I think everyone knows what it’s like to not feel magickal when you truly want to feel magickal.

Jason Mankey, ‘Dirty Witchcraft Secrets‘

John Beckett has a post on boundaries and roles within Paganism and Pagan traditions that I found to be useful in some of its framing.

We often talk, in the Pagan community, about not taking our Gods for granted, about not only coming to them with requests and seeking help.  And while I have seen the topic of watching the tone in which we speak to spirits discussed, it is much rarer to see a discussion about making sure all our relationships are balanced and go both ways.

Kylara, ‘Ethical spirit work‘

I enjoyed this post, on Agora, about considering what we spend our time worried and preoccupied with. Not exactly the most novel of topics, but one that is best returned to again and again. Especially in this season.

Sometimes, in order to hold onto our core beliefs and keep them authentic, we learn to build walls in our minds to separate us from the other systems, which often works very well. The only difficulty is that the walls often take on a life of their own.  They become powerful entities in themselves if we are not constantly vigilant, that can narrow our understanding and move us toward becoming dogmatic and isolated. The main way to make sure this doesn’t happen is to begin to learn about other traditions and religions, connecting with what is aligned with our ideology and leaving the other behind.

Om Prakash Gilmore, ‘How Many Religions Can You Speak?‘

Thenea on Magick from Scratch wrote a short post questioning the appeal of dangerous deities.

Finally, some self-promotion, for a post I wrote on Patheos earlier this week: Preparing for Unsafe Gods.