Freedom Fridays: Chapter 11 – Investigate
When news is an echo of an echo, from an unknown source (which may turn out to be a hostile foreign power), it is no longer news. It is propaganda.
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Freedom Fridays – Lesson Nine: Be Kind to Our Language
Freedom Friday is back, with Lesson Nine: The wordings and the phrasings of things find their way into normalization. And that shapes how we think.
The Burning Times
Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. ~ Pat Robertson (whose media power, political influence, and global business interests are not a joke) I have been increasingly dismayed by some of the Witchcraft-focused tripe coming out in recent books, TV, and films. But I’ve been … Read more
Come Out! Come Out! Come Out of the Broom Closet!
Because I am very public about my practice of Witchcraft, people frequently ask me where they can find a coven, a grove, a circle, or other group with whom to study, worship and practice magic. It’s not always easy. In America (at least until the next election), we no longer condemn Craft practitioners to capital … Read more
A Free and Independent Press
A strong, responsible press is fundamental to a functioning democracy. It is more important than Wall Street, or the banks, or the auto industry, folks. I believe the demise of newspapers is far more devastating than just about any other single ingredient in this economic meltdown. TV news, in its increasingly sound byte and info-tainment … Read more
Noticing the programming
The atrocities over there,The interior paralysis over here–Pleased with the better deal?You are clamped down.You are being bred for pain. — Leonard Cohen Recently, I have seen a dramatic spike in my clients who are struggling with sorrows that appear to have more to do with their life’s journey than particular life events. I am … Read more
Happy Leap Day!
Imagination © Todd Powelson – donated to the Primary Children’s Medical Center But it was just my imagination — once again —running away with me.— The Temptations What goes into our imaginations can have a powerful impact on our dreams, our magical practice, our creativity, and our very identity. And that, ultimately, shapes the world … Read more