The Eight Great American Sabbats
Unknown to most Americans, the country celebrates Eight Great American Sabbats. All of these sabbats represent the transition from season to another, even when they come dressed up in patriotic or...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it speaks to the best of what we can be. It's certainly about food and family, but it's also about coming together despite our differences. Every...
View ArticlePerfect Love and Perfect Trust: My Thanksgiving Ritual
It's rare to feel "perfect love and perfect trust" in circle, and I was lucky enough to feel exactly that way this past weekend. After a long year I'm home, I'm happy, and I'm thankful for all the...
View ArticleOn Vacation, But Links and Stuff (and Cats)!!!
I’m taking a few days off for Thanksgiving, but thought I would provide a few links and other things until I return on Monday (or Tuesday). Lots of great stuff coming up in December, and then lots of...
View ArticlePagan Gratitude and My Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, Paganism is the foundation of my life. They both deserve a place on my holiday table this Turkey Day.
View ArticleKilling Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the simplest and most basic of holidays. At its core it’s a harvest celebration, perhaps the last “pure” agrarian holiday shared by most Americans. That it's being lost in an orgy of...
View ArticleThe Blessings of Autumn
I don't know if Pagandom has a "favorite season," but most of my friends seem to love Fall the best. In the Autumn I feel the turn of the Wheel more keenly than at other times of the year, and there...
View ArticleThanksgiving Myths
Thanksgiving is one of America's most enduring and beloved holidays, but it's origins and history are far more tangled than most history books suggest.
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