The Balanced Witch

Moving On to Move Forward

tbw — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:28:57 +0000

As of today, I will no longer be posting on The Balanced Witch. In twenty-two days, I will turn 30. I just gave birth to my first child in December. I will graduate with my Bachelor’s degree in June, which means it is time to start looking for a career in my field of study. [...]

Letting Go of 2011

tbw — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:51:50 +0000

I feel like I’ve been asleep for the last month. The entire month of January is gone already and I’m just now starting to catch on that this is a new year. Everything that I experienced in the last part of the year left me numb, scattered, and chasing my tail. It wasn’t all bad, [...]

Pagan Birth Stories

tbw — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:09:52 +0000

(Paid Anthology, Seeking Submissions until 2/24/12) Birth – the event that brings us into this world. It also changes and transforms the lives of our parents as well. The Pagan Birth Stories anthology is meant to not only celebrate the continuation of life, but to also give alternative-faith parents-to-be guidance during this time of excitement [...]

73 Lessons Book Giveaway Winners

tbw — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:12:12 +0000

And the winners of the paperback copies of 73 Lessons Every Goddess Must Know from Goddess Leonie Dawson are… Talma StormPhoenix and Corry Throop!!! You each should be receiving an email from me soon to get your mailing address so I can ship your book directly to you when they arrive (I ordered them this [...]

Reclaiming’s Spiral Dance: Why It Matters Today

tbw — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:28:30 +0000

“Let it begin with each step we take, Let it begin with each change we make, And let it begin with each chain we break, And let it begin every time we awake.” The Spiral Dance in San Francisco began in 1979, a much smaller event than today’s ritual. With the dance, each person takes [...]

Book Giveaway – 73 Lessons Every Goddess Must Know

tbw — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:37:11 +0000

This has been an incredibly rough week for me. We moved over the weekend so I am trying to get used to tons of changes at home. I have spent most of my “free” time (and much of the rest of my day too) working on getting the Pagan Writers Presents Samhain anthology to the [...]

Finding Happiness

guest — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:58:17 +0000

I put a name to my beliefs in ‘99. I’d always known who I was, been honest about it, happy with it, but had sought a label to put to who I was. Eventually, I found it – Pagan. I wandered the Internet for a while, researching and reading. I came across UKPagan, one of [...]

Legacy

guest — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:39 +0000

So, I’m a Libra. A double Libra. This means I am insanely and exhaustingly empathic, which then means I am constantly full of the emotions of others. The problem is, no context. It has therefore always been difficult to understand what the emotions of others and by proxy my own mean in a higher sense. [...]

Breathing Legacy

guest — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:29 +0000

“My body tells me.” What a thing to say. There was a band once, 1988, Everything But the Girl, and a song they threw out there called “Apron Strings.” And I remember breaking down in the kitchen with a little pixie girl’s dress in my hands, smelling her, so young and still recovering from so [...]

With a Rebel Yell, She Became Real

guest — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:51 +0000

As a Pagan, I have been asked from time to time the silliest questions. Things like “do you worship the devil?” or “have you made a live sacrifice?” have given me the utmost moments of frustration or even hilarity. I’ve also seen some of my Pagan friends cringe at phrases or attitudes that they perceive [...]