Information on Asa West’s popular course on Green Witchcraft

Every day, it seemed, I had to watch the people around me destroy plants and animals with a determination I seldom see humans apply to anything else.

A reminder to reach out to those in your community who want to see the same things as you, freedom from oppression and poverty; empathy. Form those community groups. We don’t have to like everyone in those communities, and you won’t either, that’s just human nature, but our shared goals and values are what unite us.

The ninth edition of the Pagan Music List.

Banning burkinis, the War on Terror and the US occupation of Afghanistan have nothing to do with improving the lives of women. Why, then, did Women’s welfare become central to any discussion about these topics?

Of course, when one thinks of seals, one can’t help but think about that folkloric creature, the Selkie. Folklore and stories about the Selkie can be found all over the British isles, particularly across Scotland, Ireland and the East coast.

“The Book of Onei covers topics that many modern pagans seem to shy away from: spiritual horror, the power of nightmares, and how to use that power to break through the constructs of your own dreams and find out what is on the other side.”

We do not have bodies, we -are- bodies. From Rhyd Wildermuth

To be pagan is to be of the land

Enroll by 25 August, 2021

Capitalism disguises itself very well, but it’s not perfect.

“Government investments in public transport systems may very well be exacerbating inequality due to their direct ties with the global capitalist system.”

And why you maybe might want to, too.

If In Ruins We Must Live and The Book of Onei

As an animist, the consciousness of trees is a given, but there is still a question about what that consciousness is like and how to interact with it.

Food is more than just nourishment for our bodies, it links us to people, to places and while, when we think of food insecurity, the more obvious losses from not having enough to eat come to mind, there is also a loss that comes with food insecurity that is deeper than hunger. Food is the thread that weaves through the tapestry of life, bringing people closer together.

From Rhyd Wildermuth

“The president may have changed, but the apocalypse continues. When you’re living through an apocalypse, the most fatal mistake you can make is to convince yourself it’s something else, that everything can somehow go back to normal. Normal is what got us here, and there’s no way out now except to go right on through it.”

This was the meaning and the pace of time for our pagan, animist ancestors, not the time of ticking clocks and digital alarms but the time of the world in relation to the sky and what shone there.

The fear and pain of transformation, of becoming feral, returning to the wild, are worth it. This is freedom. It cannot be bought with riches, can only be gained through relinquishing.