Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky

Hagalaz

Having completed the first aett we move on to the second, which begins with Hagalaz.
 Hagalaz looks like an English upper case “H” with the crossbar slanted downwards, and indeed it represents  an “h” sound as well. This makes Hagalaz…

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When Your Children and Your Ghosts Don’t Get Along

Sometimes my spiritual practice and my role as a mother come into conflict. One such incident happened several months ago and presented a unique challenge for me. I thought I would share it here to help any other parents who find themselves(…)

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Redefining "Dark" Gods

This blog may seem glaringly obvious to some people, or perhaps utter nonsense, but for me it represents a recent insight and new way of looking at the deities I honor. I’m sharing my thoughts here for the reader to contemplate and come to your(…)

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A Healing Charm

I really like using healing charms. Although any medical issue should always be treated professionally I think that along side medical interventions the use of healing charms can improve the outcome(…)

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Draoi Draíochta

I have several blogs that I enjoy reading on a regular basis; one of these is Nimue Brown’s blog on her Druidic path. Yesterday I read an interesting post by her about “Druidry And Magic”(…)

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Charm Against the Evil Eye

The Carmina Gadelica has a series of charms which all deal with the evil eye, that is the curse laid upon a person by another who wishes them ill or looks upon them with envy.  This one is my personal favorite(…)

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Thoughts on Boudicca and Hero-cults

“When the going gets tough, the tough channel Boudicca” – T-shirt wisdom  If you ask me who my favorite historic person is, or which one person in history I’d like to meet, I would answer Boudicca. Ever since I first heard her story(…)

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Life, Near-Death, and Close Encounters with Deity

I’ve had the blog on a bit of a hiatus as I’ve been dealing with some intense personal issues. The experiences themselves ranged from awe inspiring to terrifying and I’ve debated for the last week about how much to talk about here – in the end(…)

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How We Define Ourselves

My february entry for the Hartford FAVs site is up, looking at how we as a community define ourselves. http://hartfordfavs.com/faith/clergy-and-congregations/how-we-define-ourselves

Old Gods in a Modern World

I have started blogging once a month for Moon Books – here is my first entry for them, an essay about how the Old Gods fit into a modern world (…)

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