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A Productive Evening
I was feeling really tired after work. I did some trance exercises but I felt like I was going to fall asleep sitting up. Clearly, I did not need physical stillness tonight. I wanted to work on some...
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Pagan Group Etiquette
I’ve been mulling over this post for awhile now because of things I continually see in the Pagan community. Although some of us prefer to be solitary, there are plenty more who would like camaraderie....
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The Druidic Study Group Moves Toward Ritual
If you’ve been reading my blog for the past year, you know I’ve been working towards building an ADF Druidic community here in the North Country. It started in June with a “coffee hour,” and...
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Me and What I Do
I was very touched by this post from the blog “A Forest Door.” There has been a lot of drama in the “Pagan” online community lately. Paganism vs. Polytheism. Secular Humanists Pagans/Atheist Pagans...
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30+ Examples of Christian Privilege — Everyday Feminism
Just a quick share today. I’m super busy with appointments and breastfeeding! My friend RavynStar shared this link on her FB last night. I found myself nodding in agreement and feeling frustrated with...
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The Nine Virtues of Creating Family-Friendly Group Rituals
There’s been some discussion on ADF’s Facebook page about how to include children in public rituals. Many people with more experience have already offered some excellent advice. I absolutely have to...
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In Which I Gush Over My Beloved Pagan Community
In my last post, I briefly mentioned that the ADF group I founded a few years ago grew into an official Grove. I’m so proud of my grovies. We have all worked so hard to get to this point. I...
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I was in high school when I started to seriously study and practice any form of Paganism. I was solitary except for a few experiments with an equally curious friend. I didn’t meet any other Pagans...
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Macha Calls
If you haven’t read Sara Ann Lawless’ latest, revealing post, you really must. It’s called “So Long, and Thanks for All the Abuse: A History of Sexual Trauma in the Pagan Community.” It’s long,...
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What a Decade! What a year!
Truly, the last ten years have been transformation for me, and 2019 was, overall, a grand end. The famous entrance stone in front of New Grange. Photo by Grey Catsidhe, 2011 I entered the decade a...
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Three Things Thursday: Sacred Stitches, “Cooked,” and Novel Aesthetics
Sacred Stitches The Ioho /Idad/ Yew Ogham setting on a fabric mask in progress. Each day, I draw an ogham card as an omen. I ask the Kindred what guidance, lessons, and blessings they have for me....
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Finding Pagans Within the Fiction Writing Community
My besom pencil and an oak pendant featuring a locally sourced Herkimer diamond beside my keyboard. Clearly, my spirituality is infused in my writing. Photo by M. A. Phillips 2020. A year ago, I...
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Three Things Thursday: Support Black Members of the Magical, Animist, and...
I’ve realized I don’t know a lot about the Black Pagan, Witch, Polytheist, and yes – New Age communities. That is a personal failing of mine that I’m trying to rectify. In an attempt to learn more...
View ArticleThree Things Thursday: Discussing Race in Pagan Spaces, Myths and Monsters,...
Each Thursday, I share three things that I’ve been reading, watching, listening to, or otherwise enjoying. Perhaps they will inspire or help you grow in your own path! Youtuber Discusses Race in Pagan...
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Three Things Thursday: Intersectional Environmentalism, The Tigers of...
Each week, I share three things with you, usually media from others that informs and inspires my spirituality and writing. I hope it helps you grow and learn with me! Intersectional Environmentalism...
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River Magic: a Love Letter to my Pagan Community
My debut novel, River Magic, is available in e-book and paperback today! (Photo from Image Apothecary) Blessed Samhain! River Magic, my debut novel featuring modern Pagans and a friends-to-lovers...
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Come to the Magical May Fest with me! (Book Giveaway)
Official “Rock Bay Magical May Fest” graphic by Shadow Spark Publishing artist Jess Moon! My third novel, Forest Magic, begins a new tradition in the Rock Bay Pagan community – the annual Magical May...
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Looking Ahead to 2022
Preparing to sain (purify) the home for the new year with incense, blessed water, wand, and protective dried rowan berries. Photo by M. A. Phillips, 2022. Here I sit, January 1, 2022, realizing that I...
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