Christmas
Column: Taking Down the Tree
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Columnist Luke Babb on giving up Christmas and searching for a new form of winter praxis.
Paganism
Column: On the Road to Solstice
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Clio Ajana welcomes TWH’s readers to the solstice season with a consideration of how the holiday sets up for the year to come, as well as a spell for helping to set goals for the new year.
Culture
Column: Come Darkness, Come Light
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Pagan Perspectives
Today’s column comes to us from Erick Dupree. Erick is a writer, meditation teacher, and spiritual influencer known for connecting others with empowered human experiences. His writing has been described as intimate, evocative, and deeply transcendent. Erick DuPree is an award winning writer and author of three books. He is a recognized voice in intersectional Goddess spirituality, gender mysteries, and religion. He teaches on myth, magic, and personal development nationwide.
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“Come darkness, come light
Come new star, shining bright
Come love to this world tonight
Alleluia!”
News
Pagan float leads Christmas parade
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LAKE CITY, Ark. — Whatever challenges might exist for Pagans living in a Bible Belt, members of the Southern Delta Church of Wicca seem to have overcome them in the tiny community of Lake City. Last month, members of this branch of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church led the local Christmas parade with their float, which depicted halls being decked for Yule. That honor arose from the fact that in 2016, their float took first prize for the same event. Terry Riley, high priest of the church, said that they received an invitation to participate a year ago this past December, and readily agreed.
Paganism
Column: We, the Magi
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Today is Christmas and many people in the Christianized world will celebrate either the birth of Jesus, the arrival of Santa Clause or a combination of the two. In both cases, there is likely gifting. For the secular, Christmas is presents, trees, and jingle bells which I believe all people, can find joy. For the religious, Christmas is the birth of a savior, a messianic prophecy come true. It’s complicated, and maybe even smothering for us over here in the Solstice/Yule club who are not, ‘in that trad’ to use popular Pagan colloquialism.