Categories: Community

• Better than TV

  I’ve been enjoying my foray into the Pagan/Heathen/Witchy/Occult/Whatever Podcasting Community.
  Everyone is very nice and helps each other out. Good job folks! *pats backs*

  I adore podcasts, they are much better than watching Oprah for sure! hehehe

  Here’s a few of my favorites:
  The Wigglian Way
  Ravencast
  New World Witchery
  The Magical Earth
  Media Astra Ac Terra
  The Infinite and the Beyond
  Peter’s Crooked Path
  Elemental Castings
  Druidcast
  Hedge Folk Tales
  Celtic Myth Podshow
  SpiritsCast

  Whew, that’s plenty for one blog post. Now go turn off Dr. Phil and start downloading!

• Plugging My Podcast

  Click the link below and have a listen … or else!
  Standing Stone and Garden Gate Promo

  Now head on over to the Podshow’s website at:
  Standing Stone and Garden Gate
  (a podshow for thinking Pagans and working Witches)
  For full episodes.
  Enjoy!

• A Shout Out to Traditional Witches

  Hullo!
  I am writing an article (and perhaps a chapter for a book) on the etymology of the word “Hedgewitch”. That is, the history of the term.
  While many Trad Witches insist the term “Hedgewitch” was used by Trad Witches before it was popularized as a solitary Wiccan or Kitchenwitch, there seems to be a terrible lack of evidence for this.
  If any Trad Witches can point me in the direction of the usage of the term “Hedgewitch and “Hedgerider” in the modern [...]

• Compost and Stone

  Last night I dreamed I was sitting in a grove with a lineaged Traditional Witch or Wiccan.
  I am not sure which Path she was on exactly, dreams are like that, but I knew she was hard-nosed Traditional.
  We were discussing our different world views and Paths.
  She leaned against a large grey boulder or small standing stone and said:
  “My Path is like this stone, strong and old; a solid foundation upon which to build.”
  Then she pointed to a pile of leaf litter [...]

• Annoyed

  I am growing tired of wishy-washy Pagan speak:
  Well, that is your opinion, this is my opinion.
  But opinions don’t really matter, because everyone is different.
  Unless you place value on other people’s opinions, that is.
  Neither of us is right and neither of us is wrong for anyone but ourselves.
  I however do not judge, I simply perceive for my reality is perception.
  So just do whatever feels right for you, but only if you want to.
  Let each walk their own path.
  You may choose to [...]

• Repost: Instinct vs Research

  This one is on Witchvox this week and is host to a number of typos, I’m not sure how they got there. I must need a proof reader or something. So here is a cleaner version for y’all:
  “This is what happens when you dabble! You can’t practice the Craft while you are looking down your nose at it.” ~ The Aunts from Practical Magic
  So why do I have to do all this required reading and research? Isn’t that work? Its [...]