Category Archives: * Male Mysteries – The Pagan Man

Male Mysteries: Pagan Men – Band of Brothers

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

I’ve been watching this really wonderful series and I came across this film about paganism in terms of the male mysteries. It’s a bit long at 47 minutes, but well worth the watch.

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Raven’s Lore – Spiral Dance

Posted on March 14, 2010 by
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Discernment of Opinions, Facts, and Truth

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

As with all concepts of the Craft and magickal workings, it remains important to not only understand the concepts themselves, but to also understand the history of those concepts as they have been preserved and presented to us. This study needs to include original and older manuscripts as well as newer writings and interpretations. Unfortunately, I often see references to “facts” as perpetuated from essays that were based on other essays concerning the interpretations and opinions of older manuscripts. While this is expedient time wise, it also perpetuates two concerns with our studies. (1) First, we also lose a great … Continue reading →

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Fearlessness

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

Fearlessness is not being without fear — it is the ability to go beyond your fears to do the right thing.

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Beltaine-Role of Priest in the Beltaine Procession

Posted on January 18, 2010 by

The Mystery of the Priest Dressed Like a Woman In many cultures and traditions, such as the Celtic Beltaine procession, the High Priest or priests are often depicted as wearing women’s clothing. In modern days, the meaning and symbolism has become blurred in the fact of social stigmatisms and every shifting definitions of masculinity within cultures and societies. However, to truly understand the mysteries of the Priest dressed in women’s clothing in the Celtic traditions, we need to understand a few basics. In the functioning of the Celtic duality and in the subsequent myths, the female empowers the male. One … Continue reading →

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Stereotyping ~ More Thoughts to Ponder

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

We have all stereotyped at one time of the other. Even if we go back to “Boys have cooties” and “Girls have cooties”. People try to define their place in society. The “mundane majority” has taught us to focus primarily on differences to define ourselves and to accept that the differences are “less” or inferior to what we possess. On the spiritual path, we are even more intensively attempting to define ourselves and by the very nature of this process, sometimes, we engage in even more stereotyping to determine what we “are not”. It is much easier to focus on … Continue reading →

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Stereotyping and Misjudgments

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

SOME METHODS TO APPROACH STEREOTYPING AND JUDGMENTS 1. CHECK YOUR LOGIC AND REASONING. Sometimes, it’s not the logical process that is faulty or in question, but our intent behind the logical process that reveals a lot. Sometimes when we focus on the differences so much, we do become prejudice because we forget something very important from the beginning in sorting out facts. Some does not mean all. 2. CHECK WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING YOU LEARNED FROM OTHERS RATHER THAN DRAWING YOUR OWN CONCLUSION WITH A PROPER APPROACH TO THE FACTS. The “mundane majority” often tries to perceive Some as All … Continue reading →

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