
Editor’s note: Pagans just finished celebrating Samhain, during which many of us honored our ancestors. Earlier this week, Catholics around the world celebrated the Day of All Souls, during which they too honored their ancestors. As we move into our…
Read MoreThis year, we divided the year at HP into 8 semi-seasonal themes, following the Neo-Pagan Wheel of the Year. The themes for 2014 were inspired in part by the Earth Story Calendar created by Peter Adair. In early winter, we…
Read MoreThis essay was originally published at Skeptical Witch. What is a spell? If you would be kind enough to indulge my inner word-geek for a moment, I promise to get on to the enchanted frog part soon. The following etymologies…
Read MoreThey are here! It is time! They come in every rustle of the leaves, in the tempered “whoosh” of a match lighting, In the rising of the sun, and the falling of twilight’s silent curtain. They gather, feast, delight in…
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