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Monthly Archives: June 2015

It was a beautiful night last night. The sun had just gone down and I was enjoying the silvery light of the moon, just reaching the first quarter of her waxing phase. Untill… (in your head imagine the sound of a needle being drug across a record) My phone buzzes. […]

Threatening With The Wrath Of God Is Still Bullying

June 24, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / batshit crazy / bullying / christianity / christians / intolerance / Lee Stoneking / preachers / Rev. Lee Stoneking / threats / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

Mead – the drink of the Gods. Ancient Celtic lore has a river of mead running through the middle of paradise, and the great poet Taliesin wrote songs about it. It’s supposed to increase fertility and virility, even be an aphrodisiac. Celtic traditions of drinking a honey wine every day […]

Making Midsummer Mead

June 22, 2015 in Garden Magic tagged celtic / folklore / mead / Midsummer / Taliesin by admin

Ok this is completely baffling. As part of my Midsummer celebration last night, I left an offering at sundown for the fairies near my garden. I baked a cake for Aine, the Celtic Sun Goddess and Fairy Queen who is celebrated at Midsummer, and left a huge slice of it […]

Fairy Freakout

June 22, 2015 in Garden Magic tagged Aine / fairies / Fey / Litha / Midsummer / Offering by admin

Happy, glorious Midsummer Day! It didn’t feel so happy at 5AM when I woke up after less than 4 hours of sleep. I had thought of having a bonfire to greet the sun this morning, but my 5AM self vetoed that idea. In fact, it made a very good case […]

Midsummer Sunrise

June 21, 2015 in My Pagan Path tagged abundance / Aine / Litha / Midsummer / paganism / solstice / sun / sunrise by admin

A couple sit anxiously in the ER, where their only child is being frantically attended to. As they fall to their knees in desperate prayer, the husband pulls out what he believes to be his biggest bargaining chip with God: “Heal our child, Lord. Work a miracle. My wife, this […]

Holy Magic Hair: How Fundamentalist Christianity Gets Women To Subjugate ...

June 17, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery tagged apostolic / christianity / clothing / feminism / hair / Holiness / individualism / legalism / Rev. Lee Stoneking / standards / subjugation / United Pentecostal Church / UPC / women by admin

Last night was the new moon, and I was finally able to dedicate my new garden area. I started with an herb bath – lavender, rose, rosemary and peppermint. All for purification and healing. I’ve had some health issues as well as the tendon injury that I want resolved. I […]

New Moon Dedication

June 17, 2015 in Garden Magic / My Pagan Path / Pagan Basics by admin

In college, Western Civilization 101 pulled the rug of faith right out from under me. Growing up in the Bible Belt, I’d been indoctrinated almost by osmosis. It seemed obvious to me that since Adam and Eve had a one-on-one with Yahweh from the very beginnings of human history (since that […]

Everything We’ve Been Taught About The Origins Of Civilization May ...

June 16, 2015 in My Pagan Path tagged Archaeoastronomy / archaeology / astronomy / christianity / history / megalith / Newgrange / prehistory / solstice / Stonehenge by admin

This is a first for me – a product review. So let me say up front that the Sabbat Box people have no idea I’m doing this, and I paid for my box just like anyone else. Sabbat Box is a subscription box for Pagans, delivering unique Wiccan supplies & Pagan […]

Sabbat Box Review

June 10, 2015 in My Pagan Path tagged celtic / Litha / magic / Midsummer / paganism / ritual / sabbats / Summer Solstice by admin

I got a text from my Mother In Law last week. She told me that doctors had discovered a small nodule on her lung, that she’d had chest x-rays and a CT scan done and that she had an appointment today with a lung doctor to discuss. She may or […]

A Vent About Faith

June 10, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged christianity / faith / tithing / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

Ugh. I worked all weekend on my garden out front, really pushed myself in the heat to get it finished. I really wanted to dedicate it last night during the full moon. Well, it’s finished. It’s wonderful. And I was in bed, knocked out on flu meds when I should […]

Ritual Space Completed; Full Moon Dedication A Bust

June 3, 2015 in Garden Magic / Pagan Basics tagged cucumber / fairies / flowers / gardening / herbs / pepper / rabbit / roses / spring / squirrel / tomato / wildlife by admin

So over the weekend my Facebook feed (I promise I don’t live my life on Facebook, but it does give me lots of great article fodder) was littered with links to a particular article. It caught my eye because, for one, I saw it several times, but also because it’s […]

People “Backslide” For Very Good Reasons

June 1, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / backsliding / christianity / christians / intolerance / oneness / Rev. Lee Stoneking / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin