Alright, in the spirit of "done is better than perfect" we have part 1 of what's going to have to be a series on how Christianity shapes and defines some basic assumptions and beliefs in Western/White culture. This is NOT a condemnation of Christians or Christianity and we are relying more on how Christianity is taught rather than what's explicitly in the Bible - which means that yes, there are some contradictions. The purpose in bringing these topics up is to allow them to be questioned and explored, not necessarily to change minds. Helpful links:

"Ministry of Violence" by Talia Bracha Lavin (TW: violence, abuse)

https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/ministry-of-violence

"The Social and Historical Impact of Christianity" by Jimmy Williams

https://probe.org/the-social-and-historical-impact-of-christianity/

Heyo! So today, I'm talking about ghosts, horror movies, and how the New Age/Spiritual/Pagan community treats those things. Inspired by a meme I saw that has since been deleted so I can't actually refer back to it. As always, there is rambling and absurdity and some tangents, specifically about ancestor veneration (a word that, as it turns out, I haven't said out loud).

Enjoy! And I hope you enjoy the holiday and/or season or not however you love to celebrate it!

So, this is a long rambly episode just to clear my  head and touch base with y'all so I can focus this ridiculous grey matter on specific topics in the future! Let me say... I am anxious, and I have CONCERNS.

...and it took me 5 hours to edit this which is unreasonable and unusual but I think I got it re-figured out now. Enjoy!

Welcome to the end of the year and Happy Solstice! Today I want to talk about the Solstice, what it is, and various ways to celebrate it. Plus, I ramble about time and how hard this year has been and what I've been working on behind the scenes!

If you want to support the podcast, you can! At http://www.patreon.com/CrowSongCoven My website is at: http://www.CrowSongLodge.com

Today is November 7th, 2020, and I want to talk about the election of President Elect Joe Biden, Jr. and Empathy in society. It's a lot. We're having a lot of feelings and lot of people are yelling about a lot of things out there. So I want to talk too, but less yelling. Also, congratulations everyone, if you haven't been all that functional this week, me neither! We're doing great, though. If you want to support the podcast, you can! At http://www.patreon.com/CrowSongCoven My website is at: http://www.CrowSongLodge.com

I was editing that last episode at a WEIRD time! While I was editing it, the announcement that Trump was diagnosed with COVID came out and I either did that podcast a little too early or a little too late. So  now I want to talk about the reaction to people reacting to the Trump-COVID news. We talked about some of this before in previous episodes:

Sanctity of Anger: https://gatheringcrows.podbean.com/e/sanctity-of-anger/

Forced Peace and Spiritual Bypassing in the Witchy Community: https://gatheringcrows.podbean.com/e/forced-peace-and-spiritual-bypassing-in-the-witchy-community/  Essay by Mona Eltahawy, who probably says this way better than I do, "FEMINIST GIANT Does Not Wish Donald Trump Well": https://feministgiant.substack.com/p/editorial-feminist-giant-does-not 

Hey Folks, so today let's talk about community. Little communities, like our Pagan and Witchy community, and also BIG communities, like America and Society in general. We're going to talk about social justice, politics, current events, Ruth Bader Ginsberg (I say "RGB" but I know it's "RBG"), Christian Dominionism, the Christian Default, the Satanic Temple, Civil Rights, White Supremacy outside and INSIDE the Pagan community, and probably some other stuff, too! Here's some further reading: Satanic Temple Legal Campaigns: https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/campaigns

A Beginner's Guide to Christian Dominionism by Chrissy Stroop: https://cstroop.com/2019/09/06/christian-dominionism-a-beginners-guide

My website: https://www.CrowSongLodge.com 

Hi Folks! Today we're kind of catching up! There's a LOT going on in the world, so let's talk about it! In this episode I talk about a lot of stuff, some of which are:

• Current Protests, Secret Police, Etc.
• Bug infestations!
• WitchTok Drama
• Comet Neowsie and Stardust
• Lughnasagh and Samhain Planning (COVID complications!)
• Bread Baking
• Relaxation
• Two different friends' projects

Here are the links I mentioned:

Previous Podcast Episode, "Black Lives Matter" - https://gatheringcrows.podbean.com/e/blacklivesmatter/

Twitter video June 16th of Secret Police: https://twitter.com/Eleven_Films/status/1283967750981873670

NewsWeek (I think NewsWeek is mainstream?) article on Secret Police "GOP Senators Fear Trum Use of 'Secret Police' is Unconstitutional: Merkley" - https://www.newsweek.com/gop-senators-fear-trump-use-secret-police-unconstitutional-merkley-1519623

A Late Show with Stephen Colbert monologue inc Secret Police: https://youtu.be/G2RSYyjxB8g

Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence (Official) - https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-american-monuments-memorials-statues-combating-recent-criminal-violence/

Fox News article about Linda Tirado, Journalist, lawsuit over police violence: https://www.fox9.com/news/lawsuit-journalist-blinded-in-one-eye-by-officers-foam-bullets-during-minneapolis-riots

AP Article about more lawsuits and charges on behalf of journalists: https://apnews.com/f188f539a0deebc6567c0d2dd992aa1b

Article about Moon Hexing on TikTok: 

https://www.thecut.com/2020/07/some-tiktok-baby-witches-apparently-tried-to-hex-the-moon.html

Thread by @heyyadoraa on Twitter that everone is linking to: https://twitter.com/heyyadoraa/status/1284733782499745792

Thread on reddit so you can see the reactions: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wicca/comments/hu9p7q/can_someone_explain_to_me_why_the_tiktok_witches/

Viewing Neowsie via EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise

Aisling Maria Cronin: Healing Our Plastic Story - https://weavinglegends.com/2020/06/27/healing-our-plastic-story-my-upcoming-zoom-workshops/

Elinor Predota: Services/Info coming soon - https://elinorpredota.com/

My website: https://www.CrowSongLodge.com