penczak, City Witch, Urbanism