The earliest appearance of night-flying, sabbat-attending “witches” is found in the Swiss canton of Valais in 1428 CE. The “confessions” of record resulted from extensive torture. Many women died under
In forming the Church of Wicca almost a half-century ago, one of the guiding principles was that male and female affiliates would have an equal voice in its direction, and
We have just watched “The Wicker Man”, that old, old film. The joyful deeds and dances those actors performed prompted these thoughts. Of course to sell the film back in
When you have spent some time (maybe a lunar month) meditating, many things that people label “odd” may start to happen. The first: You will sense the presence of an
Almost everywhere in the world people have made small fortunes teaching one form or another of what they call meditation. Recently we saw a course of twenty-three lectures advertised for
The five points of a pentagram and its center serve to recall the basic ideas behind this new/old path. 0. Deity At the center of the pentagram is the concept
A thing that puzzles many people when they first come into Wicca is the fact that we use gods and goddesses to delineate things such as emotions. Of course many
Recently we heard a Spiritualist minister discuss grace. In the subsequent discussion it became apparent that no one present really knew what grace was or is. In my own mind
We hear that the United States Supreme Court is thinking about revisiting the constitutionality of gay (same-sex) marriage. As a taxpayer I ask, “Why, Your Honors?” I detect the iron
Call me befuddled. From time to time we hear of how an ethnic group known as Uighurs are persecuted and bullied by the Chinese government. Apparently the Uighurs long to
Amazon SMILE scholarships to inmates In the early days of the Church and School of Wicca, we were able to award scholarships to worth-while inmates and to support other inmates
As many of you know, for over forty years we Frosts have gone through attack periods which (to us) seemed endless. During that time we felt as if the whole
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