Gateway Goddess: Looking at Lent through Pagan Eyes
I used to say that as a Pagan, well, I didn't do sacrifice. Now, I have a more subtle understanding: to sacrifice something is to offer it up to the sacred, thus increasing our own connection with...
View ArticleHeathen Woman: The Sacrifice
The most important sacrifice that we can make is one of our most valued possessions - time.
View ArticleSocially Responsible Magic: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
How can donating money to a cause be integrated into a spiritual practice? Taylor Ellwood shares how he combines meditation and donation as a form of sacrifice into his devotions to a particular animal...
View ArticleWyrd Words: Pagan Life Lessons – Sacrifice
How can we focus on our life goals when life itself seems bound and determined to prevent us from ever having time to devote to them? It's easy to lose sight of our hopes and dreams when our schedules...
View ArticleThe Busy Witch: Compassion isn’t Sacrifice
What if we were to re-frame the idea of compassion not as an act of self-sacrifice, but as an act of self?
View ArticleWayfaring Woman: Managing Multiple Deity Relationships
All relationships can be complicated, and human to divine relationships are no different. Deepening a spirituality and developing my practice requires that we think through the relationships that we...
View ArticleSeeking the Grail: Sacrifice, Skillbuilding, and Motivation
For many Pagans, Imbolc is about dedications; to me, dedication means work. It means sacrificing my time and energy to learn what is needed to follow my calling. Building skills takes motivation; to...
View ArticleThe Hearth of Hellenism: An Open Letter to Mary Beard
Why must Hellenism conform to so-called ancient “standards” (set by the classicists) in order to be valid, when contemporary practices do exist in the ancient record?
View ArticleHearth of Hellenism: How to Pray to the Gods
We offer sacrifice (and worship) to the Gods for three reasons: that we may venerate, that we give thanks, and that we may implore from them things necessary and avert from ourselves things evil.
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