Ciao a tutti, I’ve been spending some time with the concept of “mindfulness” or conscious awareness. Mindfulness is a concept that is found in Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The Wikipedia entry has this wonderful quote: “Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originated in Eastern meditation practices. […]
A friend recently sent this to me and I thought that it would be fun to share. What are the Sicilian sayings that you know? —Enzo With a rooster or without a rooster, God will still make the dawn. Nothing scratches my hand like my own nails. […]
The “Pagan Community” still has a lot of maturing to do… (imho) Over the past few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about community. The other day, someone I know posted an interesting topic about “How do you know someone’s a friend?” and “What has to happen next […]
Ciao a tutti, Lately, I’ve been getting into some wonderful discussions regarding the “spirits and spirit allies” that we work with as part of the various Italic Craft Traditions. What is interesting is that there is a whole host of information out there. Some of it agrees and […]
A whole lot has been going on in the blog-o-sphere regarding “Wiccanate Privilege” and the discussions that have come out of a panel at PantheaCon. If you are not already familiar with it or with the term “Wiccanate”, you can Google it. Unfortunately, most of the results are going to […]
I’ve been busy making votive candles for personal and magical use. It’s been a wonderful learning experience and we’re almost ready to put them into production and make them available to customers. Throughout the process, I’ve learned quite a bit and not just about HOW to make candles. I’ve learned […]
Well, I was going to blog about the new craft that I’ve been learning but folks seem to be interested in last night’s dinner. :-) I’ll just post that recipe since it was an amazing meal. Pesto Basil Salmon with Smoked Gouda Polenta This is a simple meal that […]
Just a quick note for today. :-) How would you go about describing your Path? Spiritual, religious, practice? Is it Stregheria, Stregoneria, or something else? A dear friend described his practice as being “cultic sorcery” as opposed to religious even though there is a strong personal spirituality at the […]
Busy creating content Ciao a tutti,It’s been very busy here! I’ve spent that last couple weeks working on products like reformulating and pricing our incense. We’ve even had a few nibbles about wholesaling the incense to some stores. :-) For the past week or so, Mike and I have been […]
I just posted this in one of the FB group in which I participate. I thought that folks here might find it interesting… New topic (bound to be controversial!) Let’s talk about how Italian words are used by Westerners (specifically, English speakers). Often, English speakers will modify foreign words to […]