I have been wanting to write a mourner’s kadish that would serve myself and other earth-based magickal Jews. I’ve found it difficult because I wanted to keep the core theology of the traditional, rabbinical Judaic prayer. That one is a prayer for the living. It focuses on praising God. It doesn’t really ever touch...
read moreHigh Priestess Rosemary Kooiman left this world on Sunday, March 5, 2006. May she find her beloved Abe in the next world, and may that world be all she believed. May I be as brave as she was. May I speak my mind as she did. May I continue to learn throughout my life, as she did. May I make new friends to the end. Blessed be. A...
read moreOctavia Butler, author, visionary, and genius, died this past Saturday. Her writing is brilliant and while it will keep her light in the world for generations, she will be sorely missed. A quote from one of my favorite Octavia Bulter novels. “We are born not with purpose, but with potential. Purpose unifies us: it focuses our...
read moreAs I’ve briefly mentioned before, I’m co-officiating a wedding next October for a couple of friends who are getting married. While this may not seem like a very odd thing to you — the fact that neither are Jewish or Pagan may start the wheels turning. Actually, the groom is Hindu and the bride is a spiritual...
read moreThis will probably be something I talk a lot about as I walk down this road. I have fought the calling to clergy for some time. YHWH was knocking and I kept hiding under the bed, hoping it would stop. YHVH: Carly — where are you. Carly: Slicha, Carly lo po! I understand more and more why in the Torah when YHVH calls to...
read moreI was reminded that tomorrow is the Yartzeit of Rachel Imeinu – Rachel the Matriarch. I wanted to take the opportunity to repost my ritual for honoring ancestors. It is one that I use both for Rachel Imeinu and when honoring ancestors at Samhain or other rituals. May the blessings of our mother be carried through to each...
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Culture: I am fascinated by both culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
