I was bullied a lot in school, so after martial arts failed (the boys in Karate bullied me too) I went to an occult shop and searched for a book that would help me curse them. I found The Crone’s Book of Words by Valerie Worth and never ended up cursing anybody with it, because …
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Don’t make me get Old Testament on your Universal Peaceful Matriarchy [Bullshit]
Recently I picked up a copy of Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression, by Anne Bishop. It’s required reading for an English class I was planning on taking this fall (though those plans have changed) and it’s been on my To Read list for a while anyway. Honestly, I’m disappointed. Anne Bishop (this …
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Realizing a dream: The Fifth Sacred Thing film
One of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors (The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk) is being made into a film. Probably. There’s a Kickstarter page for it, and if they raise the amount of money needed by the date listed they’ll be able to go ahead with the project. It’s very likely …
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State of Grace: Friday Fire Hazard
Today I lit candles for various reasons. One of them was Aphrodite’s candle, because it’s Friday. Her altar is on one of the lower bookshelves. I then left the house, forgetting about the candles. Came home to a blackened spot on the underside of the shelf above Her altar. Could have been a lot worse. …
Wiccan Unity (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being Solitary)
Please stop. Stop crying for “Pagan Unity.” The more you cry for Pagan Unity, the more divisiveness you create. There was a time when I called for Pagan Unity. I was even part of the Pagan Unity Campaign — State Chair for Hawaii. I admit this without shame; I was younger and not well educated …
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June 3rd–4th Flamekeeping Shift: report
I didn’t sleep for this shift. At all. I had a migraine on the 3rd, and I went back to bed at 4:30 pm (after waking up at 2:30pm) and slept until 9:30pm. The migraine was gone (and again I wondered how I had forgotten what life was like before the migraine — this one …
Ostara (2011)
So I’ve had a very…depressing month. Teachers at my school are on strike right now and it’s sort of drained all my energy and will to do anything. I haven’t posted blogs, I haven’t done homework, I haven’t written anything, and I sure as hell haven’t really been a Witch. On the list of things …
Between 2007 (when Morrigan Thwapped me) and 2010 (when I got involved with Brighid, Manannan, Lugh, and Aphrodite), Morrigan was always by my side. I always knew She was there. Since January 2010, She’s not been distant per se, but definitely not always by my side. I realized today it was because She knew I …
Dedication to Brighid: ritual debrief
I do a few things quite well. One is writing. I’m a good writer. I also make really excellent hashbrowns. And I do a good ritual (with some — ok, half, but with edits — of the parts borrowed from this one here). I was distracted and scattered before the ritual. I wasn’t paying attention, …
Imbolc 2011: plans
I have two major plans for Imbolc this year, aside from the Cill’s group flame keeping from sunset on the 31st to sunset on the 2nd (my shift starts at sunset on the 3rd, so I’m just going to keep the flame straight for a week, basically). One is a Lady of the Stars Ritual, …