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From Faking It to Making It

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The many branches of Earth-centered spirituality have come a long way from the early days I remember, like when we were pulling our liturgy from pop fiction (“May you never hunger, May you never thirst” is straight out of Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land). But those days of flying our broomsticks by … Read more

Celebrating the Year of the Hierophant with Caitlín Matthews

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Every January for the last 12 years or so, I have written an essay discussing the Tarot Year, which is based on the Major Arcana card that corresponds to the one- or two-digit number that we get when we add up (and sometimes reduce) the digits of the year. If you recall from my series … Read more

News from Cherry Hill Seminary

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Up until now, in order for a Druid, or Wiccan, or Heathen, or Vodoun Priest or Priestess to receive the advanced theological training they need, so that they can be recognized as professional clergy in the mundane world, they have had to go through degree programs at non-Pagan seminaries. In a world where monotheism dominates … Read more

Congratulations New Grads!

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Today, I am delighted to share this news video from last weekend’s graduation ceremony at the Sacred Space Conference in Maryland. A big congratulations to all the new graduates from Cherry Hill Seminary!! As Paganism spreads and deepens, the needs of its communities are growing, too. Our people need and deserve highly trained counselors; skilled, … Read more

An Update and an Invitation

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Thanks to everyone who has been inquiring, and sending good thoughts and energy for the revival of my computer. The backup I was using when my Mac failed to boot Monday morning was a brand new, Western Digital external 1T hard drive (“My Book for Mac”).  It uses software misnamed “Smartware,” because it was a … Read more

From The Wild Hunt – In Memorium for Isaac Bonewits

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This article was written by Jason Pitzl-Waters on his Wild Hunt blog and news service. It is one of the many excellent tributes saying farewell to this tremendously important figure in the Pagan world.  May Isaac rest easy in the shining peace of the Goddess.  May his beloveds’ loss be eased by the love that … Read more

The Artist Whisperer

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Annie: I’ve heard you help people with horse problems. Tom Booker: Truth is, I help horses with people problems. From The Horse Whisperer Today we begin to find useful ways to deal with our creative U-turns, how to even turn them into the great opportunities in disguise they might be. The first step of course, … Read more