Category Archives: Reference

When Godphones Ring – Discernment for Pagans

Posted on January 8, 2015 by

One of the things I get asked a great deal by people both in person, and online, is how to know when to trust the voices in their heads. This is an essential question in every mystical tradition, and the … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Tricksters

Posted on January 7, 2015 by

It’s not always obvious to people that I work with Tricksters all that much. People who know me personally pick up on it, but other than that, it doesn’t occur to people immediately. Yet the domains I relate to the … Continue reading →

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A Theological Glossary

Posted on October 26, 2014 by

Here are the definitions of the various Theisms and related technical terms as I understand them, with links to Dictionary.com for comparison, when available. Some of these refer to specific movements historically (or at least, they started there), whereas others … Continue reading →

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Possession Trance Experience Spectrum

Posted on May 12, 2014 by

In my previous trance post I linked to Raven Kaldera’s outline of the levels of deity assumption. The possession spectrum I trained with through Hrafnar and Seidhjallr describes more differentiations between Shadowing and Possession, and uses the metaphor of two … Continue reading →

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Types of Spiritual Trance

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

As a hard/devotional polytheist at the mystical, spirit-working, “high-woo” end of the spectrum, trance work is a major aspect of my religion. I practice it. I read about it. I teach it. I guard other people while they practice it. … Continue reading →

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Basic Spiritual Skills

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

I thought about posting this here after PantheaCon, because I’m bound to have encountered a lot of questions by next Monday. But it occurred to me that it might actually be helpful to folks if this were available to them … Continue reading →

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Heathenry from a Vanatru perspective

Posted on October 2, 2013 by

First of all, what is Heathenism? Heathenism is modern Reconstructionist Scandinavian and/or Germanic Paganism. (Slavic Reconstructionism is also sometimes included, and certainly has great similarities, but I don’t know nearly as much about it… yet!) Can you unpack that? “Reconstructionist” … Continue reading →

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