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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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Getagged athame, Bali, Gerald Gardner, Indonesia, Java, Javanese mysticism, keris, kris, Malaysia
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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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Getagged Agrippa von Nettesheim, astral magic, European Occultism, Marsilio Ficino
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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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Getagged hot items, Neopaganism, Sacred Feminine, TERF, Transmen, Transphobia, Transwomen
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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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Getagged Europe, Goddesses, history, paganism, Ronald Hutton
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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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Getagged Baba Yaga, feminine handicrafts, Slavic tradition, Ukraine
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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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Getagged Atho, Charles Cardell, Coven of Atho, Doreen Valiente, Melissa Seims, Rex Nemorensis, Roy Howard
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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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Getagged Europe, temple priestesses
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Review: The world of Stonehenge
Book accompanying the exhibition ‘The World of Stonehenge’ in the British Museum in London. Lees verder
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Getagged ceremonial monuments, golden hats, Sky disc, Stonehenge
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Editorial – Beltane 2022
The world should be reunited in an attempt to stop the worst effects of climate change. Maybe nature religions can bring inspiration. Lees verder
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Getagged climate change, earth, most rich people, nature religions
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