Aislynn's Blog (20)

I need help!  In order to ask a lot of you for input, however, you need the background info.  So, please forgive the story time here.

I came out of both closets to my mom when I was a teenager.  As with a lot of coming out stories, it took multiple attempts because my mom continuously thought it was a phase I'd grow out of.  Now, however, she understand that I'm truly a lesbian (but doesn't like it) and sees Paganism as something crazy I do to get under her skin and not a true…

As I sit here with my hot cocoa listening to Christmas music during the break in my Christmas movie marathon, I find myself more irritated than usual about my common holiday gripes.  I have two main scrooge moments throughout the holiday season that I typically keep quiet because so many of the people I know are on the other sides of the issues.  This year, however, I'm granting myself a ranting session.  

1.  "Those mean Christians stole our holiday!"  

Yes, this is…

I've posted here and talked a bit on my youtube channel about my HUGE project that I've been working on.  I revealed on YT a few months ago that this website is about ritual, and that I really needed help.  Well, that is still very much true.

You see, I've given myself a deadline that I need to actually meet which is in 32 days.  I'm presenting at my local Pagan Pride Day this year (the workshop will hopefully be able to be filmed if I can work it out so that just I am on…

There's this High Priestess that sort of infamous locally.  I've talked about her a bit in my videos in the past because I had a bit of a run-in with her when I first started out.  She didn't like me, and I was never really sure why.  I'm still not sure, to be honest, but I thought it was because I was working so prominently in the community she started.  I thought, given what others had said about her being power-hungry, somewhat crazy, mean-spirited, and all that, that she saw me as a…

I don't know what the heck I was thinking when I turned to Brae that night and said, "I know what would be awesome, let's create the most extensive resource out there on *bleep*!" (he's sworn me to secrecy because he's sure that someone out there in cyberland will swoop in and steal our idea, though I doubt there are that many people out there who would 1. do that and 2. be able to do it as well as we are).  

Now about five or six months into this (it's all run together in…

I've often said that I believe magic to be more than a mere placebo effect.  Since that is the case, it might seem odd to some of you that I'm writing a blog entry about the "suspension of disbelief" and its place in magic and ritual work, but keep reading and it should begin to make sense.

When we start out, it may seem odd to many of us that by the mere power of our will we can effect change in ourselves, our surroundings, and the world.  This, I believe, is mainly because…