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No Longer Plain

The news is all over the Pagan blogsphere (and if you’re not connected into The Wild Hunt you should be): the VA finally approved the pentacle as an acceptable religious symbol for headstones for veterans buried in national cemeteries.
I took these photos of Abe and Rosemary’s headstone on Febrauary 17, 2007. I found on [...]

Prayer to Hermes

This offering prayer is dedicated to the 22 people killed in today’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech.
Hermes! Hermes! Hermes! Listen, the people call to you!
O, great Hermes Psychopompos, conveyor of souls,
Many lost ones will show up on the threshold tonight.
Guide them gently to the shore of the River Styx and [...]

Knowing, not knowing, and ecstasy

Somedays, I feel like I just don’t know anything well enough to write about it or teach about it. I mean, I do know things, know how to do things, know in my gut what might work, know to trust my instincts in circle and in magic. But how do you pass that [...]

We love da moon!

Last night as I was driving home from my friend Carly’s lovely, moving, earth-based Pesach seder, I looked up and saw the full moon brightly, calmly shining in the night sky. I began to rifle through my memory for any songs/chants that I could remember about the moon. I sang two over and [...]

  • Spring Daily Practice

    Envision your breath as a spiral that encompasses you.

    Offer your breath as a gift to your Divine Self.

    Chant a mantra.

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