Everything Under the Moon

I think that works that talk about witchcraft allow us to open up to this world, but that is the rest of fiction. So when I read that schools in the USA remove Harry Potter books from their libraries because they think there are real rituals, it makes me laugh. It's like the Satanic Panic of the 19...

I'm a fan of any positive portrayal of the occult in media. Most of the time it is pictured as key elements that trigger horror movies... or inspiration for serial killers. The teenage magic book of my generation was the Wizard of Earthsea books; hugely influencial to me, in a positive sense. I'd li...

While I have a few favorites, they tend to be of a darker theme with superficial Wiccan trappings. I do love some parts of Norse Mythology (specifically the magical side of Odin), but Heathenism doesn’t interest me (those groups tend to only focus on battle and violence). Does anyone have any favori...

Thank you all, I look forward to learning more from this community. Hello is welcome among us. Do you speak French? I ask the question because I am French. I suspect that it is not easy to grow up in a family with stifling beliefs. Personally, I am baptized, my parents let me believe in what I desir...

Crossroads are a potent symbol in many cultures. When I first learned of her, I contemplated such places, especially in isolated, rural areas. That might be one starting point, so to speak. I know that I always get a shiver up my spine (in a good way) when I'm on a nature trail/hike and stand at the...

As quite a beginner myself, I decided to read Margot Adler' s book Drawing Down the Moon , which gives the reader a very high level view of Wicca, Druidism and other "Pagan" groups since the late 19th Century until now. It was first published in the 1970s, I think, but gets updated every c...

Hello everyone, I am Cigfran , which, according to my admittedly amateur research, means "raven" in Welsh (Gaelic). I pronounce it something like "Keg-vrun", but it probably sounds very different, depending on your accent. I chose that name for this forum because of all animals, ...