This is part 3 of my series on ethics. You can read earlier posts here and here. As a review, here are the rules I follow: ‘An it harm none, do as thou wilt. What you do comes back to you, times three. Compulsion is black. I’ve talked about how these rules affect my religious […]
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Everyday Ethics
This is part 2 of my series on ethics. Read part 1 here, and part 3 here. As a reminder, here are the rules of Wiccan ethics: ‘An it harm none, do as thou wilt. What you do comes back to you, times three. Compulsion is black. As my religion is a part of my […]
Wiccan Ethics
This is part 1 of my series on ethics. You can read part 2 here, and part 3 here. Most of us with a religion ground our ethics within that religion. At their root, most religions share basic ethical ground. In Wicca, we have three laws or rules that govern our ethics and behavior: ‘An […]
Just because
Since this whole “July for Loki” thing is all over my feeds, I couldn’t resist. I’m all about settings things on fire. Now I just need a firepit…
On the Lord and the Lady
Someone asked last week who the Lord and the Lady are within Wicca. They are the personification of the duality and polarity present within all nature as we know it. Throughout the universe, we see light and dark, matter and antimatter, protons and electrons, positive and negative, hot and cold. Within life as we know […]
Blessed Summer Solstice!
Today is the first day of summer, the longest day of the year. Today our half of the world (because, of course, it is winter in the other half) is full of life and color. Everything has bloomed, everything is green and growing. The seeds have been sown for the harvest to come, and now […]
Pagan Piety
Elizabeth Vongvisith posted a Pagan Piety Survey earlier this month. Here is my response: My craft name is Solinox. I am a 37-year-old female living near Lansing, Michigan. I have been pagan for 23 years, ever since discovering Buckland’s Blue Book in a friend’s backpack in high school. I am Wiccan, currently a first-degree Priestess […]
Definitions and My Beliefs
I was prompted to write this post by my good friend Sarenth Odinsson, and his post seeking to understand how other pagans use certain terms and carry certain beliefs. I appreciate promptings like this, as they always force me back to the basics of my belief and the way I see the world. Usually I […]
Decisions, Decisions
One of the most difficult things for me to do is to make decisions. Do I want to order pizza or have Chinese food? Do I want to knit on the tank top, or sew a fairy skirt, or finish that dress? Should I read Analog or Asimov’s first this month? Which of the 15 […]
Time to Reassess
We just spent a wonderful weekend at Michigan PaganFest with our friends. This was my second year to attend the festival, but the first time I’ve spent the whole weekend there, and the first time the rest of my family came along. My mother offered to come with us, so we were able to use […]