Between the Veils issued a public apology regarding their closing ceremonies on February 20, 2023, just five days after I called them out for failure to be accountable. It is a good start, and I am hopeful that BTV is trying do better, but I do have thoughts about the content of that apology.
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One of the community agreements of Between the Veils is accountability. When the closing ceremony of The Gathering Paths 2022 included aspects that were predictably triggering for those with Christian religious trauma, I expected BTV to adhere to its principles of accountability. Instead, here I am six months later, explaining how an otherwise amazing event was spoiled by hypocrisy and lack of integrity.
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I will be presenting on nonbinary magic and animism at the Changing Times Changing Worlds (CTCW) 2021 virtual conference, happening via Zoom Nov 8-14.
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Join me as I discuss animism with Mistery’s Mystical Cupboard on Facebook Live, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 5:30pm PDT.
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Animism is a natural human impulse, as odd as that might seem in the context of greater Western culture. If you have ever cussed out an electronic device or a curb you tripped over, thanked your car for making it there in time, or mourned the loss of a beloved item, you engaged with those things in an animistic way. Animism means understanding that everything has a soul, from you and me to every animal, plant, object, and place. It is a cosmological perspective on the nature of reality that is compatible with most cultures, traditions, and paths, and an important feature of the philosophies and cosmologies of a great many religions, both historic and modern.
Read MoreTo my tremendous delight, I will be speaking on CTCW’s Otherworldly show this week! We will be talking about speaking ill of the dead while still respecting the grieving process, and the importance of accountability for healing, growth, and creating social change.
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One very common practice in witchcraft, paganism, and most pagan-tangential traditions is divination. It is found worldwide, in every culture, in some form or another, throughout history, and is one of the few fundamentally human activities found anywhere and anywhen. Even when divination is vilified and outlawed, it is still present, practiced in the shadows. Just about anything can be used as a vehicle for divination, but tarot is fabulously popular currently, even in mundane circles. But why do we do it? What exactly do we get out of it?
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Harm and benefit are not absolute universal values, and the magics we weave can and do often incorporate aspects of both baneful and blessing energies.
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The equinoxes are a balance of day and night and a duality of spring and fall, as every equinox is both an Ostara and a Mabon, one waxing and one waning.
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It is important to recognize that teaching is a separate skill from the subject being taught, and skill at teaching is necessary to be a good teacher.
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