The Rantin’ Raven: A Wiccan Speaks Out About Cults
Is Wicca a cult? Ask your minister, and he'll probably say yes. Ask a Wiccan and she'll certainly say no. Neither one will be lying.
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: Harry Potter and the… WTF?
Recently, Harry Potter’s creator JK Rowling has expanded her fictional ‘secret history of the world’ to include the Americas. Great idea; poor execution.
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
What can we do to stop Elder Flight? What can we do to keep our Traditions from being lost? Or is it too late?
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: Old at Beltain
We just celebrated Beltain, perhaps the most "hands on" Sabbat of the year. But, what you’re too old to contemplate staying up all night, much less rolling in the grass with a lover? How do we old...
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: The Riddle of the Pentagram
Though ancient beyond belief and occurring in indigenous iconographies all over the world, the Pentagram has become the symbol of magic and Witchcraft.
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: On Choosing a Magical Name
Upon entering the Craft, it is traditional, almost required, that one choose a new name. The taking of this new name symbolizes the death of the old personality and rebirth of the person.
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: The Pagan America Project
All over the United States there is an enormous quantity of public art depicting Pagan deities. Murals, statues, busts, cornices, and plaques adorn courthouses, railroad stations, hotels, mansions,...
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: For the Love of the Gods (Book Review)
There have been a rash of more or less scholarly books about the origins of modern witchcraft, Wicca, etc., in recent years, most of them focusing on old gossip about the founders of various modern...
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: Who’s Superstitious?
Years ago, I embarked on a little experiment: for an entire summer we wore clerical garb in public, except of course at work. It was illuminating.
View ArticleThe Rantin’ Raven: A Little Practical Magic for These Times
I’m offering some good old fashioned (and easy to do) protection charms, with a modern twist.
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