To start us off, a useful post on grounding yourself. The amount of practical methods in this post is very helpful.

Yvonne Aburrow writes on why ‘Pride is a Protest‘, focusing on assimilation vs liberation, and linked to some other articles on the topic.

[Pride] should be as inclusive as possible, but raucousness, provocation, and fucking are important too.

James Greig, ‘Why it’s bizarre to try to ban kinks and fetishes at Pride‘

Aburrow also wrote a lovely and interesting post on Steve Wilson, author of Robin Hood: Spirit of the Forest.

Faemon linked me to this piece on creepypastas/internet ghost stories. One quote stood out to me, from Sarah Gretter of Michigan State University: “Being able to experience fears through a story helps kids process what those natural fears are.” It sparked in me a memory of a story I read years ago of children ‘losing fear’ – essentially the entity/spirit of fear disappearing – and the consequences thereof. Suffice to say, it wasn’t good.

Another interesting posting I found was on ‘The animism of stories‘. The article contains information gleaned from interacting with Gwenhwyfar (of Arthurian mythos), talking about storytelling and shaping and how it is connected to the otherworlds. While the post was interesting I found pause in that Gwenhwyfar mentions that television shows ‘kill’ worlds before they get a chance to develop. I think fanfic authors would disagree with you on that point rather viciously. (That one would mention how storytelling has shifted from oral to written and televised yet not mention fanfic seems, uh, weird.)

Annora Silverros wrote on Tarot reading and responsibility in a way I really relate to, especially since I started reading for others (as an intuitive Tarot reader) during high school.

Angelo Nasios, over on Patheos’ Agora, wrote about Sallustius’ On the Gods and the World. I always appreciate book recommendations, especially recommendations with thorough reasoning behind them.

Ideas for establishing a daily (devotional) practice, by Charlie Larson over, again, on Agora.

Irisanya Moon wrote on ‘The Long Work of Magic‘.