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Archive for December, 2007

• 3 Legs of Enlightenment | Dec 30 2007

  There are three parts involved in the journey toward enlightenment, our mind, heart and spirit. All three must develop in order for us to advance. Enlightenment is a three-legged stool. One leg is the mind, the second is the heart and the third is the spirit or soul.

• Wheel Begins Anew | Dec 22 2007

  The newborn sun has arrived!

  Now is the time to stop introspecting and start putting energy and action toward your goals. In my previous article on the Dark Night of the Year, I mentioned using that time for looking within yourself and evaluating what you’ve done during the previous year. I also talked about developing your resolutions for the next year. Now is the time to make those resolutions final and start acting on them.

• Loyalty and the Pagan Community | Dec 17 2007

  Over the years, many Pagans have talked about and worked toward a “Pagan Community.” They saw a need for us to work together. Many groups, covens, teaching circles and other organizations have been started. Many have died. Many are struggling for survival. A few are thriving.

  Has this created a Pagan Community? I see that there are some signs of community in some areas. Unfortunately, these areas are few and far between. Also unfortunate is how incohesive these “communities” are. There is a significant piece missing from nearly all groups. The groups that have it have too little.

• Serving the Gods | Dec 08 2007

  In Neo-Pagan religions, the divine law is to follow your own free will, not the will of another person or God. As a result, sin in Pagan religions is to act in a way that is not in accordance with your will. Cosette, from Pandora’s Bazaar wrote an interesting post about some Pagan practitioners’ [...]

• Pagan Sin | Dec 01 2007

  I’ve noticed that many Pagans avoid the word “sin” and deny that it exists in a Pagan context. Many say that it is an Abrahamic term that only applies to followers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. On the contrary, sin is a universal concept that applies to all religions, including the Pagan religions.
  Dictionary.com defines “sin” [...]