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Gwynna

About Me


»-(*¯..v..¯*)-» Welcome to Gwynna's Cauldron «-(*¯..v..¯*)«
I'm a writer, a teacher, and a witch. I practice arts of divination from around the world, including cartomancy, rune-reading, palmistry, astrology, animal augury, and a variety of other methods. I first learned the Tarot as a child, and have been reading professionally for more than fifteen years.
I am an initiate of the NorthWind Tradition of American Wicca and the Cauldron Tradition of Witchcraft, a priestess of the runes (vitki), and a Reiki healer, and I have also trained and practiced in the Cherokee medicine path. I teach classes in tarot and rune reading, shamanic journeying, and Witchcraft and magickal studies.
I'm also a teacher of science and literature: I teach science programs for children, and I instruct college classes in English and writing. I've worked in hard-news and arts reporting, and I am a writer of both poetry and fiction. I began attending law school in 2007, with the intent of pursuing work in victim advocacy.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Writers, artists, pagans, heretics, Discordians, funky people.

Gwynna's Weblinks

Witchvox
The Pagan Activist News
The Astrologer's Guide to the Fixed Stars
O.G.O.D., the Obscure Goddess Online Directory
Pagan Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Mythica
"Path of the Pagan" Library
The Wyldwytch Reading Room
Byzant Mystical Resources
The Sacred Texts Archive Book of Shadows
The Alchemy Website
The Academy for Ancient Texts
The Discordian Society
Discordian.com
Astrolabe Free Natal Chart Generator
Aeclectic Tarot
PlayTarot: the Tarot of Playmobil
Poets & Writers
Literature.org
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Fiction International
Mashuptown
End World Hunger: Heifer International Giving
The Fair Trade Federation Shopping Directory
Space.com
Panthea's Create-A-Goddess

I support H.R. 676

Accessible, affordable health care for all Americans

CURRENT MOON lunar phases

"Queen of the Night," Babylonian terra-cotta relief identified with the Goddess Lilith, 2000 B.C.E. Click image to read about Lilith.



An Apache Prayer to the Sky Goddess I pray for a long life.
I pray for your good looks.
I pray for good breath.
I pray for good speech.
I pray for feet like yours to carry me through a long life.
I pray for a life like yours.
I walk with people; ahead of me all is well.
I pray for people to smile as long as I live.
I pray to live long.
I pray, I say, to live a long life with you where the good people are.
I wish the people there to speak of goodness and to talk to me.
I wish you to divide your good things with me, as a sibling.
Ahead of me is goodness: lead me on.

My Totems



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Gwynna's Friend Space


I have a ton of devotees. Almost as many as Krishna.

Jeff

Ruby

Avilion

Rachel

Ange

Aweful Ron

Guion

Moo

lala23

Ange

John, Evil Scotsman

Rage

Soror YZBL

Odin is my God

Lady Heather

Mama Blackberry

Trishee

Teresa

Moogie

Lord of Babylon

Darth Clown

Incanus Spirit

Michael

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My Blog

Nominees for Best In Space

So in honor of the new Star Trek film - which was awesome, despite the gaping holes in continuity - I have put together this selection of the best modes of travel from across the galaxy and the scienc...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 01:52:00 GMT

The Fallacy of the "Fundamental Human Flaw"

The Fallacy of the "Fundamental Human Flaw"I will start by paraphrasing Daniel Quinn.THE GOOD NEWS is that humanity as a species is not fundamentally flawed.THE BAD NEWS is that our global monoculture...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:50:00 GMT

A Neopaganism Primer

Who Are The Neo-Pagans?"Neopaganism" refers broadly to non-Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions that emerged in the last few centuries: most are less than 150 years old. The majority of neopagan religion...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:15:00 GMT

A Brief Cultural History of Wicca and Witchcraft in the US

A Brief Cultural History of Wicca and witchcraft in the U.S.What exactly is Wicca?"Wicca" refers to a very specific subset of neopagan religions founded by Gerald Gardner. Gardner and his immediate br...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:46:00 GMT

Spells for the eighth lunation

From the desk of Polyhymnia: Spells for the Eighth Lunation   Eighth Moon Names: Corn Moon; Grain Moon; Plant Moon; Barley Moon; Moon of the Leaf; Yellow Flower Moon; Dog's Day Moon; Woodcutt...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:26:00 GMT

Spells for the seventh lunation

From the desk of Polyhymnia: Spells for the seventh lunation     Seventh Moon Names:  Blessing Moon; Wort Moon; Meadow Moon; Lightening Moon; Buffalo Breeding Moon; Raspberry Moon; Hay ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:05:00 GMT

Spells for the sixth lunation

From the desk of Polyhymnia: Spells for the sixth lunationSixth moon names: Huathe; Strong Sun Moon; Mead Moon; Mild Weather Moon; Buffalo Pawing Earth Moon; Moon of Strawberries; Honey Moon; Moon of ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 00:29:00 GMT

Thoughts after watching Little Mosque on the Prairie

From the Desk of Terpischore: Little Mosque on the Prairie - the Good, Bad, and Boring   So after all the initial hype, I checked out Little Mosque on the Prairie. For those of you who are und...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:14:00 GMT

Gwynna's Book of Cybershadows/Grimoire of the Incoherent Muse

Welcome to Gwynna's Book of Cybershadows and the Grimoire of the Incoherent Muse. Here I'll be posting seasonal spellcrafting suggestions, comments on literature I think you should read and art I...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:15:00 GMT