My friend Quinn over at QuinnCreative recently wrote a blog post about a Word of the Year. Neither Quinn nor I are fans of New Year’s resolutions. Let’s face it…they are hard to make, and easy to break. Or to be more accurate – easy to come up with, but tough as leather to maintain. [...]
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The Power of Roots
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Divination, Empowerment, Ethics, Healing, Magick, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women, Women's Spirituality on Tuesday January 4 2011 | 17 Comments »
So What Does the Solstice Symbolize?
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Nature, Paganism, Sabbats, Spirituality, witchcraft on Thursday December 16 2010 | 2 Comments »
So what exactly does this Winter Solstice mean for us? Before we begin, allow me to say here and now that Astrology is not my best subject. There’s plenty of astrological sites on the web that can probably explain all of this better than I can. Nevertheless, I would like to share some of my [...]
What Does It All Mean?
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Earth Day, Ethics, Magick, Paganism, Universal Issues, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Tuesday June 1 2010 | 5 Comments »
Over the past couple of years, we have seen more and more articles written by scientists discussing the Solar System, the Environment, changes in the Earth, changes in the Planets, etc. etc. etc. We’ve had various events happen such as an increase in hurricanes, changes in weather conditions, the close encounter to the planet Mars, [...]
November’s Full Moon – Migration of the Ancient Bird Goddess
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Beasts and Animals, Divination, Nature, Paganism, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday November 1 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November, 2009 The Taurian Moon Lights the Migration of the Ancient Bird Goddess The November full moon on Monday, November 2nd is in the earthy, fixed sign of Taurus. Taurus, the second sign of the zodiac, is represented by a bull and ruled by Venus in her earthy, fecund aspect. Stories of the Goddess of [...]
August 2009 – The Full Moon, Lughnasadh, and the Harvest Table
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Nature, Paganism, Sabbats, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday July 29 2009 | 4 Comments »
Once again my good friend Beverly Hof-Miller shares her musings on the August Full Moon, and how it relates it to the upcoming celebration of Lughnasadh/Lammas. Here’s what she has to say… Harvest Table of the Aquarian Full Moon The full Moon in August is on Wednesday the 5th. It will be in Aquarius, the [...]
July 2009 – Capricorn’s Full Moon
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Empowerment, Healing, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, Women's Spirituality on Tuesday July 7 2009 | 8 Comments »
I am a member of a group called Full Moon Musings, which was created by my friend Beverly Hof-Miller. Every month Beverly shares with us her insights on that month’s Full Moon, based upon astrological research and her own personal observations. This month’s Full Moon takes place tonight, and I thought I would share with [...]
Full Moon Esbat Ritual
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Divination, Empowerment, Healing, Magick, Paganism, Poetry/Prose, Ritual, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday June 7 2009 | 4 Comments »
Since this is an Esbat in which I am honoring the Moon in all its forms and all its glories, instead of using Elemental candles in the appropriate colors, I have chosen to use candles which represent the four major phases of the Moon: a solid black candle for the New Moon a solid black [...]
The Yule Series
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Divination, Food, Herbs, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Spirituality, The Yule Series, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Monday December 8 2008 | 1 Comment »
My readers who have been following the Crossroads for awhile might recall that last year, to celebrate the Winter Solstice, I did a month’s worth of posts entitled “The Yule Series” in which I shared information about various aspects of the season’s holiday celebrations – such topics as the meaning of solstice, the return of [...]
Answers to Pagan Mini-Test
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Divination, Herbs, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, witchcraft on Sunday September 7 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are the answers to the Pagan Mini-Test… if there are any questions for which you would like more explanation of the answer, please leave a comment and I will be happy to explain it further. 1. In modern Paganism, the seasonal celebrations are reflections of the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. These festivals [...]
Pagan Mini-Test
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Divination, Ethics, Herbs, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Spirituality on Monday September 1 2008 | 7 Comments »
Here we go, folks! One of Ocean’s famous Pagan tests! This one is a basic test that takes questions from six main subject areas -Beliefs, Tools, History, Spellcraft, Divination, and Ceremonial Magick. It was originally posted at my private Pagan blog, so some of you may have seen it before. With little time and energy [...]
Deaf-Friendly, Pagan-Friendly Spiritual Conference in Baltimore
Posted in Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Divination, Equal Communication Access, Healing, Herbs, Interpreting, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sign Language, Spirituality, Uncategorized, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday February 24 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve gotten a number of comments and emails from individuals in the DC/MD/VA area wanting to know about Deaf-Friendly Pagan events in the area. Here’s one you might want to check out… It’s the Ecumenicon Conference, an annual spiritual event that focuses on exploring various spiritual paths, including Paganism. This conference is sponsored by the [...]
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Ocean has been a practicing Pagan for 30 years, and considers herself "an eclectic witch," with a primary focus on Celtic Spirituality, but an interest in many different areas. A skilled tarot reader, she once donated her services to help raise funds for a Domestic Violence agency. She has also done workshops on aromatherapy, herbalism, & Paganism for the Deaf Community.
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