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This episode James and Colleen talk with accomplished witch Helena Zahara about the many facets of modern witchcraft. You can listen by clicking the link below, download by right-clicking, subscribe to our RSS feed in your favorite pod-catcher, or find us on iTunes.
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SoT Ep7 Pagan Pride and Samhain
In this episode James and Colleen talk about Pagan Pride and Samhain. You can listen by clicking the link below, download by right-clicking, subscribe to our RSS feed in your favorite pod-catcher, or find us on iTunes.
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Sorry for the bait and switch. Our guest for ritual construction couldn’t make it so we thought it best to change topics and have him back in November.
Dear Tumblr Occultists (that includes all you pagans, thelemites, ceremonial magicians, satanists, wiccans, witches, et al., except you re-constructionists, you’ll never learn)
As a forty-two year old human being, I feel like I shouldn’t have to do things like this anymore but obviously there’s a need.
Why do you waste your time telling people their interpretation of a symbol/deity/practice is wrong?
Why is it wrong? Because some book told you otherwise? Because a bunch of other people believe differently?
Could it be that what they are expressing is their own personal interpretation of the mystery? Could it be that it is no less valid than anyone else’s?
Have you ever stopped and asked, “why did you interpret it that way?” Maybe they have a good reason.
Maybe the reason you are a shitty magician is that you are unable to grasp the idea that things can have multiple meanings and definitions, sometimes even totally opposite, at the same time.
If someone has a different interpretation of something and can’t justify their reasoning, just move on. Don’t waste your time and look like an asshole trying to tell them the “correct” meaning.
There is no correct meaning.
There is no “is.”
Nothing remains true. All limits change.
I just had a falling out with the Wiccan group I was in. It was my belief that the group was undemocratic, and the “leader” would not acknowledge any of my grievances.
Have other people had the same experiences? Is this just how things are done? Does the high-priestess/priest always have overriding control?
Every week I share with you seven websites with great resources or fantastic art to raise your knowledge and your gnosis. This is tied to my previous post, Paganus. It may surprise people to know that there are many types or flavors of Wicca/Witchcraft in current practice. All of them borrow at
To fulfill my yearning for group practice I joined a wiccan group recently formed in my area. The leader comes from a well established circle on the East Coast (Novices of the Old Ways), and much of what they do is based on the teachings of the trio Janet & Stewart Farrar, and Gavin Bone. I like their work, and anyone interested in where modern wicca is heading should pick up their book, “The Inner Mysteries: Progressive Witchcraft and Connection to the Divine.”
As a chaos magician, I also thought that throwing myself into a belief system would do me some good. For the most part, it’s a good fit. The group is open to a variety of practices. Yet….
It chafes me sometimes how sure they are of themselves. For them, the cosmology is set, the worlds are where they are and there is one path through them. There are gods and there are spirits and the lines do not blur. I can’t help but ask, “are you sure?” My own magical practices and beliefs have shifted so much that this kind of resolute belief makes me call bullshit.
The worst part, I can’t tell if this makes me a good magus or a shitty one. My rebellious, critical thinking nature always rails against anyone who tries to tell me there’s only one way. I pride myself in the ability to critically assess anything. Yet, as a chaos magician, shouldn’t I, must I, not throw myself into belief with reckless abandon in order to produce results?
THIS. This conflict holds me back. Well, that and a lack of willpower to practice on a regular basis.