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3 Topics for the Dark TimesThis week I have some unrelated topics – which may be related in one way or another to the time of year.
A couple of weeks ago we talked about Chaos Magick, and just over the past few days I received a writing from actress Tonya Kay on the subject of creating Chaos Magick through a sigil spell. I’ll present that to ya in the second part of the show.
Preceding that, we’ll talk about ways you could keep your shadow-self in balance. The Hindus say that there are 5 parts to our shadow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Stories and Myth"Sing, O Muse!
Sing to us of the Glorious Gods who ruled the Land and the Sea.
And tell us of the Fair Beauty of the Goddessess who dwell in Eternal Olympus!
Sing to us, O Muse, of ages that have come to pass;
of those Mighty Warriors wielding their deadly spears,
from the Lores of our Timeless Myths!"
This week on the Spiral Dance, our theme is Stories and Myths. Aristotle said that Myth is “composed of wonders”, and this makes the lover of myth, in a sense, a true philosopher.
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November; Chaos and MusingsThis week we welcome the month of November and what I call Samhain-tide; the season between Samhain and Yule. We now slide into the Darkest time of the year – a time of trepidation, a time to put the past behind us, a time to endure loss before we can hope for renewal.
So this week we talk about Chaos Magick, and then I want to share a writing by Pagan author Tony Keely called “Pagan Musings”. It was originally written in 1970, but his thoughts on the Pagan movement are as relevan ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Celebration of Samhain“Now is the Night of November Eve, as the Samhain rites begin.
Spirits step from the World Beyond, this night when the Veil is thin.
Coming through the Land of Shadows,
awakening from the World of Dreams,
joining hands with the Children of Midnight
as the Moonlight Lantern gleams.
Drifting in the Wind of Evening, Chanting words in an ancient tongue,
dancing light to the music of Fearies, as the Sacred Prayer is sung.
We honor this In-Between time, this space between Darkness and Light,
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The God (times four)For this week’s show I want to look at the religious, magickal and mystical natures of the God as He relates to the Wheel of the Year. Through these roles we know the God in four principal guises: The Oak King and the Holly King, and also the Green Man and the Harvest Lord. Many Wiccans and Pagans work these figures into their rituals, creating a mythos of how the God and Goddess relate to each other. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PRANCEThe Witches Path - Samhain Masquerade Ball!My guests this week are Tony and Marie Gierrero, founders of PRANCE The Witches Path. P.R.A.N.C.E. – is the Pagan Resource and Networking Council, Educated Through Human Experience. Based in Eastern Massachusetts, PRANCE The Witches Path is dedicated to teaching the Old Ways, and promoting respect and understanding among people from any religious path.
This year PRANCE The Witches Path is hosting their first annual and Spirit and Soul Masquerade Ball. It will be held at the Salem, MA ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Ghostly Encounters Part OneI hope that this week’s show will be a haunting experience for you.
I have an interview with Raymond Buckland to talk about his new book, “The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts - Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights and Other Hauntings of History and Legend”. This is a very interesting compendium covering all things spectral and other-worldly. I’ll be presenting our conversation for you in just a few minutes.
In concert with this I’ve put out a request for people who have had act ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Ghostly Encounters PART TWOStop! Go back!
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Welcome Autumn WindsThis week we welcome the new season of Autumn. Autumn brings about subtle changes in all of us. Our consciousness begins to shift from the more actively mental to the more psychically receptive state appropriate for the Dark Half of the year. So, this week I want to do what I can to help you SLOW DOWN, as we make that very important shift in our lives. We’ll be talking about Persephone and Her descent into the Underworld, and how that relates to the Witch’s Pyramid.
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Casting RunesThis week, we’re going to talk about Runes. Of course, everyone is familiar with Runes. If you have never seen a Rune by now, then you’re really not walking around with your eyes open. You can see them sold in gift stores just about anywhere you go.
But,just what IS a “Rune”?
That’s the sort of questions we’ll be looking at - what they are; where they came from; how they’re used - as well as what they’re NOT and how they’re NOT used.
And, as part of our discussio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Spiral "Pow Wow"This week on The Spiral Dance I want to explore Native American Spirituality.
I have a spoken work piece called “The Lesson of the Land”. I think it’s a beautiful Coming of Age story. It was composed by Edgar Meyer and narrated by Graham Green, and it appears on a compilation CD – “Listen to the Story Teller”.
Also I have a couple of articles from Llewellyn’s 1996 Magickal Almanac by Margarett Elsbeth. First; “Sacred Sweat Lodge”, followed by “Native American Sm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Mabon Sabbat Celebration“Farewell, O Sun; ever-returning Light, The Hidden God, who ever yet remains.
He now departs to the Land of Youth, through the Gates of Death, to dwell enthroned, as the Horn-ed Leader of the Hosts of Air!
Yet, as He stands unseen without the Circle, so dweleth He within the Secret Seed;
-the Seed of New-reaped grain, the Seed of Flesh;
Hidden in Earth, the marvelous Seed of Stars.
In Him is Life, and Life is the Light of Man. That which was Never Born, Never Dies.
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(Holy) Grail/ (Holy) CauldronThe theme for this week’s show is the so-called Holy Grail. What is this thing that people through time are supposed to be so enamored of? Did it ever even exist?
Follow along as we go back to the 13-th century and we’ll see if we could make any real sense of it.
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The Highs and Lows of Pagan MusicI find the quality of Pagan music has really improved over the past few years. Wendy Rule, of course, has been leading the way internationally. New local talent like Kellianna and Jenna Greene have brought a level of sophistication to their music and lyrics that is really promising. Folks like the Gypsy Nomads have shown courage in going in a unique direction – and they’ve gotten fabulous response for it.
But unfortunately there is still some weakness out there. CD’s have made it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
4th of July; Freedom to be PaganFor this weeks show, we honor America’s Independence Day – July 4th. Ya; this ain’t no Christian country. Democracy was invented by the ancient Greeks. The ancient Greeks were Pagan. Therefore, Democracy is a Pagan institution.
I want to share with you a ritual you can do to help ensure Religious Freedom - whether it’s just for yourself, or for your community, or even for the whole world. Plus some Pagan writers have suggested that we can invoke the Founding Fathers to provide ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Pagan Pops for Fathers DayWe in the U.S. have just celebrated Fathers Day. Some characterize Fathers Day, and Mothers Day as “Hallmark Holidays” – holidays that don’t have a whole lot of significance and were actually invented by the greeting card industry.
Be that as it may, in an increasingly complex society such as ours, Parenting has become a very big issue. And Fatherhood is ever more controversial.
Zackery Fisk joins us this week to talk about Pagan Fathering. Zack has been with us before as a f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Stayin' Up for Mid SummerThis week on The Spiral Dance, we celebrate the Midsummer Sabbat. Summer Solstice occurs on Sunday, June 21.
It was right around this time of the year back around 1995 when I was first introduced to the Pagan Path. I thought, at the time, that it was a little strange to refer to the Summer Solstice as “midsummer”, when, by our calendar the solstice marks the first day of summer. I’ve come to learn that the ancient Celtic peoples only saw the year as having two seasons: Summer and W ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Aquarius, the Goddess and Astrological AgesWell, this MIGHT be the dawning of the Age of Aquarius – or it might have occurred centuries ago – or maybe centuries from now.
This week on The Spiral Dance we explore the whole question of Astrological Ages. What are they, and how do they affect us as Pagans? If the concept of Astrological Ages is true does it then make our interest in the reawakening Goddess legitimate or maybe not? I’ll share some ideas of my own along these lines, and I want to invite you to email your own op ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Interview with Richard Kaczynski;"A Weiser Consice Guide to Aleister Crowley"Dr. Richard Kaczynski joins us this week by way of a pre-recorded interview to discuss his new book, “The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley”.
To this day Aleister Crowley remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of modern occult. Although feared, reviled and widely misunderstood by many, those who learn the teachings of Frater Perdurabo come to see him as truly one of the great geniuses of Western Mysticism.
In “The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Welcoming Your Inner ChildThis week on the Spiral Dance we explore The Inner Child!
What does the Inner Child mean to you? Do you feel trustful toward your Inner Child?
These are the sorts of questions we’ll be examining.
As part of our show, I have a recorded guided meditation from Alan Cohen for connecting with your Inner Child called, “Beloved Child”. Plus I read a story for the Inner Child by D.J. Conway called, “Jason and the Feary Ring”. Please enjoy this week’s show!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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