Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky

"Working with" a Deity

There is a common expression in neopaganism, where a person will say that they “work with” certain deities; generally what they actually mean is either that they worship those deities, or that they call on them for a specific purpose. In(…)

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Book review: Trance-portation

Trying to get back to my Monday book reviews, I’ve decided to review Diana Paxson’s 2008 book Trance-portation: Learning to navigate the inner world. I was excited to read this book after it was released because I feel that there is a distinct(…)

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the Third Day of Samhain – Life without electricity

So hurricane Sandy has come and gone and my family is left without electricity. I spent the first day trying to take the romantic view and imagine that I was getting a feel for what life was like for my ancestors, but around the second day reality(…)

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