Hello and welcome to another edition of Pagan Quill, your source for quality posts from around the internet. Now on week five, aren’t we all just a little excited and quaking in our boots, flip-flops, or with our bare feet? And aren’t you just itching to see your name up here in lights with your very own post? Of course you are and we’d love to hear from you; e-mail us your submission!

Starting us off this week is T. Thorn Coyle, who talks about the effort needed to manifest our desires, in “Zzzzz. I mean, on practice” she states, “Picasso could not have painted Guernica without practicing life drawing. The manifest world and its objects and practices are as necessary as the silent wish. “

Patrick Kelley discusses his learnings of Stregheria with both the classical discriptions of the Goddess Aradia and the possible Christian connotations. He says, “Before long, the goddess Aradia became equated, at least at first glance, with the New Testament villainess Herodias.”

On to our syndicated posts, we begin with John Michael Greer, continuing on with his discussion of Druidry and The Future in the next called, “The Role of Druidry“. He says, “The approaching transformation requires people, groups, and communities to be ready to preserve legacies for the future…”

Back with Bernulf at A Heathen’s Blog, he expands again upon the specifics of the Nine Noble Truths. This week, “Fidelity“:

Think about those to whom you consider yourself loyal: to what ends would you go, to stand by these people? How much of your self would you be willing to give? When looked at from that perspective, faithfulness really doesn’t get more personal than that; which is why it’s vital to be careful to whom one professes loyalty.

S.Nicole is now on Pagan Misconception number 4, “All Pagan rituals are full of sex rites and orgies.” Some people out there are probably humorously bemoaning the lack or truth therein and in the next breath murmering how this is another stereotype Pagans have to fight against, but she says, “While Pagans do not consider sex as a sinful act, I would not say that it is always included or common to include sex within a ritual situation, either, as people would be inclined to believe.”

Lastly, Jason at Wildhunt this week talks about to what Pagans should be involved in the hubbub surrounding the Harry Potter fever, he mentions this, “But the larger question is, should we be intentionally mixing with Harry Potter? Isn’t using the books and films as a recruitment tool for a Pagan-run organization exactly what intolerant Christians blast J.K. Rowling for all the time?”

And speaking of stereotypes, now get going to that showing of Harry Potter like we know you’re going to anyway! See you back here next week and have fun!