If you are new to Changing Times-Changing Worlds, you may not realize that we have two main sorts of events: Panels and Workshops. At various times we’ve also had author signings, social events, rituals, performances, art shows, healing sessions, readers, auctions, ghost hunts, and other activities, but mainly it’s workshops and panels. … Continue reading →
After seeds are planted, we are at the mercy of whether the season brings rain or drought, heat or cold. But often the success or failure of our harvest depends on our daily care, whether we weed and water, whether we watch for insects and other things that can harm what we’ve … Continue reading →
The more I read and speak to people, the more I can see one of the major reasons that the occult is so hard to pin down (“like nailing jell-o to a tree” as they say), is because there is no one universal fact about anything we can put forward. While science … Continue reading →
I woke from a fragment of a dream this morning in which I was having soft soil spread over me like a cozy blanket. Fully awake the image seems strange. On the surface it could have been scary, like being buried alive. Yet, as the folksong, John Barleycorn, suggests, the same actions … Continue reading →
“I love my pagan friends, they worship the ground I walk on” – a bumpersticker Neo-Pagans are very big on loving the earth, relating to plants and animals, being in tune with the seasons. A problem with this is that most neo-pagans are urban raised, and while for most of human history … Continue reading →