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Everyone Registered to this website should have gotten this email. However, if you did not here is the email that was just sent out. “I have noticed that there have been a TON of spam comments coming into the Forum page and in the Comments section of some of the posts. In order to make this website a better experience for all I am marking everyone’s status as “pending” until you are approved to post. In order to be approved all you have to do is reply to this email stating that you in fact are a real person and let me know where you are from. General area is accepted such as your country, etc. I hope that this keeps the “bots” down. After one month I will be deleting all of the unapproved profiles on the site. We are currently sitting at about 41,000 profiles. While you are replying to this email do tell me what you would like to see in the future to make this a better website. Thank you and have a blessed day. “ Furthermore I have blocked anyone from registering to this website until March to afford me the time to make sure that we start back up with a much better system in the future. If you would like to get ahold of me until that time, or if you have not received the email. you can contact me at [email protected]. Thank you for understanding and have a fantastic day.Continue Reading

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During this time of the year many Pagans in the northern hemisphere are celebrating Imbolc. So I figured this would be a good time to cover what Imbolc means for not only a vast majority of Celtic focused Pagans but also many Christians out there, since in my practice I celebrate this overlap.  I want to first start with the significance of this time of the year. This is the time that we get the first signs of the spring season. This is seen by the onset of the lambing season, the beginning of the spring sowing, and the blooming of the blackthorn. It is also almost the midpoint between Yule and Ostara. The actual midpoint would be around the fourth of February but I’m not going to quibble over a 1-2 day difference because solstices and equinoxes can differ slightly. This is why in my practice I put a more hard line date to these days. We are also seeing the lengthening of days during this time of year as well. Because of this we see the lighting of candles playing a prominent role in practices and this reflects the increasing power of the sun.  In Christianity this time of the year is often referred to as Candlemass. I often interchange the words Imbolc and Candlemass in my practice. This celebration commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. This is a practice was done 33 days after circumcision along with a sin offering to purify the mother. Today in Christianity, candles are often brought to the local churches to be blessed for use during the rest of the year. In this practice the candles are a symbol of Christ being the light of the world.  This is also the time when the Catholic Church celebrates St. Brigid ofContinue Reading

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I will be the first to admit that when I first started my practice, I did not have much of a connection to the Moon. I will say that I did recognize that the moon gave off certain energies depending on the phase, but I just didn’t have the connection that many others did. I did pay attention to it when it came to my spell work, but not in any other aspect of my life. When I found my Goddess Sophia, the presence of the Moon became more prevalent in my life.Continue Reading

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When I first started my practice I had a tough time making the connection to the Sun as a representation of God. To be honest it is really still much of a challenge when I consider the Christian aspect of my practice. So this week’s topic has given me a lot of thinking to do. Continue Reading