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Pathways Rite A solitary ritual to clarify your path ahead. Supplies Table salt Pepper A small bowl Matches One black votive candle and holder One white votive candle and holder One candle and holder to represent the God One candle and holder to represent the Goddess Small plate with deep edges Offering bowl Small bowl of extra virgin olive oil A large piece of hardy bread on a plate Chalice with beverage Rite Sit down in a comfortable position and ground yourself in your own traditional way. When you are ready, stand up and cast a sacred circle and call forth the Elementals in your own traditional way. When you…

How Do We Know We’ve Done Good? How do we know when, as a parent, we’ve made a positive difference with our kids? Some parents measure it by what grades they get in school…others do it by measuring their kids against the way they were at that age. I know I’m doing a good job, at least most of the time, when my daughter does something so unselfish and positive, that not only is she changing her own life, but that of someone else. Yesterday was our local area’s Relay For Life event, our third year participating as a team, her third year walking. Now, please understand my oldest daughter…

Diana – Roman Goddess of the Hunt Diana (“the maiden goddess”)  is the Roman Goddess of the Hunt.   Diana is the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Latona and Jupiter.  She is also associated with nature, the wilderness and wild animals.   The Oak is especially sacred to her.   She is worshipped in the Stregheria religion and Religo Romana Neopaganism. Her mother, Latona, gave birth to her and immediately Diana helped her birth Apollo.  Based on this story, Diana is the guardian of young children and the patron of women in childbirth. Diana rules over the phases of the moon, which relays to women’s cycles and sexuality. Diana was originally…

A Faery Myth The Wonderful  Tune Maurice Connor  was the king, and that’s no small word, of all the pipers in Munster. He could play jig and planxty without end, and Ollistrum’s March, and the Eagle’s Whistle, and the Hen’s Concert, and odd tunes of every sort and kind. But he knew one, far more surprising than the rest, which had in it the power to set every thing dead or alive dancing. In what way he learned it is beyond my knowledge, for he was mighty cautious about telling how he came by so wonderful a tune. At the very first note of that tune, the brogues began shaking…

Welcome to the July Issue of PaganPages Magazine. We have been revamping the magazine for all our loyal readers to help make it easier to navigate and even more informative!  This month we will premier our new Front Page!  Our front page will now not only tell you what is great inside the issue but it will also have the monthly horoscope and a monthly prayer, mantra, or blessing.  You will notice these new additions at the bottom of this page after the scoop of what’s exciting this issue.  If you have a prayer, mantra, or blessing you would like to submit to PaganPages email it to [email protected] This issue…

James M. Sutter (Jimmy) 52 years old, born in Queens, NY Living in the DFW Metroplex of Texas Twice married and divorced, currently in a serious relationship. Children: 5 (Four girls and a boy) Grandchildren: 5 (Four boys and a girl) Two ancient pine trees watch the path to the clearing where the next full moon will bring ritual and celebration. In 2006, when I turned 50, I started seriously examining my life and my beliefs. As a “recovering catholic”, I had serious doubts about the dogma I had been fed over the years, and through research and curiosity I started exploring the pagan path. I joined a coven, and…

What is an Indigo Child? It has been said that Indigo children display innovative and bizarre psychological attributes, which up until a relatively short time ago had not been documented. Many skeptics suggest that the indigo child is nothing more than a child suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or some other type of mental disability but that could not be further than the truth. While yes some indigo children may well be diagnosed with ADHD the truth of the matter is that these children are just old souls striving to bring the world into the next level of human evolution. A majority of the indigo children posses what…

Epona:  Goddess of Horses, Fertility and Abundance If you’re looking for a goddess that represents strength, femininity and fertility, look no further than Epona.  Epona is the Celtic Goddess of horses, donkey and mules and was called upon often to protect Calvary in Rome.   Born of a man and mare, she can take equine or human form. She is known as the protector of horses, horse owners and stables.   There is evidence that Epona was painted on the side of barns and stables as protection to the horses and their riders.  She was most represented in Gaul but her influence is known across Europe, included being adapted by the Romans…

Are They Friendly Spirits, Rocky? This is the fifth and last article in my Elementals Perspectives series for PaganPages.  The classical Elements of the ancients – Air, Fire, Water, and Earth – have served for ages as a model by which an ordered sense of the universe can be formulated.  This model has been used by magicians, philosophers, and scientists.  It is quite likely the seed of our modern sciences because it presents the notion that the world around us can be understood through observation of its parts and how they relate to one another.  But the four Elements, like all classification systems, have never covered everything in the universe. …

Lesson 1 and 2 Cumulative Test Well it has come time for the first cumulative test. This test will be a review of the first two lessons. 1. How does the (Elder) Futhark get its name? 2. What are the three standard divisions of the runes known as? 3. What is the equation for the creation of the universe? 4. Which modern letters does the Elder Futhark lack? 5. With which season is the Berkana (Beorc) rune associated? 6. What are the three standard divisions of the runes known as? 7. Who governs the section of the runes associated with forces beyond human influence and understanding? 8. Which rune governs…