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Becoming a Crone
While many people regard the word “crone” as having negative associations, I have viewed it in more neutral terms. I do not see being a younger person or being an older person in terms of quality. Both are equal to each other and carry different but equal benefits. For me the word “crone” is more…
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The Grey Mare
It must have been around 2014 that the Mari Lwyd first cantered into my life with her bells and ribbons and sense of mischievous fun. I was co-leading a Yule ritual for my local pagan moot and I was not expecting a Mari Lwyd to be there, but she appeared as an emissary from the…
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Belief, Politics and Chaos Magick
I don’t discuss politics that much on social media; it’s very rare that I do a political post. This is a political post. How the nature of belief shapes our world and our perceptions is clearly illustrated via the changes I have seen within political thinking over the last 40 years. Sometimes I don’t really…
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Embracing the Colours of Life
Reading Nietzsche’s “The Genealogy of Morals” has led to my consideration of the morality of custom. You know, those unspoken things that a person should not do, or behaviours that we “just don’t do around here”. Ways of being that while perfectly legal are just frowned upon within a certain culture. This morality of custom…