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Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.
Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.
The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh, had degrenerated, in some quarters read more
The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh, had degrenerated, in some quarters of the Church, into hatred of those who those who brought that flesh into being. Misogyny, the hatred of women, had become a strong element in medieval Christianity. Women who menstruate, and give birth, were identified with sexuality and therefore with evil. "All witchcraft stems from carnal lust, which is in women insatiable," stated the Malleus Maleficarum.
Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared read more
Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.
The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, read more
The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that may indeed cause them pain, for most women the ego is like a fragile African Violet, grown in secret from a seed, carefully nursed and fertilized and sheltered from too much sun.
The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does read more
The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every indivdual, in all her magnificent diversity.
The word "Witch" carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word at all. Yet read more
The word "Witch" carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word at all. Yet to reclaim the word "Witch" is to reclaim our right, as women, to be powerful; as men, to know the feminine within as divine.
No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder.Anyone who does is not a Witch, read more
No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder.Anyone who does is not a Witch, but a psychopath.
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily read more
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control
Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of read more
Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection.
