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A round up of Pagan Perspectives on current news and historical events. You will also find columns related to personal experiences and how they relate back to the spirituality of the author.
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It was once believed that metal was a gift from the gods, thereby endowing it with protection and auspicious power. This was especially true for copper, from which pennies are made. Copper is ruled by Venus, which means pennies can attract good luck to those who know how to use it for such purposes.
In many ways, October travels with the ancestors are the sweetest because at this time of the year we expect to hear from our beloved ones whose memories warm our hearts.
“Both Charlies, Hebdo and Kirk,” writes Lyonel Perabo, “played pretty much the same game: riling up people, both for laughs and to score political points. Kirk’s ideology was rooted in Christian conservatism, while Charlie Hebdo was staffed by left-libertarians. Yet they both met with the same fate: they were murdered because their speech was deemed dangerous.”
As we begin October, we too are lucky. Bart Everson reminds us that each of us exists because an unbroken chain of ancestors survived long enough to pass life forward. Through luck, resilience, and countless generations, their breath becomes ours. Honoring them is both remembrance and gratitude for being here.
Erick DuPree on what Gothic novels can teach us about society, then and now.