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Stuck in transition

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February 16, 2016

I don’t remember the last time I went this long without blogging. A whole month! What have I been doing?! Not a lot… I’ve been reluctant to join in this years The Pagan Experience. It’s harder to write when you don’t feel like you have anything to say, or feel…
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To Keep Silent

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January 17, 2016

One of the most important, yet often frustrating, aspects of the Craft is the element of “to keep silent”. For the most part what we bloggers post is only the public aspect of our learnings; enough to share an opinion and allow others who may be sharing the same ponderings to…
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OceanCraft 101

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January 2, 2016

I never used to be able to understand how people could live land-locked. I couldn’t comprehend how people could live in a town or city that was surrounded by itself, or by nothing at all. And then I moved to Sydney and couldn’t justify the rent to live by the…
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Around the Cauldron, Pagans Down Under, The Goddess Path, The Pagan Experience 2015

The Destructive Self (Happy Gregorian New Year)

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December 31, 2015

I sit here typing as a way of forcibly telling myself that I will not submit to cravings, to my anxiety, to my old habits. I sit here forcibly trying to make myself accept change, as change is good and for the better. With the New Years Eve fireworks setting…
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Celebrating without Celebrating (Happy Holidays!)

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December 22, 2015

Happy Holidays! Happy Summer Solstice to my fellow Southern Hemispheric residents, and Happy Winter Solstice to those in the North. I wish I could say it’s a gorgeous day here in Sydney, that I’ve gone out to the park or the beach to dance in the sunshine with my SPF 50,…
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What is Paganism?

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December 16, 2015

Originally posted on Druid Life: Paganism is an umbrella term covering an array of beliefs and practices, some of which are heavily informed by older civilisations, others of which are largely modern innovations. The trouble with the label is as soon as you say ‘this is Pagan’ there’s an implication…
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Writer’s Block, Mycroft Holmes, and the Doctor

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November 28, 2015

As the archetype of the Warrior Goddess approaches – both within The Pagan Experience blog project and in real-life happenings, I’m struggling to feel and maintain a connection to it. While I picture Mabd, the Morrigan and Morgase running into battle, their cry echoing throughout the land; Diana with her…
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Around the Cauldron, The Forest Path, The Pagan Experience 2015

Accessing the Future

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November 12, 2015

Something I’ve come to accept with learning how to tune my Psychic and Mediumship abilities is that I’m not always going to like what I see. Just as things in life happens when we’d rather they wouldn’t, sometimes the future has a possibility and you are shown it. The trick…
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Bardic Writings, Celebrating the Sabbats, For the Gods

Assuming their Roles – a Beltane story

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October 29, 2015

A new tradition of mine is forming – each year I write a short story to read out at the Beltane gathering, hosted by Gliding Seal Events (and unlike last year, this year I had to confidence to read this story aloud!) This year’s gathering as come and gone, and I had an…
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Warrior or Hunter

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October 28, 2015

I need to focus my attention, and naturally through writing that I need to focus my attention, I’m not focusing it on what I need to focus on – exam cramming. As I spoke to Herne and cried my wails (read: first world problems) he corrected me on my choice…
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Of Hearth and Home

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October 26, 2015

Through the clearing there is a cottage, of mud brick and thatched roof. Smoke is rising from the central hole in the roof, a make shift chimney. The smell of drying herbs – rosemary and bay – drift through the air like a dandelion caught on the wind. A deep voice…
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The Pagan Experience – Ancestors

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October 19, 2015

It’s another post for The Pagan Experience! Wk 2- October 12: Ancestors. Who are your ancestors? How do you honour them? What will you leave as your legacy as you become the Ancestor? I love working with my ancestors. It’s a part of Druidry that I have really embraced as…
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