So having written more abstractly about what I think being clergy to the Others is like in contrast to being clergy to the human community I felt like maybe I should follow that up with a bit of a more personal take on it. A discussion of what being that sort of clergy actually means in my life.
Again this is reflective of my own personal experiences and may not apply over to other people….
Priesthood in Service to the Other
Recently I’ve seen a lot of discussion about what exactly pagan priesthood is and should be, which is a good thing. This is a topic that needs to be discussed more often and more thoroughly in a community where many people clamour for the title but fewer are perhaps willing or equipped to do the actual work. John Beckett has written about pagan priesthood in several blogs including ‘Preparing for…
Manannan Mac Lir
**I can’t seem to get my fada to work on this iPad so be aware that there is a fada on the last “a” in Manannan.
Full Title: Pagan Portals: Manannan Mac Lir Meeting the Celtic God of Wave and Wonder
Author: Morgan Daimler
Synopsis: The sea is a powerful, driving force for many people, a source of sustenance as well as danger. It is no surprise that Manannan, the Celtic God of the sea, should be an important figure but one who is also as ambiguous as the element he is associated with: a trickster, a magic worker, an advisor and a warrior. In this book you will get to know the many faces of Manannan, called the son of the ocean, and learn of his important place in mythology and the pivotal role he plays in many events.
Exploring Celtic Origins
Full Title: EXPLORING CELTIC ORIGINS: New ways forward in archaeology, linguistics, and genetics.
This latest book from Barry Cunliffe “focuses on a research programme, based in the centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth in collaboration with the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, designed to explore the origins of the Celts and of the Celtic Language family.” (P. IX) Continue reading…
Why Do We View Fairies As Nature Spirits?
It’s a widespread idea at this point particularly in modern paganism and popular Western culture that fairies are nature spirits, that is that they are intrinsically bound to our natural world in some way. This idea is often simply stated as fact, implied to have always been true, or even argued as the older or more legitimate belief. In paganism its one aspect of a current trend I’m seeing to…
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Book reviews are coming – but life’s been busy lately. Very busy. My husband has a new contract that’s a bit of a death march on timing (so much to do, so little time to get it done) – so I’m doing all 
More Book Review Criteria!
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Having consulted with others, and thought about it myself – there are more things I’d like to see in Wicca/Pagan 101 books. Let’s start with …
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Wiccan Book Reviews Coming!
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I’m going to be doing a bunch of reviews of ‘free for kindle’ Wicca 101 books (When I told a friend this, she asked me why I was going to torture myself.)
So now, before I start doing the book reviews, I’m going to be up front about what I want to see in any Wicca 101 books. So here’s the list:
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Cause? Effect? Random?
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I’ve had more energy and less executive dysfunction lately than I’ve had in … Continue reading…
Pinterest Pagans
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This is a continuation of last Wednesday’s blog “Consider the Source!”
There are some Pagans/Witches/Magic Users who violate my “Sources Matter” rede all the fucking time. They see something that tickles their Elmo in some way, and NEVER checking to see what the source is or even checking to see if … Continue reading…