Author Archives: Isaac Bonewits

About Isaac Bonewits

World famous (or is that notorious) Druid/Wiccan/Heathen/Santarian author, speaker, pundit, etc. Google me to see what I've been doing with my life and what my friends and enemies think about me.

Initiation Experiences

I have an essay on our website called Varieties of Initiatory Experience, which we are thinking of expanding into a full-length book. Every now and then we meet people with truly mind-blowing stories of initiations they have experienced. It occurred … Continue reading

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A Spell for Democracy: Encourage the Debaters

Tomorrow night will be another Democratic debate and I’m sure there will be another Republican one soon as well. Let’s try watching the debates and using our magical skills to literally en-courage all the candidates to be open and honest … Continue reading

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It’s that time of year again! (Halloween 2007)

Yes, I know all this info is on the front page of our site, but it appears from my web statistics that many people are getting to our essays about Halloween via this blog and (I presume) the Table of … Continue reading

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A Spell for Democracy: Run, Al, Run!

Along with many millions of others, I’m celebrating Al Gore’s winning of the Noble Peace Prize today. He shares it with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Here’s what he said today: I am deeply honored to receive … Continue reading

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