Pagan Journey

No pagan parenting book collection is complete without a copy of Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill. With this book and a little creativity, you have everything you need to supplement your child’s education with pagan lessons. Pick and choose the ones that work for you, or use the authors’ ideas to formulate your own stories and rituals based on the ones that they have shared in the book.

The book begins with great introductions and groundwork in goddess studies. Explanations about just who the goddess is, along with different creation stories, elements, and the circle of life are all provided; with anything else in the book, the best way to use these is to read them through yourself, decide which parts you wish to use, and add in your own beliefs and values.

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There are plenty of pagan activities, celebrations, commemorations and festivals to keep you busy year-round. September is just as busy as the rest of the year, especially with the addition of school activities for many. Here are ten things you might want to take part in this September.

10. Harvest Moon. Also known as Singing Moon or Wine Moon, Harvest Moon marks the time of the year when the last of the year’s crops are being reaped before winter comes upon us. To celebrate, wear earth tone colors, honor a harvest deity such as Demeter or Brighid, or hold your own full moon rite.

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Canyon de Chelly

We recently visited—well, virtually visited!—some places that are considered to be sacred to many pagans in the Midwestern United States. Today we’re going to take a look at some sacred sites in the Southwest. If any of them spark your interest, be sure to add them on your list of places to visit.

Not surprisingly, Arizona is home to some of the places considered to be most sacred in the Southwest. You are probably already familiar with Sedona, its Red Rock formations and rich native tribal history. But Arizona is also home to many other spiritual locations—so many, in fact, that the state pretty much deserves its own post.

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While there’s plenty of literature out there for the mainstream religions, and a growing number of books on paganism and earth-based spirituality, it can be difficult to find some non-Christian lit for young ones. I had several youth Bibles growing up (my dad was religious, my mother sort of agnostic), and given that the religion is centered around the book I think it’s to be expected that it would be so readily-available.

But if you want to introduce your children to goddess-centered religion or other forms of paganism, you pretty much have to rely on what you’ve learned yourself. That’s okay; in fact, it makes it more personal, and parents who take an active role in teaching their children rock! After all, parents are their children’s first teachers, right?

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