Everything Under the Moon

“Somewhere, deep in your memory, you know the ancient ways. This is why you find yourself drawn by a deep-seated urge. An urge so powerful that you don’t even question it or fight it. You long for it.” That quote resonates with me so much. I, even in my happiest times as a Catholic, continued to fee...

I think the main thing is that it's very difficult to find solid, archaeological evidence that there was ever a single matriarchal society everywhere that all practiced the same religion worshipping a single Great Goddess (much less that the one "true" religion was able to survive in a si...

There is no proof of the (universal) matriarchal utopia described in Gimbutas's theory. People of prehistory and beyond, did not worship "the Goddess". They worshiped many goddesses, as most religions are polytheistic and monotheism is a later development. Thanks for the article! I agree ...

So as I'm starting to read I'm hearing that The White Goddess, When God was a Woman, and several other authors who wrote about the historical background of Goddess worship are "inaccurate". Can someone explain to me how? Is it just in the matriarchal societies idea, or is it the concept of...

Thanks everyone for the great ideas! Yes, I realize what I did wasn't the wisest. I guess I was thinking based on my old situation, where pretty much anything went as long as it stayed in my room. Anyways, in addition to ideas above, I decided that nature representations would be acceptable and effe...

Danmagnamius wrote:To be honest with you, you should have asked permission!

True. It just never occurred to me she'd come into my room. It should have. It's just...my last roommate was batshit crazy, but she never came in my room.

My roommate got to where it wasn't safe to continue to live there. So a friend of mine offered to let me stay with her. She is a very conservative Catholic but I thought it would still be ok. I was stupid enough to openly set up my altar in my room. When I came home yesterday she told me she had thr...

Today I performed my dedication to the Goddess and God, officially beginning my year and a day of study.  I had hoped to go camping and do it, but I chose a place which I could get to on the bus and yet feels very "middle of nowhere", right by the side of a river. It was calm and peaceful ...

From my Tradition; We would *inform* whatever elementals, spirit helpers, Faery, and/or gods and goddesses of our intent, stating it out loud in circle. This *sets* the process, and brings it from a thought frame into outer manifestation. Then, we would draw this bind rune in red henna on both hand...

The day one of other programs usually involves writing down the answers to some questions - like, what does (path) mean to you, why are you pursing it, what do you hope to gain from it, what do you hope to learn in the coming year, what fears do you have, etc. Thanks for this! I've been journaling ...

On your word of honor, make a pledge to yourself of your specific intention and goal, and the time frame to which you commit. Don't pledge more than you can comfortably handle. You are honor-bound to keep your word. There is no need for a formal Wiccan ritual because you have not learned the meanin...

Has anyone done a ritual to formally mark the beginning of their year and a day of study? Any ideas? I'd like to do it on or near Midsummer's Eve.

Pagan Portals- Hekate: A Devotional (Vivienne Moss) Forever Inanna (Foreana Nativo Wiccan Initation (Lisa Chamberlain) Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practioner (Scott Cunningham) Nocturnal Witchcraft (Konstantinos) Wicca for Beginners (Gillian Nolan) Wicca Altar and Tools (Lisa Chamberlain) The Sp...

Thank you for your reply! Nice to "meet" another former Catholiic. Were you a conservative one or a liberal one? How did you find paganism? It's like, right now I am having roommate trouble. Now I know I can do magic re: the situation and I have. But can I pray about it, send up little pra...

A little bit of background on me: I am coming to Wicca out of over a decade of traditional Catholicism. I had been Wiccan for a couple of years then left it for Catholicism. It's a big switch and sometimes I feel a little :surprisedwitch: . So please be patient with me as I try to explain this. I'm ...