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Wear socks that don’t match

Especially on Tuesday and Friday

And always with shorts

Wear a wrinkled pink blouse

With a bright red skirt

Red and pink are in the same family

Aren’t they?

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Don’t get subtle hints

Be confused by mixed messages

And laugh at inappropriate jokes

Always say what you mean

And mean what you say

Because no one else does it that way

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Take everyone at face value

Be open and honest

In everything you do

Having no hidden meaning behind your words

No hidden agenda behind your actions

Is sure to frighten and confuse

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Be loud and boisterous in public

Quiet and reserved at home

Have moods that are affected by the weather

Remember to be daring and bold

Always act as if you’ll never grow old

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Wave with both hands

Bounce into rooms

Offer everyone a hug

And feel bad when they refuse

Dance when you are happy

And wilt when you are sad

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When there is a job to do

Be the first to volunteer

Once people start to gossip

That you’re trying to take charge

Don’t volunteer the next time

And they will complain about that too

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Be friendly to everyone

Regardless of this or that

Refuse to take sides in disputes

At least, most of the time

See both sides of a debate

Try to get other people to do that too

It helps if you’re cute

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Be more comfortable around pets than kids

Wear pyjamas all day

Don’t go to bed until 2

Read lots of books

Watch too much Star Trek

Be sure to listen to Punk Rock too

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Walk widdershins in a Wiccan Circle

Forget which way is East

Write whole Invocations

And don’t remember a word of them

When asked to bring a broom

Show up with a robotic vacuum

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Speak your mind all the time

And as for peer pressure

Never give in

No matter they may say

Or how they treat you

Always love yourself first

And promise you’ll never change you!

From Fire Lyte, over at Inciting a Riot:

So, Project Pagan Enough is a movement, a cause, a Harmonious Riot that includes bloggers, podcasters, pagans, non-pagans, me, you, and the whole pagan community. It is my hope that the Project Pagan Enough logo becomes a beacon of progress and change for those of us living a magical life. By putting the Project Pagan Enough icon on your podcast’s site, blog, or other website, you’re making a set of promises:

1. You are pagan enough, despite how you look, act, smell, dress, believe, or are.
2. You recognize that others are pagan enough despite their appearance, smell, manner of dress, belief, practice, or other aspect.
3. You recognize that you can have an academic debate on the finer points of belief or practice, but that it does not take away from someone else’s level of being pagan.
4. You welcome, befriend, and encourage others in the pagan community despite their appearance, dress, or other physical or superficial characteristic.
5. You promise to treat members of other faiths, despite the faith, with honest-to-goodness fairness, equality, and grace, not judging them or their faith based on the actions of fringe members of their same faith.

Like the points of the pentacle, these 5 tenets of Project Pagan Enough work together and will, I hope, launch our community into a new era of tolerance, love, and all of the qualities we like to think we have.

You may copy the Project Pagan Enough logo for your own website – below – but please make sure to link back to the original blog page to allow others to know what promise you’ve made to the community at large.

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!

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!

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 era (I don’t need to be pointed to the Havamal etc, thanks) prior to, or around the time of Rae Beth’s publishing of her famous Wiccan Hedgewitch book in 1990 that would be grand. You’d also be doing a service for the Trad Witch community eh. Basically any indication of those specific terms being used between say 1800 and 1995 is required. I’d rather something other than hearsay and conjecture, such as literary evidence, but am willing to look at personal stories and artwork as well.

You will receive acknowledgement for your contribution of course.

EDITED FOR CLARITY: I am specifically looking for evidence that MODERN Traditional Witches were using the term “Hedgewitch” before 1990.

Thanks!

my email is juniper@walkingthehedge.net