tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87350149210781448742024-03-13T16:43:48.157-04:00inclusive WiccaA resource for inclusive covens of witches and Wiccans.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-76190505832560035852023-02-28T09:02:00.002-05:002023-02-28T09:02:14.235-05:00The festival of BorrowedSome years ago, I started the festival of Borrowed. It’s on February 28th or 29th, and is a reminder that the Earth is precious and ecosystems are fragile. It seems even more relevant in the face of the climate emergency.<br /><br />The festival of Borrowed highlights the idea that we do not own the Earth or the trees, animals, birds, and waters — we only “borrow” them, and share them with all other life. They are entities in their own right, flows in nature.<div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><div>For the festival of <a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2020/02/27/the-festival-of-borrowed/" target="_blank">Borrowed</a>, you’re invited to organize a group to plant some trees, plant flowers for the bees, clean up some litter, or tend your garden.</div><div><br /></div><div>If the ground outside is still covered in snow, then plan and organize some tree planting for when the weather improves.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you live on colonized land, learn whose territory you are on and how you can give back to that community.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here’s a poem I wrote today, reflecting an animist worldview:</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">NAMES OF RIVERS, by Yvonne Aburrow</h4><div>What does a river call itself?</div><div>Watery words?</div><div>Gurgle, flow,</div><div>Bubble, slow,</div><div>Fluid, wave.</div><div>Or does it take its name from the land?</div><div>Carving rocks,</div><div>Making silt,</div><div>Willow banks,</div><div>Shining mud.</div><div>Or does it name itself after animals and birds?</div><div>Otter bath,</div><div>Vole road,</div><div>Heron hunting,</div><div>Salmon leap.</div><div>Or the plants that grow there?</div><div>Weed waving,</div><div>Willow trailing,</div><div>Alders rooting,</div><div>Berries floating.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMKdF5WfC1GYBVH2Wu1dtJ3S216JK134GnrjXpLhUz6T4Ax5Sf-lirxsSROyL-M_ZwwiTxltibVCEFomdtzW7mjx4miOLc_6vu40ByngCW6rEQ2Y6xKrReXRwJs9fpd91aTMG-lt8o5knhbKzAT7E92yUZ3lCnL6DgYKviNMVokEM5Sv4NSQRswlzgmg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMKdF5WfC1GYBVH2Wu1dtJ3S216JK134GnrjXpLhUz6T4Ax5Sf-lirxsSROyL-M_ZwwiTxltibVCEFomdtzW7mjx4miOLc_6vu40ByngCW6rEQ2Y6xKrReXRwJs9fpd91aTMG-lt8o5knhbKzAT7E92yUZ3lCnL6DgYKviNMVokEM5Sv4NSQRswlzgmg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-37774636229247042012023-02-09T14:41:00.001-05:002023-02-09T14:41:14.543-05:00New book: Transmasculine Guide to Physical Transition<p><a href="https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/29107" target="_blank">New from Microcosm Publishing and author Sage Buch</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote>"In this new guide to physical transition for transmasc folks, author Sage Buch offers the reader guidance and advice on safe ways to feel more like yourself. Written with trans men, nonbinary folks, and other masc genderqueer folks in mind, Buch covers everything from chest binding and packing, to hormone replacement therapy, to the ins and outs of surgery, all in terms accessible to the layperson. <a href="https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/29107">Check it out</a>!" </blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpe_9TrPsYci5z8LcI8Lo8NWgpOJ0o74Gi0Dsj0d7OmqtNVGode50YUJ_5FpcizXIkrP3KMebvtw86e0jpQL7sASleuOXkOpxkcGQTYG_MlEqoU4WquvV7qS_c3QlnwwIfaV2ri0hIDMUS8ZfxCkGzmMIIYP6ufjf9GNMo7LWmjLLXbkC2AHWmj0OiyA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="543" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpe_9TrPsYci5z8LcI8Lo8NWgpOJ0o74Gi0Dsj0d7OmqtNVGode50YUJ_5FpcizXIkrP3KMebvtw86e0jpQL7sASleuOXkOpxkcGQTYG_MlEqoU4WquvV7qS_c3QlnwwIfaV2ri0hIDMUS8ZfxCkGzmMIIYP6ufjf9GNMo7LWmjLLXbkC2AHWmj0OiyA" width="163" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-43704417527752443402023-01-04T09:17:00.006-05:002023-01-04T09:17:38.873-05:00Queer Pagan Reading List 2023<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em;"><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Fondamento, cursive; font-size: 4.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2023/01/01/queer-pagan-reading-list-2023/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 45px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Queer Pagan Reading List 2023</a></h3></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">New titles this year: Mat Auryn’s <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mastering Magick</em>, books by Jack Chanek, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Pagan Heart of the West</em> by Randy P Conner, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Witches of Thistle Grove</em> series by Lana Harper, books by T Thorn Coyle, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chaos Monk</em> by Steve Dee, two new books by Casey Giovinco, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Traversing Gender</em> by Lee Harrington, <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sacred Gender</em> by Ariana Serpentine.</span></p><a class="more-link" href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2023/01/01/queer-pagan-reading-list-2023/#more-11943" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav" style="border: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyZfdQMl7RmZVWAtkHlCsWxgDGmis2WrqdOZuroI05VrVO7Q2-p6uEkgzJk1zkP8-bWZMl5a5GPruZdVbQQf4lUzmdHq7gHro5Om2Rw3PYUVU8rMhB4tGKFXY7ebFwlqM-M2nyJXjZtVCJkarUe61Nk2XUD2CVnBAs0k5jtuC_49lIqTQThrX0EB2xw/s620/trans-ppl-wont-be-erased.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="620" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyZfdQMl7RmZVWAtkHlCsWxgDGmis2WrqdOZuroI05VrVO7Q2-p6uEkgzJk1zkP8-bWZMl5a5GPruZdVbQQf4lUzmdHq7gHro5Om2Rw3PYUVU8rMhB4tGKFXY7ebFwlqM-M2nyJXjZtVCJkarUe61Nk2XUD2CVnBAs0k5jtuC_49lIqTQThrX0EB2xw/s320/trans-ppl-wont-be-erased.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Let me know in the comments if you have a public post that you would like me to add there.</div></div></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-85424423604384950552021-11-22T22:47:00.003-05:002021-11-22T22:48:42.622-05:00What does “inclusive” mean?<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px;">Inclusive doesn’t mean that we have to include everybody who asks to join; it means that we don’t exclude whole classes of people due to their innate or acquired characteristics (such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or physical characteristics).</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><span id="more-10599" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fcfcfc; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some people may not be suited to Wicca because they are drawn to a different path. Some people might not be suited to coven life because they don’t play well with others, or because they are not kind and considerate of others.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inclusive covens definitely have the right to exclude anyone with bigoted views such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia etc. As Karl Popper pointed out, the paradox of tolerance is that it cannot tolerate intolerance. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some people may not be a good fit for your coven because they have a very different approach to the divine / deities than you, or are interested in a different mythology. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I think I can safely say that I coined the phrase inclusive Wicca, and although I wasn’t the first person to practice in an inclusive way, I was the first person to write a book with the phrase in the title. I started the Facebook groups to discuss as a community what it should look like. We came up with the description of what an inclusive coven looks like as a community. It should be clear by now what people mean when they say they practice <a href="http://www.inclusivewicca.org/p/inclusive-wicca-articles.html?m=1" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1abc9c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">inclusive Wicca</a>. It doesn’t just mean that you have some gay people in your coven. Nor does it mean that absolutely anyone can become an initiate of Wicca. It certainly doesn’t mean that we have to include bigoted people in our circles. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It means that you have expanded your practice to include symbolism that represents all genders and sexual orientations, and that your practice doesn’t structurally exclude LGBTQ2SIA people, disabled people, or BIPOC people.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Yjr7kyu_S8" width="320" youtube-src-id="7Yjr7kyu_S8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xZiVW5A74QM" width="320" youtube-src-id="xZiVW5A74QM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b0ePZAFjUAY" width="320" youtube-src-id="b0ePZAFjUAY"></iframe></div><br /><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.7em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-17737795660128492192021-07-15T11:17:00.003-04:002021-07-15T11:17:35.415-04:00New page: Adding your pronouns online<p>New page: <b><a href="https://www.inclusivewicca.org/p/adding-your-pronouns-online.html">Adding your pronouns online</a> </b></p><div>Why you would want to add your pronouns, who should add them, and how to add them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You can order an orange shirt from there and all the proceeds go to the Save the Evidence campaign (which aims to preserve the residential school to prevent genocide denial).</li></ul><h4>Articles</h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/opinion-reconciliation-beyond94-1.4578359" target="_blank">The Bathroom People</a> by Niigaan Sinclair (2018) 🌟</li></ul><div><br /></div>
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<div><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.inclusivewicca.org/p/indigenous-peoples.html" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">See the full list</a></span></div></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-24664178800926463992021-01-09T09:52:00.006-05:002021-01-09T09:52:41.435-05:00Queer Pagan Reading List 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> A new edition of the <a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2021/01/01/queer-pagan-books-list-2021/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Queer Pagan Reading List</span></a> is up on <i>Dowsing for Divinity</i>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Also check out the YouTube video introducing the list:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LR7X5jBpQTY" width="320" youtube-src-id="LR7X5jBpQTY"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-2758010445536387522020-11-28T22:25:00.005-05:002020-11-28T22:25:43.153-05:00inclusive Wicca calendar 2021I just designed the inclusive Wicca calendar for 2021.<div><br /></div><div>All profits on my <a href="https://www.zazzle.ca/store/inclusivewicca/collections" target="_blank">Zazzle store</a> go to the <a href="https://fncaringsociety.com/" target="_blank">First Nations Child & Family Caring Society</a>.<div style="line-height: 150%; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-34727407488229409822020-11-27T10:44:00.004-05:002020-11-29T16:41:41.044-05:00New edition of The Night JourneyI am delighted to announce that The Centre For Pagan Studies and the Doreen Valiente Foundation are publishing the revised and expanded edition of The Night Journey: Witchcraft as Transformation by me, Yvonne Aburrow.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.shop.doreenvaliente.org/books/TheNightJourneyPB">Buy now from the Doreen Valiente Foundation Shop</a><div style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;"><div class="block-editor-block-list__layout is-root-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="wp-block" data-align="center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; 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height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); box-sizing: inherit; inset: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 395px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"><span style="font-size: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Night Journey is a follow-up to my previous book, </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2020/08/01/new-edition-of-dark-mirror/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Dark Mirror: The Inner Work of Witchcraft</a></em><span style="font-size: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div></figure></div><div aria-label="Block: More" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="96d7b3d8-250f-4238-8fa0-c2128b0a461b" data-title="More" data-type="core/more" id="block-96d7b3d8-250f-4238-8fa0-c2128b0a461b" role="group" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><div class="wp-block-more" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; font-size: 1.56em; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Night Journey: witchcraft as transformation</em></div></div>This book explores different ways of doing ritual, and how that relates to the witch’s journey through life, and the stages and pitfalls of the inner work. It describes how to develop as a priestess or priest, and how to work with your group to connect with the land, with queer archetypes, and to challenge oppression.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">This book is aimed at witches who want to deepen their engagement with their Craft. It explores modes and types of ritual; how rituals work; the uses of sound and silence in ritual; the witch’s journey through life; the stages and pitfalls of the inner work. It shows how Queer Witchcraft is an inherent aspect of the archetype of the witch; how witchcraft relates to the land; witchcraft as resistance to oppression; working with ancestors; the witch’s pact with spiritual powers; the relationship between madness, shamanism, and witchcraft; and the concept of the night journey, another very old image from the history of witchcraft; how to use insights gained from the practice of witchcraft in everyday life; group dynamics; being a coven leader; teaching and learning in a coven; egregore, lineage, upline, and downline; power and authority; the process of challenging oppression; how to evaluate your Craft; the meaning and purpose of ‘spirituality’, religion, and magic; the archetype of the witch and what it means.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Reviews of The Night Journey</h3><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="772d04ac-6474-4672-8944-dcfc7e610f82" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-772d04ac-6474-4672-8944-dcfc7e610f82" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">The Night Journey utilizes the historical legend of the witch’s flight to the sabbat to expand Aburrow’s notion of a modern witchcraft which is “queer, transgressive, and resistant to authoritarian versions of reality.” In the spiritual world of The Night Journey, witchcraft isn’t seen as some sort of rarefied practice isolated from the messy mundane world, but as a beautiful, viable, and practical way of living in the world as a person of power and integrity. Taken together with Dark Mirror, these two texts comprise something quite special: a revolutionary vision of traditional Wicca which looks to the Craft’s future while simultaneously honoring its traditions.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Misha Magdalene, author of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice</em></div></blockquote><hr aria-label="Block: Separator" class="wp-block-separator block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="b12caec5-d388-4a1b-a467-950b3189eba5" data-title="Separator" data-type="core/separator" id="block-b12caec5-d388-4a1b-a467-950b3189eba5" role="group" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 0.4; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1px; padding-top: 0.1px; position: relative;" tabindex="0" /><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="8a7bca70-66fe-4e7f-868d-13cf7c4d34de" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-8a7bca70-66fe-4e7f-868d-13cf7c4d34de" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">There’s a real shortage of good books on advanced witchcraft. The Night Journey - Witchcraft as Transformation is therefore a much-needed new publication aimed at Wiccans and witches who have reached second degree or who are running their own covens. … The work at second degree involves looking at the darker sides of our own psyches, confronting our fears and challenging our perhaps long-held beliefs. The goal of this is transformation, and this book is a guide to ways of enabling that to happen.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lucya Starza, www.badwitch.co.uk</div></blockquote><hr aria-label="Block: Separator" class="wp-block-separator block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="a7ee2ecb-22ca-4c1c-8822-5b739a996e30" data-title="Separator" data-type="core/separator" id="block-a7ee2ecb-22ca-4c1c-8822-5b739a996e30" role="group" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 0.4; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1px; padding-top: 0.1px; position: relative;" tabindex="0" /><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="a04b3d01-3952-4f46-86f5-be3fb8852ef6" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-a04b3d01-3952-4f46-86f5-be3fb8852ef6" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">The Night Journey takes us on a wild ride through Witchcraft of the past, present and future. While so many other books focus on the ‘how’ of Witchcraft, Aburrow gives us a much-needed dive into the ‘why’, and champions the diversity that is so necessary for the continuation of the Craft.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thista Minai, founder of Spectrum Gate Mysteries, author of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Casting a Queer Circle: Non-binary Witchcraft </em>and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Suffering for Spirit: Empowerment Through Ordeal</em></div></blockquote><hr aria-label="Block: Separator" class="wp-block-separator block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="26107b9c-b642-40b1-bc0f-251f737f1921" data-title="Separator" data-type="core/separator" id="block-26107b9c-b642-40b1-bc0f-251f737f1921" role="group" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 0.4; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1px; padding-top: 0.1px; position: relative;" tabindex="0" /><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="4c02ff88-393d-4347-9f9d-519e07fb5798" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-4c02ff88-393d-4347-9f9d-519e07fb5798" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">This book is a cornerstone for every modern Pagan’s library, or for anyone at all interested in a valid inner reality and how to develop and cope with and enjoy it. …This isn’t a book for the mystically minded, more a kicking, scratching fight on the road to a modern Wiccan spirituality. Paganism is Green, and this is Pagan politics, ecologically and spiritually, the microcosm and the macrocosm. We were right all along, and now is the time to chant our many chants to be heard around the world. However you identify, this book provides well-stated explorations of all aspects of Pagan life. Read it and become an active part of the debate.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geraldine Beskin,<br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />The Atlantis Bookshop, London, UK.</div></blockquote><hr aria-label="Block: Separator" class="wp-block-separator block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="5e2703f7-5c0c-4ca8-94a8-10af3ead55f8" data-title="Separator" data-type="core/separator" id="block-5e2703f7-5c0c-4ca8-94a8-10af3ead55f8" role="group" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 0.4; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1px; padding-top: 0.1px; position: relative;" tabindex="0" /><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="98c2a095-b15d-4bd0-90af-f2a228b17ca9" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-98c2a095-b15d-4bd0-90af-f2a228b17ca9" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">Yvonne Aburrow has done it again! In <i>The Night Journey: Witchcraft as Transformation</i>, Aburrow takes their readers on a journey into the inner working of Wicca, ritual, and magic. They are always careful to consider the ways in which folks of different backgrounds understand, internalize, or experience the Craft, Aburrow is wonderfully honest when it comes to their relationship to the gods while also being refreshingly informative about group and coven dynamics. With a keen eye for issues surrounding mental illness, Aburrow shows their readers, with careful precision, how to spot groups that are supportive, inclusive, and spiritually motivating. This book will be of special interest to coven leaders or to those who wish to understand the role a healthy coven may play in the lives of a new or seasoned witch.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tim Landry,<br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />anthropologist and occultist.</div></blockquote><hr aria-label="Block: Separator" class="wp-block-separator block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="233cf064-f005-4e20-9d1f-88d59e2315b3" data-title="Separator" data-type="core/separator" id="block-233cf064-f005-4e20-9d1f-88d59e2315b3" role="group" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 0.4; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1px; padding-top: 0.1px; position: relative;" tabindex="0" /><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="ae21f7cf-f0b1-4134-a916-c3abb74e4463" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-ae21f7cf-f0b1-4134-a916-c3abb74e4463" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">An insightful and accessible guide to the theory and practice of contemporary Pagan witchcraft. The author writes from their extensive personal experience and presents their views in a thoughtful and enthusiastic style that are suitable for experienced practitioners and those taking their first exploratory steps. Each chapter concludes with some excellent discussion topics, suggestions for self-reflection, and practical exercises. Like all good books, it presents some challenging views, which offer much food for thought.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julia Phillips, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Bristol, author of<em style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Witches of Oz </em>and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Madeline Montalban, Magus of St Giles</em>.</div></blockquote><blockquote aria-label="Block: Quote" class="wp-block-quote block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="dc04def0-7147-4b6c-9d81-04870381d20d" data-title="Quote" data-type="core/quote" id="block-dc04def0-7147-4b6c-9d81-04870381d20d" role="group" style="border-left: 0.25em solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1em; position: relative; quotes: none;" tabindex="0">A deep dive into the roots and meanings of contemporary Wiccan and Pagan practices, and how they can be updated for the 21st century. Essential reading for covens and groves.<div aria-label="Write citation…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-quote__citation rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sabina Magliocco,<br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Program in the Study of Religion, University of British Columbia, and author of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Witching Culture: Folklore and Neopaganism in America</em>.</div></blockquote><div aria-label="Block: Buttons" class="wp-block-buttons block-editor-block-list__block wp-block block-editor-block-list__layout" data-block="4ef34626-b22e-4eb3-93cd-40c1b50e7d8f" data-title="Buttons" data-type="core/buttons" id="block-4ef34626-b22e-4eb3-93cd-40c1b50e7d8f" role="group" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div aria-label="Block: Button" class="wp-block-button block-editor-block-list__block wp-block" data-block="959504c8-da18-41f3-a1f4-913a523eff9f" data-title="Button" data-type="core/button" id="block-959504c8-da18-41f3-a1f4-913a523eff9f" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: text; display: inline-block; margin: 28px 0px 0.5em; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div aria-label="Add text…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background rich-text" role="textbox" style="background-color: #0693e3; border-radius: 1.55em; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.125em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0.667em 1.333em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.shop.doreenvaliente.org/books/TheNightJourneyPB" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Buy the book</span></a></div></div></div><p aria-label="Empty block; start writing or type forward slash to choose a block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="0d3dfb17-655e-4129-944d-3f4a0191c593" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-0d3dfb17-655e-4129-944d-3f4a0191c593" role="group" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span contenteditable="false" data-rich-text-placeholder="Start writing or type / to choose a block" style="box-sizing: inherit; pointer-events: none;"></span></p><div class="block-list-appender wp-block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; position: relative;" tabindex="-1"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; position: fixed;" tabindex="0"></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-89581712934058268582020-09-28T14:11:00.002-04:002020-09-28T14:11:43.296-04:00Same sex initiation<p>Fantastic article from Katie Gerrard. I agree 100%.</p><p>Just one thing, though - Katie mentions that no-one has performed any same-sex initiations recently; I know of a group of them that were done 10 or 15 years ago. And since there's a (very unsatisfactory) "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" situation going on right now, how would we know if anyone had done one?</p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/manicpagandreamgrrl/2020/09/same-sex-initiation-should-be-valid-in-wicca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Same-sex initiation should be valid in Wicca</a></i>, by Katie Gerrard (2020)</b><br /></p><blockquote>"I’ve looked hard at Gardnerian tradition and tried to work out why cross gender initiation was a thing in the first place; especially when Gardner clearly said mothers could initiate sons and father’s initiate daughters. He even said a woman could strap on a sword and play the role of the High Priest at any point. This suggests Same Sex Initiation can happen if it’s a woman initiating another woman."</blockquote><p></p>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-28904401695109796752020-09-15T10:36:00.006-04:002020-09-15T10:36:57.016-04:00Gender-inclusive language<p> Great post about <a href="https://majorarqueerna.com/how-to-use-gender-inclusive-language-for-pagan-outreach/" target="_blank">gender-inclusive language for events</a> from <i>Major Arqueerna</i>.</p><p></p><blockquote>You’re planning a ritual or event and want to ensure people of all genders feel welcome. But our understanding of gender is ever-evolving, as is the language surrounding it. How do write your invitation language to be inclusive of nonbinary people, agender people, and people of other gender identities?</blockquote><p></p>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-47405226118997486512020-09-07T18:37:00.007-04:002020-11-29T16:31:14.444-05:00New edition of Dark Mirror<h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.shop.doreenvaliente.org/books/DarkMirrorPB">Dark Mirror: the inner work of witchcraft</a> by <a href="https://www.shop.doreenvaliente.org/books/DarkMirrorPB">Yvonne Aburrow</a></h3><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKMO_yik8YanQdmXfri7lpHYANzrnDU2n3laQZzwgM5Gd7Jpvd8Jki_t2tYt1Gx_ap2JIDIP5IMfbCV8zWF1U14HkHBplXP_HfiCWBjmOivLuqQrSEvc6VbOVz2r4dVBkrupi41NxEmLd/s790/dark-mirror-cover-large.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKMO_yik8YanQdmXfri7lpHYANzrnDU2n3laQZzwgM5Gd7Jpvd8Jki_t2tYt1Gx_ap2JIDIP5IMfbCV8zWF1U14HkHBplXP_HfiCWBjmOivLuqQrSEvc6VbOVz2r4dVBkrupi41NxEmLd/s320/dark-mirror-cover-large.jpg" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" /></a>This is a new, revised and expanded edition of <i>Dark Mirror</i>, with new sections and new insights. <br /><div><br /></div><div>Inner work is a name commonly given to the inner processes that happen in ritual. It can also mean the transformation of the psyche that comes about through engaging in religious ritual. However, the best kind of inner work also has an effect outside the individual and outside the circle. When rituals are focused only on self-development, they tend to be a bit too introspective. Ritual is about creating and maintaining relationships and connections - between body, mind, and spirit; with the Earth, Nature, the land, the spirit world, the community, and friends. It is about making meaning, weaving a web of symbolism, story, mythology, meaning, community, and love. Creating a community that welcomes and celebrates diversity. Creating strong and authentic identity to resist the pressures of consumerism and commercialism and capitalism. Weaving relationship with other beings: humans, animals, birds, spirits, deities.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.shop.doreenvaliente.org/books/DarkMirrorPB">Buy now from the Doreen Valiente Foundation shop</a><h2 style="text-align: left;">Praise for <i>Dark Mirror</i></h2><p></p><blockquote>“Dark Mirror will make you think why as well as how you work your magic wherever you are on the rainbow of human experience. LGBTQIA+ needs, expectations and impressions have never been so well explored in all aspects of magical practice. This book is for absolutely everyone from those who have been leading a Pagan life for years as it reminds them and gives fresh options for doing things to the wonderful new generation of folk who are Witch curious. This is a very readable and reliable textbook for everyone to understand with ease.”</blockquote><p></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">- Geraldine Beskin, </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The Atlantis Bookshop, London, UK.</blockquote></blockquote><div><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">“This is a book about transformation through ritual. Its scope is impressive and would be useful for both those new to practising contemporary Pagan witchcraft (or a similar path), and those who are more experienced practitioners. The discussion points, exercise, and further reading that conclude each chapter are useful and serve very well to support the chapter content.”</p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Julia Phillips, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Bristol, author of <i>Witches of Oz</i> and <i>Madeline Montalban, Magus of St Giles</i>.</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">“Wicca meets critical theory in this transformative work, which updates Wiccan practices for the 21st century through radical inclusivity. Pushing well beyond “Wicca 101,” this book gets at the heart of modern Pagan witchcraft and is recommended for both beginners and experienced practitioners.”</p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Sabina Magliocco, Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Program in the Study of Religion, University of British Columbia, and author of <i>Witching Culture: Folklore and Neopaganism in America</i>.</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><p></p><blockquote>“Inviting us to examine many different aspects of Initiatory Wicca, this book is aimed at both initiates and non-initiates. It could certainly be used as the basis of a coven training programme but is also invaluable for the solo practitioner.”</blockquote><p></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Morgana Sythove, Pagan Federation International (https://silvercircle.org and https://wiccanrede.org)</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">“Feeling the energy of the web of life is fundamental for anyone who wants to be a real witch. This book teaches how to do that. The web of life, of course, includes the world around us, the cycles of nature and our relationships with others. Dark Mirror moves on from explaining how to become more attuned to our own feelings, to ways of sensing the connection between ourselves and all of these seemingly external things.”</p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Lucya Starza, www.badwitch.co.uk</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><p></p><blockquote>“Dark Mirror is enchanting! It is a great learning tool for inclusive Wicca. I recommend it to all my students, and in fact, I am starting a book club teaching session with this book because the ideas presented are well thought out and researched. I especially love that each chapter ends with questions to be discussed, making it an easy reference tool to use when introducing someone to the Wiccan path. This book includes tables, and illustrations that help fill in the blanks and answers important questions. It allows students to think through the ideas presented and develop their own perspective on topics discussed. This book elevates Wicca to the next level, matching our modern perspective on humanity, where consent and equality become paramount values held up and venerated.”</blockquote><p></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><p>- Lydia Knox, Gardnerian witch, artist, astrologer, medium, and empath. www.instagram.com/lydiaknoxart/</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">“In <i>Dark Mirror: The Inner Work of Witchcraft</i>, Yvonne Aburrow has managed to achieve what I assumed to be impossible. They wrote a book with value to both the novice and the seasoned witch alike. With a careful eye toward inclusivity and the politics of access, Aburrow offers an inside look at the Craft that is at once nuanced and historically accurate. They walk readers through important milestones such as picking a name while also showing them in vivid detail why these processes are magically and socially important. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Wicca, Paganism, or Western occultism in general. Aburrow’s work reminds us to be critical of the legacies of power that haunt us all. If Aburrow is correct, and “the Pagan worldview has the potential to change the world,” then Aburrow’s work has the potential to transform Paganism into a more supportive and inclusive practice.”</p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Tim Landry, anthropologist and occultist.</p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><blockquote><p>“Dark Mirror is an exploration of the ‘inner work’ of witchcraft, the internal processes which ritual sets in motion to initiate change and transformation, both within the ritualist and in the world around them. Over and beyond that central goal, though, the book is an outline of Aburrow’s conception of Wicca as an inherently inclusive practice: anti-racist, queer-positive, sex-positive, and body-positive. The scope of what they cover is impressive, from basic techniques of ritual work to discussions of theological principles, all presented in a clear, pleasant writing voice reminiscent of Doreen Valiente, equal parts ‘straightforward instruction’ and ‘chatting over tea and biscuits.’ As an academically trained feminist nerd with a taste for systems analysis, this approach makes me positively giddy with delight.”</p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;">- Misha Magdalene, author of <i>Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice</i></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-64666478834043015872020-05-30T12:39:00.000-04:002020-05-30T12:39:40.109-04:00Self-defined: excellent open source dictionary projectI just came across this brilliant dictionary project from Tatiana Mac: <a href="https://www.selfdefined.app/" target="_blank">SelfDefined</a>.<div><br /></div><div>You can contribute on <a href="https://github.com/tatianamac/selfdefined" target="_blank">GitHub</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #24292e; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #24292e; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0px;">A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #24292e; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0px;">Self-Defined seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the modern world. The goal for Self-Defined is to become the first modern dictionary that reflects our digital world, using the best aspects of technology while minimising the worst aspects of technology that can cause harm. Self-Defined is successful if it supports greater, more nuanced understanding and tolerance of fellow humans through words.</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #24292e; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0px;"></p></div>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-61795705176247025072020-04-27T14:47:00.000-04:002020-04-27T15:57:06.641-04:00Shareable memes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://majorarqueerna.com/masculine-and-feminine-energy-why-is-this-still-a-thing/" target="_blank">"Masculine" vs. "feminine" energy: Why is this still a thing?</a> by Major Arqueerna (2020)</b><br />
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"I believe we should immediately decouple the concept of binary, opposing types of energy from the concepts of “masculine” and “feminine,” because keeping those concepts together is 1. inaccurate, 2. confusing, and 3. harmful. There’s no good reason to tie these types of energetic patterns to patriarchal ideals of gender."</blockquote>
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Added to the page of articles on <a href="https://www.inclusivewicca.org/p/blog-page.html">gender, sexuality, and polarity</a>.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-51702884218842938332019-05-27T20:48:00.000-04:002019-05-27T20:48:49.036-04:00Sex, Gender, and DeitiesDo deities have gender? What about sexual characteristics? As non-physical (and some might say, metaphorical) beings, they can manifest in whatever form they want.<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/03/30/sex-gender-and-deities/#more-6461">Continue reading</a> →Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-23477534340357012932019-05-13T20:42:00.000-04:002019-05-27T20:44:04.112-04:00On Building in WoodBuilding dwellings out of wood is a great thing to do. We currently live in a house whose core is an old log cabin, and it is pretty darn snug in the winter. My previous house was built out of stone, with walls a foot thick, and it could be quite cold and damp. So why do cultures that build their dwellings out of wood get dismissed and belittled for it?<div>
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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility to all transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, and genderqueer people.</h3>
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Art print of the trans pride flag by <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/sadiesavesit/works/16684581-trans-pride-flag?p=art-print">sadiesavesit on Redbubble</a></div>
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Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-87966016189280452542019-03-07T22:22:00.000-05:002019-05-27T22:22:55.076-04:00The quest for the authentic SelfMany Pagans are on a quest for the authentic Self. This is often visualized as something we already possess; we just have to clear away the accretions caused by so-called civilization. In this model, the true Self can be found by getting in touch with Nature.<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/03/07/the-quest-for-the-authentic-self/#more-6405">Continue reading →</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-66623907185872767532019-03-03T22:23:00.000-05:002019-05-27T22:24:03.669-04:00The Deep Blue SeaI see oppressive systems as being like water pressure in the ocean. The deeper you go in the ocean, the greater the pressure.<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/03/03/the-deep-blue-sea/#more-6396">Continue reading →</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-35376270365381711462019-03-01T22:24:00.000-05:002019-05-27T22:25:25.846-04:00Bath Time Witchcraft<h4>
Witchcraft tip of the day.</h4>
To sensitize your hands to be able to feel auras, next time you’re in the bath with some bubble bath, grab a handful of bubbles and hold your hands parallel to each other with the bubbles between your hands. Then bring your hands slowly together and note the subtle increase in pressure of the bubbles on your skin. Do this more than once (it’s fun!)<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/03/01/bath-time-witchcraft/#more-6377">Continue reading →</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-22751229176984939732019-02-07T22:26:00.000-05:002019-05-27T22:26:45.840-04:00What makes you a priest/ess?<br />Michael asked, <a href="https://unhingedandunenlightened.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/am-i-a-real-priest/">Am I a real priest?</a><br /><br />Short answer, if you feel a calling to be one, then you probably are one, even if you’re on the beginner slopes.<br /><br />My working definition of a priest or priestess is a person who can facilitate contact between the other-than-human and the human, and/or who can create meaning, community, and a sense of connectedness for others. Note that this definition includes atheists and animists.<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/02/07/what-makes-you-a-priest-ess/#more-6266">Continue reading →</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-42117283162011148672019-01-20T22:27:00.000-05:002019-05-27T22:28:11.576-04:00Can belief in deities be compatible with science?<br />Some have argued that any form of theism is incompatible with science. Which is odd when so many scientists are theistic in some form or other.<br /><br /><a href="https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2019/01/20/can-belief-in-deities-be-compatible-with-science/#more-6236">Continue reading →</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735014921078144874.post-29541722596988990862018-11-14T21:59:00.000-05:002018-11-14T22:11:17.182-05:002019 inclusive Wicca calendar<h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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