Smoky Mountain Sorcery: Latest Articles
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Stopping By Woods On A Sunny Morning
First published on Pentecostal to Pagan October, 2017 With a nod to Mr. Frost… Dappled light through leaves mostly greenPioneers in death Just beginning to fallOne by oneSpiraling, floating to the forest floor. Who’s Forest this is I knowIt’s Spirit is it’s ownThis Spirit knows me and this Spirit I know A year has passed…
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My Dad Goes Too Far
This article originally appeared on Pentecostal to Pagan November, 2016. It is the story of the first time I ever REALLY stood up to my father. CW: Verbal abuse, narcissistic manipulation, reference to sexual assault. Oh, and politics… So, my dad is a big Trump supporter. He’s also a huge Duke fan, so clearly he…
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Donald Trump and Sexual Assault
CW: Sexual Assault of a minor. First appeared on Pentecostal to Pagan in October, 2016 At the age of 14 I went to a concert. The adult relative who took me stayed in our assigned seats while I went down to the front to join the crush of other teen girls screaming over our heartthrob.…
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Lillian Mardöllsdarttir on Ancestors
By Lillian Mardöllsdarttir, original post found here. Here is your reminder that humans have been humaning for 200,000 years (probably) and we’ve only written about it for the last 5,000. That’s not even counting the other branches of the Homo tree who were close enough to be cousins or ancestors. Your Ancestors don’t have to…
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Twice Motherless; Adopted by The Great Queen
On a cold night in December, 1970, a barely 18-year-old girl was dropped off at an unwed mother’s clinic just over the state line from where she lived. Her father watched her get out of the car and then drove away. She was in labor, and nobody other than her parents knew it. Nobody –…
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How The Ancestors Help Us Heal
My ancestors have been speaking to me for a while now. Two years ago author John Beckett wrote a blog about the then-current situation here in America. Mr. Beckett had been saying for a while that his Gods (especially The Morrigan, whom we both have a relationship with) were saying a storm was coming, and more recently…
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Lugh’s Response To Family Trauma
Lugh is a fairly famous fellow, as Irish Gods go. He features pretty prominently in the old Irish sagas, from leading the Tuatha Dé Danann in the Battle of Moytura to being Cúchulainn’s father. According to Ye Olde Wikipedia, “Lugh is portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a savior. He is…
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Anthony Bourdain, Vincent Van Gogh and Actually Helping Suicidal People
CW: Suicide.This article originally appeared on our sister-site Pentecostal To Pagan on June 8, 2018 8 years ago this week, my beloved Doctor Who ran one of the best episodes in show history. The 11th Doctor and Amy Pond visited Provence and the slightly erratic Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent captured Amy’s heart, and sure she could prevent his…
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