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Every January for the last 12 years or so, I have written an essay discussing the Tarot Year, which is based on the Major Arcana card that corresponds to the one- or two-digit number that we get when we add up (and sometimes reduce) the digits of the year. If you recall from my series [...]

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An Opportunity for You

by Beth on September 24, 2011

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~ Confucius I don’t usually promote my stuff here in my blog area .. but then I asked myself.. Why not? After all, I would hate for you to miss out on this because you, my faithful visitors, of all [...]

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News from Cherry Hill Seminary

by Beth on July 3, 2011

Up until now, in order for a Druid, or Wiccan, or Heathen, or Vodoun Priest or Priestess to receive the advanced theological training they need, so that they can be recognized as professional clergy in the mundane world, they have had to go through degree programs at non-Pagan seminaries. In a world where monotheism dominates [...]

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Congratulations New Grads!

by Beth on March 6, 2011

Today, I am delighted to share this news video from last weekend’s graduation ceremony at the Sacred Space Conference in Maryland. A big congratulations to all the new graduates from Cherry Hill Seminary!! As Paganism spreads and deepens, the needs of its communities are growing, too. Our people need and deserve highly trained counselors; skilled, [...]

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Don’t confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself. ~Paulo Coelho Our visits from the Major Arcana cards resume this week, this time with a rare visit from The Hierophant.  Since Dec. 27, only two cards of the week have not been either [...]

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An Update and an Invitation

by Beth on November 20, 2010

Thanks to everyone who has been inquiring, and sending good thoughts and energy for the revival of my computer. The backup I was using when my Mac failed to boot Monday morning was a brand new, Western Digital external 1T hard drive (“My Book for Mac”).  It uses software misnamed “Smartware,” because it was a [...]

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This article was written by Jason Pitzl-Waters on his Wild Hunt blog and news service. It is one of the many excellent tributes saying farewell to this tremendously important figure in the Pagan world.  May Isaac rest easy in the shining peace of the Goddess.  May his beloveds’ loss be eased by the love that [...]

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The Artist Whisperer

by Beth on November 19, 2009

Annie: I’ve heard you help people with horse problems. Tom Booker: Truth is, I help horses with people problems. From The Horse Whisperer Today we begin to find useful ways to deal with our creative U-turns, how to even turn them into the great opportunities in disguise they might be. The first step of course, [...]

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Blessings of the New Moon in Virgo

by Beth on September 18, 2009

Dark Moon of Virgo © StarweaverDark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. Astrologers everywhere are agreeing that this is a particularly intense New Moon. As Lynn Hayes says, this New Moon “captures all of the powerful September planetary [...]

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The Critical Truth

by Beth on September 17, 2009

We have no friends. We have no enemies. We have only teachers. — Anonymous proverb As we begin to explore our artistic yearnings, we are going to run into challenges and difficulties. Because we are “in recovery,” our tender egos can easily want to abandon everything and send our artist self back into hiding again. [...]

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