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Morgana Post number 20414 Posted: 22nd February 2014     Subject: Vivianne Crowley
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Silver Anniversary – Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age
February 21, 2014 By Vivianne Crowley


Twenty-five years ago this month saw the publication of my book Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age. Since then, Wicca has been republished with two different subtitles and has been translated into German, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Italian, with more translations underway. Now, a quarter of a century on, we can reflect on how the spiritual path that is Wicca is evolving.
A ‘third-generation book’
The first generation of books on the religion of witchcraft inspired the contemporary Wicca that so many of us practice today. The writings of Charles Leland, Margaret Murray, and Gerald Gardner reflected a deep-felt longing for the elder Gods. Without these pioneers, Wicca would not exist in its current form.
In the 1970s and 1980s, second generation authors, such as Doreen Valiente and Stewart and Janet Farrar, developed Wicca’s rituals and practices and gave people the knowledge that enabled them to practice the Craft for themselves. (Read on... )

http://www.patheos.com/ ... the-new-age/
Morgana Post number 20787 Posted: 25th May 2014     Subject:
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Vivianne also posts regularly on Patheos.

(http://www.patheos.com/)

This is her latest:
"Open the Door, the Door that Has No Key"

May 23, 2014 By Vivianne Crowley
One of the most common reactions when we find our way into Paganism is that we have ‘come home’. We may have never participated in a Pagan rite before, but the first time we do it seems familiar. It is like remembering something we had forgotten, a rediscovery rather than a new experience. Why do we feel this sense of connection? It may be that we carry within us the memories of a previous incarnation, or that we are drawing on human collective memory. It may be that we have seen similar rites before, but in film or on television. But it may well be because contemporary Paganism uses ancient archetypal patterns that humans find spiritually and emotionally satisfying. They are symbols that humans have used for millennia to make sense of ourselves and of the universe around us and our place in it. The word ‘archetype’ derives from Greek arch, meaning origin, and tupos, meaning imprint. The archetypes appear in similar symbols and patterns across times, places and cultures. They are the foundations of cultural, artistic and spiritual expression and come from our earliest ancestors when spirituality, art and culture were integrated in and integral to every aspect of everyday life rather than specialized activities reserved for a chosen few.

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http://www.patheos.com/ ... -has-no-key/

There are also translations in Italian, by Valentina:

http://www.athame.it/la ... ve-apri-ora/
Morgana Post number 22346 Posted: 1st December 2015     Subject: Standing Between the Worlds at Samhain - Vivianne Crowley
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Standing Between the Worlds at Samhain
Staying Strong
November 29, 2015 by Vivianne Crowley

I have the power to change what seems changeless;
I am an Energizer in the world;
I have the will to change the my pattern of existence,
with love and passion, I can harness that will;
deep within me are reserves of strength, energy and power.
-Vivianne Crowley (2003)

The Natural Magician: Practical Techniques for Empowerment.
London and New York: Michael Joseph/Penguin.

Many of us work with the concept of Will – True Will, Magickal Will, Acts of Will. By this we do not mean will to power, or will as another word for ‘want’.
We mean finding the true voice within and discerning it form all the babble of competing desires and thoughts, emotions and hopes, fears and fantasies.
As the Sun enters Sagittarius we are in the midst of a time when True Will is of absolute importance. We are on the threshold of a time of crisis and
immense global upheaval and change. The old certainties are swept away, enemies become friends, and new uneasy alliances are formed.
The Tree is Shaken
Often the world of high global politics seems remote. We feel it is ‘nothing to do with me’. But there is nothing remote about the threats that now face Western society.
They are up close and personal. There are people out there who are mad, bad, and out to get us, and they will maim and kill to do it. They will maim and kill us and themselves.
As Pagans, we know that the essence of manifestation is change. We experience cycles, and seasons. Winter follows summer. Ebb follows flow.
Death follows life. Intellectually we know this, but much of the time it is easy to forget. We become immersed in everyday life and the routines of getting up,
tackling the work of the day, interacting with partners and family, dealing with difficult work colleagues – all the minutiae of everyday existence.
And then something happens that shakes us out of our routines, our complacency. Something happens that shakes the foundations of our certainties
and life cannot be the same again. It is as though a veil of innocence is torn away and we see the raw reality of human desires hidden behind the thin veneer of civilization.
Some of these events are personal. We experience relationship break up, violence, illness, death, and our sense of security and invulnerability is shattered.
Our personal world shatters but somehow life around us goes on and we can find comfort in that. We may find comfort in our spiritual and magickal life –
in the experience of being with Goddess or God, in the season’s round and the returning pattern of sabbat celebration.
But sometimes the psychological and spiritual disturbance is not personal but collective. We experience a traumatic event not at first hand,
but through empathy with others and participation in the unfolding drama on the world’s media. The Paris bombing was a stronger psychic blow
to those of us in the West than other atrocities in places less familiar to us. Paris with its Eiffel Tower is an iconic symbol of a free Western city.
Like the Twin Towers in New York, its image is instantly recognisable. We feel a sense of identification with it. When Paris is attacked we feel something within us is attacked
– something both valuable and vulnerable.

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http://www.patheos.com/ ... ying-strong/
Morgana Post number 22746 Posted: 17th May 2016     Subject: Interview with Vivianne Crowley
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Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 110
Cascade – Afro Celt Sound System – http://www.afroceltsoundsystem.com
The Spiritual Journey – Vivianne Crowley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivianne_Crowley
Maid, Mother, Crone – Cernunnos Rising – http://cernunnosrising.co.uk
DruidCast Theme – Hills they are Hollow – Damh the Bard – http://www.paganmusic.co.uk
For more information on the Order and the Druid Tradition – http://www.druidry.org

http://www.paganmusic.c ... episode-110/
Morgana Post number 27497 Posted: 2nd April 2022     Subject: Vivianne Crowley - From 'Wicca' to 'Wild Once'- Pagan Spirit
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Pagan Pride 2022 - Keynote: Vivianne Crowley - From 'Wicca' to 'Wild Once'- Pagan Spirituality Today

The Scottish PF are delighted to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Pagan Federation with this entirely free Online Conference.

For more information, visit our Website: http://www.scottishpf.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VnGjfCIzg
Mike The Blacksmith Post number 27500 Posted: 3rd April 2022     Subject:
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Morgana,

Thank you for posting the link to the Vivianne Crowley.

I would have never watched it without your posting.

Bright Blessings from the Forest,
Mike the Blacksmith
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