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Flipping a Coin for a Quick Answer     When I need a fast answer, an easy answer, I flip a coin.  This is not something I do for serious problems or deep, probing issues.  This is for more superficial thing such as:  should I wear the pink top or the white top?  Should I prepare zucchini or broccoli with the chicken for dinner?   Should I ride my bike along the paved bike path in the park or go along the old railway bed?  Every few days, I am digging into my change purse or into the cracked cup in which I keep spare change to flip a coin to…

Healing for the Greater Good   It is no secret that the Earth is having to deal with a lot at the moment. Sadly at the moment has been going on for some time. However, it tends to be removed or minimised throughout the media so public awareness is only as good as each individual’s research.   As such, given that more awareness has been brought into this area, or rather it is too blatant to not recognise that the Earth is getting to the point of having had enough. With the threats of nuclear war, the constant natural disasters and the rampage or violence upon humans across the globe…

Have a Merry Mabon! Mabon Ideas:   Decorate Altar with acorns, oak sprigs, pine and cypress cones, ears of corn, wheat stalks and other fruits and nuts. Basket with dried leaves of various colors and kinds. Appropriate Foods include the second harvest’s gleanings: grains, fruit, and vegetables (especially corn). Cornbread is traditional, as are beans and baked squash.   A basket of gourds or small pumpkins, colorful fall leaves, acorns, vines, grapes or blackberries. You’ll also need a pair of orange candles to symbolize the harvest, a cup of cider or wine, and an apple.   Magickal Ideas for your Mabon Sabbat Ritual   Dip leaves in paraffin and use…

Dismissing Paganism      A woman I was talking to the other day was telling me about how she’d been involved in a Wiccan women’s group back in her college days.  She went on enthusiastically about how Goddess spirituality is very affirmative for women.  That’s cool, I thought.  Remarkably positive, compared to the sort of vague, confused nod a lot of people give me when they find out I’m pagan. “Paganism is really good for you right now,” she said. Right now? I wondered.  Well, okay, I guess so. “It gives you a lot of room to grow and is a great thing for now.” Wait a minute.  She didn’t say…

Photo belongs to gypsymoon.com (used with permission)   Merry Meet all and Blessed Mabon. Welcome to the September issue of my column. This issue almost didn’t come to be as my fiancé went into the hospital on the 13th of August and did not come out until the 16th. So please bear with me this month if this seems disorganized. September brings us the 2nd of harvesting months. By now I am sure a lot of you have been up to your knees, elbows, and maybe even your necks in canning, drying, and freezing of your veggies, fruits and herbs. Rest assured the end of the frenzy is in sight.…

Let’s continue the theme of uncomfortable Swords cards.  Last month, we talked about the Five of Swords, the card of victory achieved without mercy or consideration of others. If you haven’t read it yet, take a few moments now to do so.   If you remember, I stated that in my opinion the Five of Swords and Seven of Swords are sometimes not easy to tell apart.  You know by now my method for dealing with this issue: break the cards down to their most basic ingredients.  Once we understand a bit more about the Seven of Swords, we can compare these two cards, see what is similar about them,…

MAY-bon, MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon or MAH-bawn, – Lesser Sabbat – Fall/Autumn Equinox, September 21-23 Michaelmas (September 25th, Christian), Second Harvest Festival, Witches’ Thanksgiving, Harvest Home (Anglo-Celtic), Feast of Avalon, Wine Harvest, Festival of Dionysus, Cornucopia, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Chung Chiu (China), Night of the Hunter, Alban Elfed “The Light of the Water”(Caledonii/ Druidic-celebrates Lord of the Mysteries), Winter Finding (Teutonic, from Equinox ’til Winter Night or Nordic New Year, Oct 15th.) Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our…

Welcome to the August Issue of PaganPages! While you are avoiding the heat and staying in, we thought we’d give you something good to read! Be sure to visit us on our Etsy Site for Beautiful Jewelry, Supplies, and Goodies.   We are currently looking for a columnist to review blogs, sites, podcasts, etc…  If you are interested email [email protected]  

Eating Plan for Lughnasadh I have always loved to compose eating plans for myself. They make life so much easier, because they eliminate the trouble of daily pondering on what to cook. With a plan I know what to make, and can be sure I get enough variety in my diet.   Healthy food and decadent desserts have always been my thing. Eating is fun, I admit, and I like to eat until my stomach is really full. The secret to staying in my normal weight range by eating a lot, is paying attention to what I eat. This eating plan does just that. I can eat as much as…

5 Steps of Grieving Blend     We are all on different paths, going through different experiences, but some things are the same for everyone. One of those is the five steps of the grieving process that we all must face and walk through when there is a major loss in our lives. Those five stages of the grieving process are: 1-Denial-“this can’t be happening to me”, looking for the former spouse in familiar places, or if it is a death, setting the table for the person or acting as if they are still living there. Not accepting or even acknowledging the loss. 2-Anger-“why me?”, feelings of wanting to fight…