Tag: Wicca
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“Let Go and Let God” Is Not a Synonym for “Give Up”: Christianity, Wicca, and the Law of Attraction
Photo Copyright by alicepopkorn; creative commons license. Please check out the artist’s work–it’s beautifully spiritual. Since when has Let Go and Let God become a synonym for Give Up? Several years ago, I was facing an extremely shaky time when I was leaving a long-term marriage and starting a brand-new life. It was the first…
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Blessings to the Third Degree
Photo by Ais Portraits. I am truly blessed. I had the honor during this Solar Eclipse of January 2010 to facilitate the Third Degree Elevation of my youngest student, Lord Midlight, who began studying with me in August 2007. During this time, I watched him really come into his own, and especially as a…
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Maybe Prayer Isn’t What I Thought It Was
 Photo by pinkcigarette; creative commons license Maybe prayer wasn’t what I thought it was. Prayer has always been a huge part of my life, whether I was devoutly Christian or devoutly Wiccan. You’d think I wouldn’t be discovering new insights into such a simple concept as prayer when I began my attendance of religious…
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A Time and a Place for Magick
Amazing Photo by Stephen Poff, creative commons license, at http://flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/2761284719/ Many a false step was made by standing still. -Fortune Cookie Sometimes you have to pull yourself out of the Ether to make things happen. Sometimes you have to take action in a very concrete, physical way. Or, as an old friend once told me,…
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5 "Effing Brilliant" People Who Spout Gems
About a decade ago, my friend Vicki Hinze had a literary agent, Helen Breitweiser, who was a blast to be around. Helen was young, hip, intelligent–and had a mouth on her. That was part of her charm. (In my opinion, at least.) One of her favorite phrases was to refer to someone’s literary masterpiece as…