Apologies for the extended absence, readers.  I was on vacation in Washington, D.C. visiting with my British husband’s family.  (It’s a long story.)

This Canadian visited the White House Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and were surprised by the elegance of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, entirely unexpected, on the way to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. We saw more statues than I can name. Continue reading »

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Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

Today was Pagan Pride Day at the Pagan Harvest Festival in Hamilton, Ontario.  I was set to leave Toronto at 7 am, but I had a heck of a time getting there due to a “trespasser” on the train tracks which turned into a “fatality” according to intermittent updates from conflicting sources.  Instead of arriving before the festival began, I got there five minutes before my workshop was set to start at 11.  Continue reading »

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Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

September’s another busy month: Pagan Pride days, the beginning of Ganesh Chaturthi, mainstream publishing begins its big Fall push, and the autumnal equinox and its surrounding festivities loom ever closer. Continue reading »

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The Pagan Pride Project was formed in 1998 to increase community awareness of Paganism, with regional directors supporting supporting local Pagan Pride events across North America, and, increasingly, the world.

Each event hosts a public ritual, food drive and provides press releases and information to encourage positive media coverage.

While largely a venue for promoting Paganism, the Pagan Harvest Festival hosted in Hamilton, Ontario also provides space for other alternative religions and spiritualities to share their voice.  In previous years they’ve hosted workshops on Thelema, ceremonial magick, and last year I presented an Introduction to Chaos Magick. Continue reading »

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