Three years ago I posted a text message exchange I had with a friend on secrecy and privacy in Wicca. I recently had another exchange with that same friend. Here it is, with some edits to preserve their privacy and to keep me from rambling a bit too much. Me: *Sigh* No Acorn Garden today. Only one…
It may be foolish, but I'm open to resume teaching Wicca again. Why foolish? Honestly, I don't think there are many students out there anymore who are interested in what I choose to teach. The Gardnerian Tradition in which I was trained involves scholarship, structure, an aspiration to excellence. Sure, dancing naked in the woods is still…
I've decided to take a sabbatical from teaching my Wiccan Grove, Acorn Garden. I won't resume teaching until 2025 at the earliest. Or perhaps it's time to acknowledge that, after 25 years of teaching the Craft, it's time to step aside.
Look at what I got! This is a follow-up photo to the original: What's going on? Is the The Elements of Ritual, Revised Edition that good? While I won't say it isn't, that's not why I have two copies. It boils down to over-enthusiasm. When Deborah announced her book last year, it appears that I placed an…
... or maybe 12, or maybe 14; perhaps even 15. We'll get to that. I have in mind one or more blog posts on my personal trials and tribulations with 3D printing. This is not that post. Here I'm focused on one particular task: printing the Acorn Garden libation bowl. Truth in advertising: The various pictures and…
Recently, a friend texted me with the following question. Here is that question and my reply in more-or-less the text format of my responses. I have heard that the Gardnerian tradition is pretty secretive. Is this true, and to what extent are those details secretive? I can’t tell you, because it’s a secret! OK, seriously: The word…
I first got involved with Wicca 30 years ago. It's my tricennial! That makes it my pearl anniversary, if you believe the marketing of the jewelry companies. I don't have much to add beyond what I posted for my 25th anniversary in the Craft. There are a couple of minor differences: World of Warcraft is no longer…
This is a follow-up to my post The Three Doctors. Again, it's not a Doctor Who post. I've got a PhD in particle physics, am a doctor by courtesy with Universal Life Church, and also a doctor by courtesy with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Why would I want another? The issue is being able…
I've played in World of Warcraft (WoW) since before its formal beginning; that is, I played in WoW beta test in 2004. When you start either a Human or a Dwarf character in WoW, you quickly learn about flying between the Human capital of Stormwind and the Dwarf capital of Ironforge. Your character flies on the back…
Once again, I'm in an introspective mood as I contemplate my history in the Craft. It's been forty-three years since I took out a copy of Real Magic from the reserved stacks of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Without that book, I never would have engaged with paganism in my later years. It's been…