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Folklore and Witches
Lucia's Piuro by Amy Teal
“A reclamation of responsibility to our spectrum of potential is imperative, as fear cannot fester in the light of gross self-acceptance. The reces...
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Take Back the Term: Coven
‘Tis the season… of the witch. This time of year is our favorite, since the celebration of the magical, the strange and the scary gives us a little...
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Let Go and GET Goddess
We are lucky humans to have pantheons of goddesses to draw wisdom from. In these times, we can learn a lot from Hygieia and her sisters about Healt...
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Folklore and Witches
The Modern Witch
The Modern Witch, a contemporary reclamation of a derogatory word saturated with generations of fear and hate. Branching off circuitously from the ...
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What's in a name?
Why ‘Fat and the Moon?’ People often ask about where the name Fat and the Moon comes from. The word 'fat' is not always embraced in our culture, e...
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Worshipping Wolf Shepherd
Wolf Shepherd. A walking paradox. Wolf Shepherd evades definition. In Slovenian folk mythology, s(he) is a chthonic being who wanders the fring...
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Worshiping Clay Idol
Rather than an ethereal God or Goddess, a clay idol is the formation of earth into a focal point for worship. Clay seems the most fitting material...
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Why Worship Hecate?
Hecate symbolizes the potency of the Night. Magic and mystery?... oh yes. Liminal spaces between realms?....definitely. Hecate embodies the powe...
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Zlata Baba
Zlata Baba, the Golden Hag of Slavic myth: she is sublime in her embodiment of the terrifying and brilliant aspects of Life. At times, she is th...
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Oh, Hecate!
Oh Hecate, Goddess of the veil between light and dark. She ain’t afraid to dance between spheres mortal and divine — and it’s no surprise the ...
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