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Sharing thoughts on the eclipse and solsticeLast night a full lunar eclipse occurred, just hours before today’s Winter Solstice. Many people around the world used this auspicious time for ritual, spell work, divination, meditation, and much more. Christians Are Persecuted!Perhaps you’ve already seen the infamous headline today: “Pope calls Christians the most persecuted.” My knee-jerk reaction is something like this: “Seriously, Christians? You’re persecuted? You, who practice the dominant religion in North and South America, Australia and Europe? You seriously believe your basic freedom to worship is being restricted? The most?” I hate it [...] Pagan/Wiccan Gift Guide 2010Yule is quickly approaching, and let’s face it – shopping for presents can be yucky! Receiving presents can be yucky, too, when they’re just not right for you and you feel bad that the gift giver wasted their money on something that you’ll never use. To lower the yuck factor all around, here are some [...] On Veterans Day, Operation Circle Care gears upAs you may recall from my post last year, Circle Sanctuary holds a yearly drive in order to send Yule care packages to Pagan and Wiccan active duty members of the military. Here is their call for aid this year, please help me in passing it along.  * * * For the fourth year in a [...] Book of the Dead exhibition opens todayI noticed an interesting article in the travel section of USA Today about an exhibit opening at the British Museum in London today, running through March. It guides visitors through the famed Egyptian “Book of the Dead.” USA Today reports: A major new exhibition at the British Museum hopes to shed new light on the [...] I am nothing like Christine O’DonnellI thought I could let the whole Christine O’Donnell dabble-gate blow over without comment. But then the candidate from Delaware released a new political ad in which she says, “I am not a witch. I’m nothing you’ve heard. I’m you.” Oh, dear Christine, you are so not me. Unlike you, I believe in evolution, I [...] Religious Knowledge Survey – How Would You Do?Are you smarter than an atheist? In a book titled Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – And Doesn’t, university professor Stephen Prothero wrote that “Americans are both deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion.” This summer, researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a survey to find [...] Special note for Minnesota Pagans (and neighbors, of course!)Quick note before the weekend starts – Twin Cities Pagan Pride is this weekend (September 25-26) at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community. Please check out their website and come down and participate if you can. Don’t forget to bring a food shelf donation! Also, the fine people of TCPP are now organizing an indoor, hotel conference [...] Witches and liabilityIt’s a funny thing, having lawyers in the family – I always seem to pay more attention to the legal ramifications of issues in Pagan life, whether that’s the debate about religious observances at city hall, or parental custody battles during divorces, or chaplains employed by the prison system. So no surprise that today a [...] Magical Buffet Hosts Bookstore EventThe Magical Buffet is one of our favorite magical blogs – besides merely reviewing books, blogger Rebecca Elson also does in-depth author interviews, profiles on musicians, and articles dealing with “religion, the paranormal, First Amendment issues, popular culture, magical practices, and whatever else is on Rebecca’s mind at any given moment.” (Not to mention that [...] MEET THE BLOGGERS
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