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In honor of Ostara this week, I’m going back and revisiting my first two Sabbats. And the absolute best so far was definitely Yule. Leading up, I’d not yet mentioned anything pagan to my kids. But I had way more excitement about putting up the “Christmas” decorations this year, because […]

My First Yule

March 21, 2015 in My Pagan Path / Pagan Basics by admin

This is a huge week astrologically. Tomorrow is Ostara – the Spring Equinox. It’s also the New Moon – a supermoon to boot. And in parts of Europe and the North Pole there is a total solar eclipse. So I’ve been trying to research all week to really understand the […]

New Moon, Ostara and Eclipse

March 20, 2015 in My Pagan Path tagged astrology / eclipse / equinox / new moon / ostara / spring by admin

By the end of November 2014, fall was in full swing in my town. I took a trip to another nearby park, this one has a very large nature trail and runs along a larger river. As soon as I stepped into the woods, I was enchanted. The smell of […]

Nature Trip: The Magickal Forest

March 19, 2015 in My Pagan Path by admin

I’ve been collecting dragonflies for years. A decade really. Way back, in the middle of my time in the UPC I went to a Women’s Retreat. The speaker suggested that we all collect something that has meaning to us. I can’t remember why now. But I had gotten a lot […]

Dragonfly: My Totem Animal

March 18, 2015 in My Pagan Path by admin

This is from a trip to a local park in November of 2014. I was still brand spanking new, had decided to explore Celtic Paganism maybe a week before. This park normally has a very large man-made lake. I was shocked to discover when I got there that the lake […]

Nature Trip: Connecting With The Spirits

March 17, 2015 in My Pagan Path by admin

Ok probably not the ONLY fundamental difference, but this meme from my facebook feed today does sum up the core philosophical difference between Christianity and Paganism. At least, one of my very favorite differences. It’s not the singling out of women that bothers me here. It’s the idea that people are […]

Christianity and Paganism: The Fundamental Difference

March 16, 2015 in My Pagan Path / The Christian Cult tagged christianity / individualism / paganism / uniqueness by admin

These pictures are from a walk I took in October of 2014. It’s a linear park downtown that I’ve visited many times since. My journal entry for that day says that my study of Buddhism wasn’t really speaking to me, but that I’d seen a program the night before on […]

Nature Trip: Choosing My Path

March 15, 2015 in My Pagan Path / Pagan Basics by admin

About 1 in every 800,000 babies are born with part of the amniotic sac still clinging to their face and head. It’s known as being born with a veil, or born with a caul. I was one of those babies. Being born with a veil is considered very auspicious. It’s […]

Born With A Veil

March 14, 2015 in My Pagan Path tagged caul / caulbearer / destiny / greatness / veil by admin

When I joined the United Pentecostal Church, I was young. I had lost members of my family and in my grief was looking for something concrete. The services were exciting and the people warm and friendly. I jumped in with both feet, and before long was worshiping exuberantly and speaking […]

Red Flags I Ignored

March 14, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / christianity / conversion / Holiness / legalism / oneness / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

My Pentecostal pastor used to deride people who said they didn’t want to go to church because of all the hypocrites. He felt that this was unfair. “Of course the church is where you find hypocrites!” he’d say. “Where else could they be? Being in church is what makes them […]

How Christians Turned Me Against Christianity

March 12, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged batshit crazy / christianity / christians / hate / hypocrisy / intolerance / legalism by admin