Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth

In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.

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Great Rite-athon

A beloved community elder had fallen gravely ill and was in need of healing.

Word went around that on such-and-so a day, at such-and-so a time, people should cast their circles and make love within them to this end.

And so it was.

“I love this religion,” said one.

 

 

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Poet, scholar and storyteller Steven Posch was raised in the hardwood forests of western Pennsylvania by white-tailed deer. (That's the story, anyway.) He emigrated to Paganistan in 1979 and by sheer dint of personality has become one of Lake Country's foremost men-in-black. He is current keeper of the Minnesota Ooser.

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  • James Bulls
    James Bulls Wednesday, 19 April 2017

    I don't get it - is there an essay here? I can't find anything more than:
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    A community elder had fallen gravely ill and was in need of healing.
    Word went around that on such-and-so a day, at such-and-so a time, people should cast their circles and make love within them to this end.
    And so it was.
    “I love this religion,” said one.
    ---------------------------------------

    I'm registered, but unless there's a secret paywall hiding the content, I can't see anything else.

  • Steven Posch
    Steven Posch Wednesday, 19 April 2017

    Sorry James, sometimes my love of stylistic terseness results in the cryptic, especially with a high-context post like this one.
    In the contemporary Craft, one works magic by "raising power," which can be done through (among other methods) dance, chant, and sex. The latter method is what I'm talking about here: all across the local pagan community, people worked "sex magic" on Uncle Wolf's behalf.
    There aren't a whole lot of communities in which something like that happens: hence the last line.
    Magic's a funny thing. Type a few words, and you've accessed the secret paywall.
    BtW, this is a true story.

  • James Bulls
    James Bulls Wednesday, 19 April 2017

    Ha! Well, thanks for the response - that's certainly illuminating. See you around!

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