Article Topic: Pagan

We all have our own interpretations and honoring of the four elemental quadrants. Whatever attributes we ascribe to the elements, we can use their unique energies to lend guidance and clarification in our lives. Bronwynn Forrest Torgerson, author of One Witch's Way, presents a short self assessment exercise to help you identify how to best use the guidance of the elements.

In most ways, the Summer Solstice of 2009 is likely to play out in the Northern Hemisphere much as it has for thousands of years now, with reverence for the feminine, the moon, and water. Dan Furst, author of Dance of the Moon: Celebrating the Sacred Cycles of the Earth, shares how this Summer Solstice of 2009 marks our even more fervent awareness of water as the hot summer months loom ahead.

Spring is here, and what better time to dig into the magick and mystery of the earth than right now? Ellen Dugan, author of such books as Cottage Witchery, Garden Witchery, and the new Garden Witch's Herbal, details the power of using gardening and green magick to enhance your Craft.

Maypole dancing is community celebration of Beltane, from the youngest to the oldest. However, it is often difficult for little legs to keep up with the adults, and young children tend to tucker out long before they can weave their ribbon around an often ten- or twelve-foot Maypole. What can be done to ensure that kids get as much enjoyment about of the community Beltane celebration of Maypole dancing? Bronwen Forbes, author of Make Merry in Step and Song, details how to make Maypole dances fun for all.

Pagan, Witch, Wiccan: all of these terms are used to describe someone who follows an earth-based spiritual path. But what do they really mean? Gede Parma, author of Spirited, explains what it truly means to live life as a Pagan.

While the Yule Log is smoldering in the fireplace, warming your house with its golden glow, casting dancing shadows on a sparkling Yule tree, the scene might not immediately evoke images of faeries. It should, however. Author Edain McCoy details just how these spritely guardians do not all hibernate in winter, and how they should be honored during these chilly months of warm celebration.

Make your home a place of festive holiday cheer while teaching kids the important roots of Yule, the Solstice, and other winter holidays. A.C. Fisher Aldag shares several delicious Yuletide recipes and fun family craft projects, mixing in a dash of history, spirituality and divination. Crafts and projects are appropriate for all ages and are perfect for your whole family to create as a group.

Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Kaufman, who shared this Yule tradition to win a special contest in New Worlds:

There is a tendency among modern Pagans - many of whom live in cities - to revere the wilderness as a source of magical power and dismiss the cities in which they live as spiritually dead places. The city is simply a place where they live and work, ...

Precis: While there are many Neo-Pagan traditions, one path has been infrequently explored, although many of its concepts have been used in other traditions. This is the path of Tantra, which is not just about sex as many Westerners ...