I have an embarrassing confession to make. Despite being a witch for over 25 years, I still struggle with some of the festivals. I often feel like I just don’t connect with them. I love Yule and Samhain (though I’m seriously thinking of celebrating Winter Nights, which comes a bit earlier in the year, instead). … Continue reading #ChangingPathsChallenge2024: Festivals→
I have a complicated relationship with Odin. When I started looking to build a relationship with various Norse gods, I had planned on avoiding Odin altogether. I thought Thor seemed like a much friendlier and jovial sort. And Thor was indeed friendly to me. But one night, he told me he couldn’t stay to talk … Continue reading #changingpathschallenge2024: Change→
Jesus Loved Me. Freyja Taught Me to Love Myself. That was my joking answer back in 2022 when Meghan Crozier1 asked her followers what they would title their own deconstruction memoirs. The statement has stuck with me ever since. It’s funny how sometimes what we say when joking turns out to be profound truths, even … Continue reading #changingpathschallenge2024: Love→
Happy Friday readers! In this blog post, I continue working my way through Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow. Today’s prompt is from chapter eight, which is titled “Joining a Pagan Tradition.”1 I’ve chosen the following prompt as a guide and inspiration for this post: What aspect of Paganism are you drawn to? Is it magic … Continue reading Why I like being a Pagan: Exploring a journal prompt from Chapter 8 of “Changing Paths”→
Happy Friday, readers. Today, I continue blogging my way through Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow. The chapter I’ll be discussing is chapter seven, which is titled “Syncretism and Blending Paths.” And once again, I’ll be free-styling it, as the prompts provided at the end of the chapter don’t really apply to me. They’re mostly geared … Continue reading Pondering how syncretic my path may be: Free-styling it for chapter 7 of “Changing Paths”→
Back in 2020, I mentioned briefly that I do not consider the witchcraft I practice to be Wicca. At the time, I offered the following explanation: [I]n reality, my practice doesn’t really resemble what most people see as the the most common defining characteristics of Wicca. I thought that it would be beneficial to write … Continue reading My witchcraft practice and Wicca: Similarities and differences→
This Friday, I’ll be blogging some of my thoughts from reading Chapte 4, “Religion and Gender” of Yvonne Aburrow’s1 book, Changing Paths. Once again, I’m totally ad-libbing this post, as none of Yvonne’s wonderful prompts and exercises for this chapter jumped out at me or seemed suited to my blogging purposes.2 It’s taken me a … Continue reading A weird boy, but definitely a boy: Freestyling it again for chapter 4 of “Changing Paths”→
In my previous post, I mentioned that I had been a guest on four different podcasts over the past few years. I also realized that I had never posted links to all four of them or talked about them. I thought I’d take a moment to do exactly that in this post. The very first … Continue reading Reminiscing about podcast interviews I gave→
The thoughts of a gay witch living in upstate New York.
