Category: Group Dynamics
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Everyone is Correct, Nothing is True
There comes a point in groups where we want to allow everyone to feel they are just as valid to have an opinion, but sooner or later someone comes along who is completely wrong and suddenly that philosophy falls apart. In a recent group meeting this Tuesday, one of the members of my coven said…
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Occult Celebrity the new Fool’s Gold : Magic is Art or Science
I’ve been making the mistake of talking to people online again! But let’s not start there. Let’s set up some definitions before I get on with my typical rant. Fools gold is an expression sometimes used to describe Pyrite or Iron Pyrite. It’s basically iron with a bit of sulphur attached… as you can imagine…
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A rant about Self-Delusion
Magic calls to the powerless with promises of power, but most who hear its call want to be powerful and not to build power. – Me 2019 I’m sorry if this offends people. It will likely do that. It is my opinion; just that. These are my feelings and yes I do present them like…
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Vision and Values of my local pagan group
Values This is the result of a small discussion between pagans at my house. What follows are a few values that we pagans came up with. This is not in any way meant to be an exhaustive list of pagan values and many of the values here are not meant to be exclusively pagan. There…
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Skepticism in high places…
It’s really great exploring magic and spirituality. I always discover new things which suggest a supernatural universe that we really do not understand. It is amazing seeing rituals work and experiencing spirits appear to alter reality in incredible ways. While I think skepticism is very important, I believe it is the goal of the skeptic…
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Why do we practice magic?
Frequently I stand in circle with people whose paths are very different from mine, but with whom I share a lot more in common than people working the same kind of magic as me. That’s because I want to get to the why of people.