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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The Witch's Most Important Tool

I haven't taken many students over the years, but—let me tell you—I couldn't be prouder of those that I have.

Here's why:

They all disagree with me.

You can be a witch and not know anything about Tarot.

You can be a witch and not know anything about chakras.

You can be a witch and not know anything about astrology, Qabala, or I Ching.

But you can't be a witch and not know how to think for yourself.

The ability to think creatively is the witch's most important tool.

A student and I were standing one night watching the drumming and dancing.

“I think that you listen to me too much,” I told him.

He looked at me.

“I disagree,” he replied.

Which is, of course, exactly the right response.

 

 

You know who you are.

 

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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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