“Given the crisis the world presently faces, the most potent form of offering may be action in the world: mutual aid and solidarity, direct action against injustice or climate change, and so on. The Renewal of the Pact will require more than symbolism.”
Read MoreDuring the coming food production crises, unless the left also attempts to organize rural populations and farming communities, it will be the fascists determining who in the cities gets to eat.
Read MoreSo what does this mean when it comes to community building and forging solidarity links? Quite simply it means that you must be willing to take action of some sort. The time for such is now. And if there’s nothing happening in your neighbourhood or town, then you must be willing to step forward, to create the narrative you want to see. It may be scary but you must try and you might well be surprised with the outcome.
Read MoreThe crossroads are a symbol found in most cultures, signifying the many possibilities, the many choices and the spaces in between. They are steeped in mystery and folklore, the place where two or more roads intersect is a liminal space, a no man’s land belonging to no person.
Read Moremagic and the gods are being disciplined out of our consciousness…
Read MoreIf they wanted fewer guns they'd just make fewer.
Read More‘you alone are uncontainable invincible’
Read MoreGods&Radicals published a book I have written: three linked essays about trancing, speaking to the Gods and hearing a response, and being a Believer/Animist. I wrote these essays with taken-by-me photos as part of the story but publishing, alas, puts an unacceptable price on photographs and they had to be left out when we came to it. Here they are-
Read MoreThe return of our popular course by Rhyd Wildermuth
Read MoreI awoke early as I often do, whilst everyone else still slept. Even my old girl kept her eyes closed as I crept from the bed, snuggling back beneath the covers for a while longer. I went downstairs, avoiding the boards that creak and the steps that groan, a hangover from the days when my babes were indeed still babes.
Read More“What kind of people govern us now? Are they generous? Are they just? If the rulers are guilty of injustice and mistreatment, if their rule does not bring prosperity for all, if they mistreat the Land, the Sea, and the Sky, then they have lost the Sovereignty and have no authority.”
Read MoreLand is how you live, land is how you eat. From Rhyd Wildermuth
Read MoreThe latest episode from Alley Valkyrie & Rhyd Wildermuth
Read MoreLike witches the world over, the Obeah practitioner is often viewed with both fear and awe, a part of the community, but separate from it as well. Despite the negativity in which we are often viewed, us witches are always there, ready to help when our help is needed. When there is no one else to turn to, the Obeah woman will be there waiting.
Read MoreIf for our Government weapons are more important than schools, perhaps choosing a gun over a book isn’t a matter of choice, but of survival.
Read MoreThis is a recording of the talk I did at the very first Magickal Women Conference, held on 1st June in Kensington, London. Enjoy!
Read More‘What to make of this strange and numinous image of a tree half burning from roots to tip the other half green?’
Read MoreRead MoreYellows, purples and deep blues flit by, easily missed by most, or seen and unseen, scenery and nothing more. The beauty of the wildflowers, their existence forgotten if noticed at all and all before they’ve disappeared from view. All of this glimpsed as I stare out the window, seeking something other than the endless roads stretching ahead lined with traffic spewing fumes, the endless grey of industry and business.
“New oaks poke out below us in the street, where water runs around the lopped-off feet of some historic general whose head the children painted red.”
Read MoreThe latest book from Gods&Radicals Press
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