Here is another in my series of “things I see a lot across the web that I want to address”. This one is less directly about religion, although since the Pagan movement has a lot of marginalized people in it, … Continue reading →
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“Fluid Is My Gender”
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For National Coming Out Day, I present to you a guest post and collaboration with my dear friend and colleague, Dee Shull. They shared with me this poem, and I so loved it that I asked them if I could … Continue reading →
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There Is No Away
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I’m ranting lately. It’s been a hard week in a hard month in a hard year, and I just want it all to go away. All the things I just can’t deal with, all the people who hurt me or … Continue reading →
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Ember on Gifts of the Wyrd!
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Several weeks ago Jan and Laine interviewed me for their podcast Gifts of the Wyrd. We talked about Vanatru, and what makes RedWood Vanatru what it is. My interview is up now! Go listen! –Ember–
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Declaration 127: Boycott the AFA
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Huginn’s Heathen Hof has organized a declaration, signed by many different Heathen and some Pagan or other Polytheist groups, declaring our intent to boycott the Asatru Folk Assembly. They are calling it Declaration 127. Here is the meat of it: … Continue reading →
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Not in our Paganism? We’re not off the hook
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Lupa Greenwolf already said everything I was thinking about why this is wrong, and more clearly than I can right now. But I can’t say racism, gender essentialism, and homophobia are “Not in my Paganism” because they clearly still are, … Continue reading →
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BRIGHID’S CALL: Reforge Hardened Hearts
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My own version of the Morrigan’s spell to channel anger, banish fear and hate burned entirely cleanly in one solid interval. I’m very pleased, as my first attempt at this work got overwhelmed and the wick drowned. But that was … Continue reading →
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A CALL: Channel Anger, Banish Fear and Hate
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I have received an urgent message this afternoon, confirmed through another reader. It was from The Morrigan and Brighid for all who are able and willing, anywhere in the world. While the whole message has not yet been made clear, … Continue reading →
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A Skald’s Ears
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A skald is given an agile tongue, to sing stories for the entertainment and education of all, this you know. A skald is also given ears, to listen, or where will the stories come from? When a person raises their … Continue reading →
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Reblog: Art, Beauty, and Permission
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My friend and colleague Rev. Gina Pond posted this wonderful essay about the nature of art and beauty, and how our society jealously guards the boundaries of these concepts, to the detriment of pretty much everyone, but especially artists. As … Continue reading →