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January 11, 2021
Queer Magic Interviews
I’m doing a series of interviews with queer magical practitioners. So far there are three published: River Enodian, Fire Lyte, and Misha Magdalene.
Coming soon: Enfys Book, Cassandra Snow, Soli, Julian Vayne, and more. Subscribe to my YouTube channel so as not to miss them.
January 1, 2021
Queer Pagan Books List 2021
An update on my 2020 post, my 2018 post and my 2015 post. Please add your recommendations in the comments.
I have organized the list by author and added topic tags; if you prefer a list by topic, have a look at my 2018 post. This year I have added twenty new books to the list (some are classics that were not on the list before, but most are recently published books).
And I made a YouTube video about some of the Queer Pagan books in my collection.
https://youtu.be/LR7X5jBpQTY
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December 31, 2020
December 30, 2020
Meditation with snow
This is actually an illustration of how terrible I am at meditation. But I had fun trying. I’m sharing this for all the other people out there who struggle with meditation. I can recommend washing your face with snow though — it’s very invigorating.
What’s your favorite spell involving snow?
— Fire Lyte (@IncitingARiot) December 30, 2020
I’ll never forget Cunningham’s spell to use the first snowfall to wash your face & hands for beauty. pic.twitter.com/ZYJzjoBKpq
I just remembered a me...
December 26, 2020
Books I read in December
My to-be-read and in-progress pile! That’s the French version of Le Grand Meaulnes; I already read the English translation.The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline
Highly recommended. The starting premise — that the Indigenous people of Canada are being hunted and captured, and their bone marrow stolen — is horrific, but an excellent metaphor for the genocidal policies inflicted on them in past centuries. In spite of this horror, the kindness and solidarity of the small band of Indigenous ...
December 25, 2020
Pagan festivals
Pagan festivals (and traditional, Indigenous, Earth-based festivals around the world) are mostly about the cycles of the year. If you were a pastoralist, you had times when the sheep went up to the high pasture and times when they came down again. If you were a grower of crops, your cycle of festivals revolved around when you planted the crops and harvested them. There were times of plenty and times of hunger. Festivals marked the end of one phase and the beginning of another.
Yule: It’s ...
December 24, 2020
Blogging and privacy
People are often confused that I’m a blogger but I really value privacy. They seem to think that having any sort of internet presence is incompatible with privacy. In this post, I will attempt to explain why that is not the case, why privacy matters to me, why it should matter to you, and what that has to do with Pagan stuff.
There are a number of things that you will never see in my public internet posts. One is pictures of my altars. This is because my altars are a private matter betwee...
December 19, 2020
The arts in Paganism
Pagan traditions like to celebrate the arts, whether it’s in the eisteddfod of Druid ritual, or the skaldic arts of Heathenry, or making things for use in ritual and around the home. If you look at any list of Pagan values, you will not find false modesty, self-deprecation, or other similar traits on the list. Humility is on many lists, but not modesty (in any sense of the word). Boasting and bragging are fine, and letting it all hang out is fine. False modesty about one’s artistic endeavours is...
December 16, 2020
Inglenook
By granny’s fire
Burning driftwood.
The dancing flames
Were green and blue.
Fire in the hearth:
The flaming heart
Of an old house,
Place of magic.
A rare fine thing
Seen in old pubs,
Often taken,
Cosy, enclosed,
Liminal place,
Shadowy space,
The inglenook.
A quadrille on the theme of the inglenook, suggested by DVerse. Hat-tip to The Skeptic’s Kaddish.
Featured image: Fireplace by José Claudio Guima on Pixabay (public domain).
