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Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part five
This is the final post in my ‘testimony’ series. (You can follow the links to parts one, two, three, and four.) My family landed in Wales in the early autumn of 2009. It was a grand adventure. Husband...
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Goodbye Christianity
Today is my last day with Christianity. Sunday, March 25, is the Feast of the Annunciation, one of my favorite feast days in the Christian calendar. Even though it overlaps into my Place quarter, I...
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The Annunciation
Yesterday was the Feast of the Annunciation, one of my favorite Christian celebrations. I know, I’m not in my Christian quarter anymore, but Mary is a special lady and I wanted to mark this day. Seeing...
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Coming Out as a Polytheist
Earlier this week Adam and I went to visit with a family whose daughter attends the same preschool as our son. The kids had a great time, playing together happily, whilst we adults sat around talking,...
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Maxim Monday: Do not use an oath
A working knowledge of Greek would be helpful in this endeavour to explore the Maxims. I’m guessing an oath is making a promise, or swearing by something or some one, a deity perhaps. I would agree...
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Dedication
Tomorrow I am driving north to Seattle for a dedication. My dedication. For the last year I’ve been driving 70 miles every third Saturday of the month to study with two amazing Feri/Faery initiates, NG...
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Reviewing Project Conversion
Andrew Bowen is an angry, self-righteous asshole. That’s probably why we get along so well, and why his book, Project Conversion: One Man, 12 Faiths, One Year, is so powerful. Full disclosure: Andrew’s...
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My thoughts and predictions on the state of the Papacy
I got online yesterday morning and couldn’t figure out why so many people were talking about the Pope. I don’t have too many Catholic friends on Facebook. Was he dead? Many of my friends pay attention...
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What little I know about reincarnation
Reincarnation is a standard concept in Hinduism and pretty common in the wider Pagan world, but I have long been agnostic about it. As a kid it didn’t make much sense to me, but then, neither did the...
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Being a householder
In my last post I talked about the possibility that if reincarnation was a real thing then my previous lives most likely included several rounds of being a monk and/or a nun. Those past lives would...
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Maxim Monday: Shun evil
This Maxim requires a lot of defining. I looked up the definition of ‘shun,’ and I’m glad I did. In my head it means ‘reject,’ and it does. But it also means to avoid or ignore. Of greater importance...
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The Body
What a complex site of confusion is the body. As spiritual persons we have a host of understandings about it to unpack. As a female in the Western world there are even more complications and...
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Maxim Monday: Be (religiously) silent
I love this one. Spring is in full swing here in Olympia. New colors from fresh blooms appear each morning. The sun’s heat is gaining in intensity, despite the bitter the breezes. The lilacs are...
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Not of this world
On my way to the grocery store I pass two churches. The first is a Lutheran church, an open and affirming one. I visited it last year, and while I thought highly of it, I couldn’t sit through an entire...
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Harvest in the Pacific Northwest
At the beginning of August many of my Pagan friends celebrated the first harvest, commonly known as Lammas or Lughnasadh (from the Celtic calendar system). That observance has never meant much to me. I...
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Living Saraswati
Today begins the final three days of Navratri, in which Saraswati, goddess of language, knowledge and sound, is honored. I have an affinity with Her, as I have spent much of my life in pursuit of...
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Dual observance, the practice of more than one tradition at one time, is more common than most people realize. It's not just for Pagans, either.
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Niki talks about the challenges of participating in Christmas and how she is managing the holiday this year.
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Niki reviews a new translation of Julian of Norwich's Showings. Is it effective? And why should Pagans be interested?
View ArticleReview: The Passion of Mary
What works incredibly well in this book are the fictional re-tellings of Mary's story. Mary is often used to further other people's agendas. In this book, she is presented a whole human being.
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