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Review: The Golden Bubble

A book of inspiring pathworkings and rituals rooted in Jean’s experience of humanist psychology, Paganism and the natural world.  Lees verder

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Celebrating 25-YEARS PFI /Pagan Federation International.

From a district of PF in 1997, PFI became an Affiliated Organisation of PF. In 2005 the PFI Foundation (Stichting) was established in the Netherlands and officially became a legal entity in its own right. An overview of its history in photos. Lees verder

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Death – by Dave Bracey

If we did not die then there would be no imperative to do anything now, since we would have Eternity to complete it. Life would not be worth getting out of bed for. Lees verder

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Gerald Gardner and Indonesian influences

Gerald Gardner lived in Malaysia where he compiled a book on ’the Kris and other Malay weapons’. Morgana shares experiences of her visit to Indonesia, and what she has learned about the Kris and indigenous practices. Lees verder

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Astral Magic – Marsilio Ficino

In the fifteenth century Marsilio Ficino was the most active and important translator of works from Greek into Latin. His way of working astral magic included the cosmic harmony of the universe into the practice of natural magic. Lees verder

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NeoPaganism, Divine Immanence, and the Sacred Feminine

Today the NeoPagan community is deeply divided over issues of sexual identity and gender. In all this turmoil, the feminine, a term long central to who we are, is never mentioned. It is being dissolved into sex and gender. But ’the feminine’ is neither. Lees verder

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Review: Queens of the Wild

Prof. Ronald Hutton looks closely at four main figures: Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world yet have nothing Christian about them. Lees verder

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Review: Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft

Madame Pamita, an Ukrainian witch living in the USA, gives Baba Yaga a voice: the voice of her ancestors. Reading this book, Ishtar saw many similarities to her own practice. Lees verder

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Review: Here Be Magick – The People and Practices of the Coven of Atho

An account of ‘eccentricity and Witchcraft in the 1950s and 60s’, in the persons of Charles Cardell and Ray Howard. It explores their fascinating lives and examines their writings and relationships with other witches including Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente. Lees verder

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Review: The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity

Little detailed information about the Northern European Temple Priestesses has been preserved, and mostly by male writers from their own cultural perspective. The author tries to fill in the gaps by asking a lot of questions, and speculating about the answers. Lees verder

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