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Continue reading →: Druid. Witch. Heathen. What’s in a name? Spirituality for a Plural System.
“Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we…
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Indigenous Western Slavic Religion
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Continue reading →: Indigenous Western Slavic ReligionStudying the Indigenous religious traditions of a variety of regions has infused me with interest in learning more about the indigenous religion of my ancestors, the West Slavic tribes of Europe who settled in Poland. My mother and her immediate family left Poland in 1951 as part of a program…
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Religious Horizons of the Self
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Continue reading →: Religious Horizons of the SelfHear the words of the Star Goddess,the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,whose body encircles the universe: I who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moonamong the stars and the mysteries of the waters,I call upon your soul to arise and come unto…
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Sources of my Multidimensional Self
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Continue reading →: Sources of my Multidimensional SelfMany powers influenced the development of my multidimensional self. The two that I think are most important on my journey through seminary are the influences of the Polish Catholic community and the empowerment I find through paganism. These influences do not stand alone, they are intertwined and have been both…
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My Spiritual Autobiography
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Continue reading →: My Spiritual AutobiographyOnce upon a time, I was a Catholic schoolgirl. I was devout because that was what everyone around me did – I didn’t know there was any other option. I prayed regularly, sang in the church choir, and always volunteered when it was time for my class to lead the…
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Artist’s Statement: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
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Continue reading →: Artist’s Statement: The Martyrdom of Saint SebastianSpring 2023 “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.” Last words of St. Sebastian, martyr died C 288 Saint Sebastian lived in the Roman Empire from AD 255-288. He is the patron saint of athletes, soldiers, martyrs, plague victims, and more recently, LGBTQIA+ people.…
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Welcome back! Here we go again!
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Continue reading →: Welcome back! Here we go again!My name is Root and this is probably the 20th blog I’ve ever started and that’s only the one that I can remember writing. I am a plural person meaning that I have multiple people living within one collective body. I use them pronouns both to identify the collective as…
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Getting started as a witch
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Continue reading →: Getting started as a witchSummary Welcome to the Plural Witch. In this episode, learn more about your host, how to find a spiritual group or a witchcraft tradition, and potential red flags with a new group. A few resources mentioned include: https://reclaimingcollective.wordpress.com https://www.learnreligions.com/different-traditions-of-witchcraft-2562912 https://www.learnreligions.com/how-to-find-a-coven-2562078 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druidry_(modern) Transcription
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Get your witchy stitch recommendations here!
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Continue reading →: Get your witchy stitch recommendations here!Summary In this first episode of the Stitch and Witch podcast, Root provides recommendations for creepy awesome occult and anatomical embroidery patterns by Gayla Partridge author of Stitchcraft: An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and Peculiar Patterns and beginner to expert cross-stitch patterns and kits from Vintage Halloween to Baba…
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Welcome! I’m a disabled, plural, trans person chatting about my life and my journey on the road to interreligious chaplaincy.
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