In Praise of the Wise Old Woman
We need to talk about aging. After all, if we live long enough, we’re all going to experience it. A lot of people have done significant work calling out sexism…
Happy Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth! June 19 celebrates the day that all black people were freed. This year it became a federal holiday! It falls close to the Summer Solstice and the Witch's…
The Demon Is Also Me
There's a thrilling moment in the story of Durga's fight with a demon army. The king of the army has just seen the goddess kill his brother. He surveys the battlefield in which Durga's goddesses are slaughtering his troops.
Juneteenth Program 2020
My coven met on Friday on Zoom for our Summer Solstice ritual. Because it was also Juneteenth I prepared a fifteen minute program for us to view and discuss…
It’s Time to Recognize We Are All Connected
Spiritual systems tell us that humans are all connected. Just as trees are connected through their roots, individual human lives are all interwoven. When we let this sink into us deeply we'll be able to do what is needed to get us through this crisis.
Spreading real coronavirus news
How do you know what information to trust? Digital media spread obvious misinformation and reinforce prejudice. This was dangerous in the 2016 election, and in a pandemic it is actively deadly. Headlines are build to get clicks but clicking through doesn't get us actual news.
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Temple Guardian Training Program
Strong consent structures do not inhibit sex positivity. Strong consent structures enable sex positivity. Weak consent structures result in consent violations, pain, uncertainty and mistrust, and damaged reputations for individuals and communities. Rape culture is ubiquitous around the world, even in magical communities.
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The Black Goddess Nuit
I sing of the Black Goddess Nuit. I sing of the limitless velvet expanse of space, which is not empty, it is her body, spangled with stars. I sing of the dark and fertile loam of the earth.
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What Witches and Magicians Can Learn from Jewish People
At a human rights conference I remarked to my Jewish friend Manya that all the people at our table were white. She looked at me sideways. "I'm not white," she said. "I just look white."
Kwan Yin prayer for protection of children taken from their parents
Kwan Yin, merciful goddess, you who hear the voice of the world, protector of children, safeguard the children taken from their parents, comfort them and sustain them, bring them back…
What to do about immigrant family separation
My social media threads are exploding with outrage today about the separation of children from parents at the American border. There are a lot of requests for information - what…