• Hello all. Today I am interviewing Tess Dawson, the editor of Anointed, the newest Bibliotheca Alexandria anthology celebrating the Deities of the Near and Middle East. Full disclosure: I have nine poems published in this book. How long have you been a Canaanite Pagan? Also, what term do you prefer to refer to your religion…

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  • I meant to write this post a lot sooner, but a lot has happened that has gotten in the way and I have kinda been avoiding it while I think about the right way to phase this message. So, here goes. I’ve made the decision to go to school in Tucson, Arizona. I’ll live with…

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  • Life, Travels, and Books

    Well, its been over a month since I’ve written in this blog. Fear not, dear readers (all 3 of you), I have not perished or met some other cruel fate. Life has been especially hectic of late. At first it was mostly school and preparing for and then recuperating from finals that kept me, but…

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  • Midsummer Song

    Midsummer Song by Amanda Artemisia Forrester . Helios burns at His zenith For the fiery Sun rules this day The brother of Selene halts His chariot in the sky To watch the mortals celebrating below . Rejoice! Build the bonfire high And dance barefoot under the sky! Feast and be merry! For tomorrow the nights will…

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  • I realize I am posting this two days late, but this weekend was taken up by preparing for and conducting a handfasting ritual for two friends of mine. . A Prayer for Father’s Day by Amanda Artemisia Forrrester . Hail to Ouranos, the First Father! Expansive primordial spirit Father of the First Gods Blue-black, with stars…

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  • Thor

    So, yesterday I finally saw the Thor movie, which has been out for about a month. I enjoyed it. First of all I should say that I only have a passing knowledge of Asatru and Nordic mythology, and even less knowledge of the comic book the movie was based on. Although, I love comic book…

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  •  You recently published what is, I believe, your fifth book, Ecstatic. Can you tell us a little about it? Ecstatic is the fifth book I’ve published through Nysa Press. Prior to that I edited a number of devotional anthologies for Bibliotheca Alexandrina and back around 2005 I released a collection of essays called A Temple…

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  • Intresting Links

     The world’s first Temple? New Attacks on African Spirituality the Capitoline Venus is on loan for the first time ever Pagan Chaplin Patrick McCollum on why his fight against the California prison system’s “five faiths” policy matters 71 new Ovid manuscripts discovered

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  • I am Pagan

    You may or may not have not noticed that I tend to try to avoid controversy and focus instead on the Gods and what I actually do for Them. The Pagan community seems to always be in an uproar about something or other, and frankly I find it exhausting. I’m commenting briefly because this latest…

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  • A Prayer for Memorial Day by Amanda Artemisia Forrester . Lady Libertas, Who holds Her torch high Watch over Your children today On this solemn day we remember all our veterans But especially those who didn’t make it home Keep Your flame burning, Goddess So the their deaths will have meaning. . Zeus, King of All,…

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