changing tradition
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Unpacking religious baggage
Read more: Unpacking religious baggageJohn Beckett is offering an online course, Unpacking Your Religious Baggage So You Can Live a Magical Life.
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Deprogramming with Gillian Jenkinson
Read more: Deprogramming with Gillian JenkinsonJust got an update from Gillian Jenkinson: Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army BBC2 27 July and 3 August 9pm I had the privilege of being filmed delivering Post-Cult Counselling in a Recovery Workshop for a documentary “Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army” with four amazing survivors. This was filmed at my house…
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High control covens
Read more: High control covensThere’s a new article from Storm Faerywolf on The Wild Hunt today talking about the warning signs of high control groups and covens. Members of these damaged covens are often instructed not to socialize with others outside the group, or lineage, or are otherwise told certain individuals to avoid. Information is often restricted; leadership oftentimes…
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Review: An Apostate’s Guide to Witchcraft
Read more: Review: An Apostate’s Guide to WitchcraftOnce upon a time, Christendom labelled the Emperor Julian “the Apostate” because he reverted to Paganism. Nowadays, the title is applied to people who leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Moss Matthey left the JWs in order to live his truth as a gay man—as many others have left high control religious groups for the same reason.…
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The sunk cost fallacy
Read more: The sunk cost fallacyOne of the reasons that people tend to stay in toxic relationships and religions, persist with failing projects, and even watch terrible movies all the way to the end, is the sunk cost fallacy.
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Just visiting
Read more: Just visitingI’ve often referenced these posts by Annika Mongan, which present a fascinating account of what’s happening energetically at evangelical churches, and at Pagan gatherings. I also got independent confirmation of this by speaking to another Wiccan who sees energy as colours (I experience it as changes in temperature) who confirmed that she saw a lot…
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A healing journey
Read more: A healing journeyA new book from Moss Matthey, An apostate’s guide to witchcraft: finding freedom through magic, explores his personal journey from fundamentalist Christianity to witchcraft. Moss writes: This book is about my journey from a fundamentalist Christian cult to the joyous and freeing world of Witchcraft. Blending my personal experience with gentle exercises, this book is for anyone who is…
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Roots and wings
Read more: Roots and wingsChanging Paths Challenge day 13: Roots and wings Today’s prompt is a reference to Carolyn McDade’s classic song, Spirit of Life, which contains the line “roots hold me close, wings set me free”. My family roots are in nonconformist churches but there’s also a strong tradition of loving Nature. My Mum loved Nature and so…
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Change
Read more: ChangeChanging Paths challenge day 7: Change Most people do not cope well with change, especially if it involves loss or destruction of their former way of life. It is hard for people with privilege to imagine losing more than one person in your family or friends group at a time: imagine losing all of them…
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Reblog: Why I like being a Pagan
Read more: Reblog: Why I like being a PaganThere was some part of me that almost craved a sense of wonder and magic — something existing just beyond the humdrum of everyday life — all my life. I remember being a kid and imagining that I could feel the flow of magical energy all around me.
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ExVangelical solidarity
Read more: ExVangelical solidarityFantastic article from John Beckett (polytheist UU Druid) on the rise of the ExVangelical movement and how to get the tentacles of Christianity out of your brain.
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Blogging challenge 2024
Read more: Blogging challenge 2024I’m starting the Changing Paths blogging / photo challenge. Take part and use the hashtag #changingpathschallenge2024 to be in with a chance to win a copy of Changing Paths. Subscribe to this blog, Changing Paths, or to the Dowsing for Divinity blog, to be in with a chance to win. Feel free to write poetry,…
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Reblog: Reflections on chapter 3
Read more: Reblog: Reflections on chapter 3Being gaily religious and religiously gay: Blogging freestyle for chapter 3 of “Changing Paths.” This week, I want to blog about chapter three of Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow… My relationship with my sexuality when I was an evangelical Christian was a complete mess, and not solely because I was gay. For those who may…
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Repost: Should I stay or should I go?
Read more: Repost: Should I stay or should I go?Should I stay or should I go? Exploring a journal prompt from chapter 2 of “Changing Paths” Excellent post from Jarred reflecting on one of the journal prompts from Changing Paths. Hello dear readers! It’s Friday morning so that means once again exploring a journal prompt from the wonderful book, Changing Paths… Should I stay…
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Reverting to your old path
Read more: Reverting to your old pathA helpful article from John Beckett on the type of people who revert out of Pagan traditions and back to their original path. John urges compassion and empathy for people who leave Pagan paths for another religion, and offers suggestions for deepening your understanding of Pagan ideas so that you can avoid reverting.
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