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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Overcoming the Old Wound and the Hero&#8217;s Final Test</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/02/seeking-grail-overcoming-old-wound-heros-final-test/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hero's journey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The hero is always wounded and must heal enough to take strength from what they have learned; they succeed in their quest because of their wound.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Abused and Abuser</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/01/seeking-grail-abused-abuser/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gaslighting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the past years, since getting out of an abusive relationship, I've written a lot about abuse. Like many survivors, I learned one important technique to avoid future abuse: avoid abusers. But here's the problem; abuse is the norm.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: The Priestess is Dying</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/11/seeking-the-grail-the-priestess-is-dying/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My pessimism is clawing ribbons into the flesh of my optimism. My soul is screaming for hope, for justice, for good things. Not just for this a Pagan coven, but for the whole world around us.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Why Effective Ritual Is Important</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/10/seeking-the-grail-why-effective-ritual-is-important/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ritual and Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mysteries]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ritual facilitation is a professional skill set. If you learn the skills to make it work, and work to train others on your team to do the same, you rituals will get better.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: A Song of Death</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/09/seeking-the-grail-a-song-of-death/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chanting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It shouldn't surprise me; nobody gets out of here alive, as they say. But death isn't something I expect, not when meeting and working with people my own age.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Pagan Events, Shyness, and Hospitality</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/08/seeking-the-grail-pagan-events-shyness-and-hospitality/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[event planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extrovert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[introvert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan events]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One aspect of Pagan leadership is in the function of hosting events. And one of the things I often talk about when I teach workshops on leading rituals is that rituals shouldn't be "written," they should be designed. Sculpted to create a particular experience. Whether you're hosting a small open discussion night at a cafe, or a public ritual, or a large festival or conference, hospitality is a part of that function.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Weeping Liberty</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/07/seeking-the-grail-weeping-liberty/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Land of the free, home of the brave. The star-spangled banner is supposed to be a symbol of that. But, it's not really a symbol of freedom for many. It was our flag when our founding fathers created this country and allowed slavery to continue legally. It was our flag when the indigenous people who lived on this land were persecuted, pushed off their land, and murdered. And, it was our flag when women didn't have the right to vote.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Women&#8217;s Rituals</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/06/seeking-the-grail-womens-rituals/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender fluid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogyny]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TERF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans exclusive radical feminist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rituals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Typically I don't offer single-gender only rituals or workshops. I'm a cisgender female, so to be specific, I mean rituals/workshops/groups limited to women only. There are times, however, when I make an exception to that, usually when I'm asked to lead a women's ritual when I'm a guest presenter at a Pagan festival. And there begins my tightrope walk with my own ethics.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: Interruption and Creative Flow</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/06/seeking-the-grail-interruption-and-creative-flow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interruptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This time last year, I had a clear and focused plan for my writing, both fiction and nonfiction, but I'm definitely one of those creative types that gets thrown by distractions and interruptions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeking the Grail: When Doing the Right Thing Doesn&#8217;t Feel Good</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/05/seeking-the-grail-when-doing-the-right-thing-doesnt-feel-good/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Aura Knight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking the Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[About a month ago I put my cat to sleep, and only in the past week have I really begun to feel like I did the right thing.  If you're not a pet owner, you probably haven't endured this special kind of hell.  I hope the afterlife brings Luna a peace that she didn't get in her last years. I hope that I made the right choice; I think that I did.]]></description>
		
		
		
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