Two Witches
A Modern Craft Fairy-Tale Once upon a time, there were two Witches. One was a Feminist Witch and the other was a Traditionalist Witch. And, although both of them were deeply religious, they had rather different ideas about what their religion meant. The Feminist Witch tended to believe that Witchcraft
The Pentagram
The pentagram, or five-pointed star, may be the most misunderstood religious symbol around these days. Being the most common symbol of Neo-Pagan Witchcraft, it has nevertheless been denigrated by movie and publishing industries which seem ‘hell-bent’ on connecting it with Satanism and other malevolent practices. However, like the Roman Cross
The Finer Points of Ritual
A Heartland Pagan Festival Keynote Address A Comparative Approach to Liturgical History, Theology and Design Participants: Morning Glory Zell Otter Zell Rhiannon Bennett Carolyn Clark Eldoreth Grey Squirrel Anahita Morwen Chris Dix other audience members not identified [NOTE: This transcription was made from an audio tape dub of a video-recording
The Ever-widening Circle
A New Pattern Glimpsed in the Holidays INTRODUCTION Have you ever held a kaleidoscope up to the light, turning it this way and that, for the sheer pleasure of the beauty it brings—when suddenly, to your startled delight, the pieces fall into place, and you see a pattern that you’ve
The Ethics of Love Spells
Charmed, I’m sure ‘Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.’ — Bertrand Russell It seems to be an immutable law of nature. You are interviewed by a local radio or TV station, or in some local newspaper. The topic of the
Ten Years Gone…
The View from Heartland of a Changing Pagan Community INTRODUCTION While attending the 1999 Heartland Pagan Festival, I joked to my cabin mate Fritz Jung that I had discovered the true secret of becoming a “legend” in the Pagan community was to simply not do anything for ten years. He jokingly