My belief that both I and the other are sacred has me focusing more on building and nurturing relationships between the sacred self, sacred others, and the sacred world. I find myself looking more at the importance of community.
— Jarred the Wyrd-worker
Desiring sacred community: Exploring a journal prompt from chapter 6 of “Changing Paths”
the book
I’m in the COVR Awards
In The Magick Kitchen
Check out my conversation with the wonderful Elyse Wells (writer and podcast host) on The Magick Kitchen podcast, series 5, episode 9.

Wibbly wobbly
Changing Paths challenge day 14: changing paths.
Changing paths is a wibbly-wobbly thing. During the process, I was all over the place. It was like having the bends (you know, the thing where a diver rises too quickly to the surface and gets cramps) or being on a giant scary roller coaster ride. That’s why I wrote the book, in the hope of helping other people to have a gentler ride through the process — regardless of their starting point or destination. Although the second half is about joining Paganism, it’s fairly applicable to joining any group.
Continue readingPatron deities
The concept of patron deities in polytheism caused me a lot of trouble back in the day. I was on a polytheist mailing list and it seemed like everyone on the list had a patron deity who had approached them personally. They were also adamant that the deity approached them and not the other way around. So I thought I should have a patron deity. This left me uniquely vulnerable to what happened next.
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Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow will be published by 1000 Volt Press on 11 April, 2023. Stay tuned for preorder details.
Book launch
Changing Paths will be published by 1000 Volt Press in April 2023.
The Changing Paths Book Launch will be on Zoom, on 16 April 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time, and 7:00 pm British Summer Time.
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