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Of Crafting and Placebos, by Telmaris Green

Today, we continue our late spring theme, Practice, with Telmaris Greene, who shares her evolving understanding of the role of the placebo effect in ritual practice. Stage one of my life as a witch:  I’m looking up spells and rituals furtively, as though…

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Samhain Special: Why Witch? by Telmaris Green

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The HPedia: Ambiguity

Your help is needed!  Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism.  Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. This specialized term comes from Tanya Luhrmann’s anthropological study of “magicians” (more…

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The HPedia: Mental illness argument

Your help is needed!  Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism.  Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. The “mental illness argument” is a proposed label for a dismissive strategy…

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The HPedia: Divination

Your help is needed!  Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism.  Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. Divination is a way of discovering meaning through special ritual methods.  Such…

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