Tag: Wicca
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The High Priestess Speaks: When the Student Is a Disappointment
I’m at the point in my spiritual life where I no longer need tools. Oh, don’t get me wrong–I love my tools just I still love the beauty of a well-crafted ritual. I just don’t use them much anymore. I haven’t needed to in several years, and when I do now, it’s sheer indulgence in…
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Teenage Mutant Christians? Why Do Christians Really Leave the Faith?
Full moon over a windmill on a sweet evening stroll….. When I spotted the CNN headline, More teenagers adopting ‘mutant’ Christianity, followed by “Author: More teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians,” I inwardly groaned and wondered if someone else was making the connection with eclectic spirituality. Instead it was a pitch for Kenda Creasy Dean’s book, Almost…
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A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
All photos on this page taken between 1993 and 2009 of Lorna Tedder, Shannon Bailey, and Aislinn Bailey are copyrighted; all rights reserved. I stand with my toes in sugar-white sand and squint through bright sunrays at the turquoise-green waters. It’s eerily beautiful yet it feels more like a death watch for an old friend—not…
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Starting a Spiritual Group and Getting the Energy Just Right
Jasmine incense, right after one of my famous Sunday Night Gatherings. This smoke art is copyrighted by Aislinn Bailey, used with permission. When I was first looking for a like-minded spiritual group in Northwest Florida, I found several existing circles rather easily. These were people who were either pagan or pagan-friendly, with anything from a…