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I'm in the mountains, hugging trees . Picture here .

Witnesses described the distress they experienced observing their younger siblings being physically punished for bed-wetting. Many described...

"In the Bulrushes" By Katha Pollitt Lotus. Papyrus. Turquoise. Lapis. Gold. A jackal-headed god nods in the noon that shimmers ove...

7.29 In addition to reports of what appeared to be indiscriminate violence, witnesses reported being beaten for other reasons, including: b...

The following account of a typical day was given in evidence by a witness who reported she was removed from the classroom at the age of 12 y...

Really. If you can only read ONE blog a day, it should be First Draft .

What NTodd Said .

I love this poison garden! (Be sure to check out the slide show.) And I may have to plan a trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to see ...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Ireland's long-awaited report on Catholic abuse of children leaves one sick to the stomach . Sex...

This will not end well . And, at 10, "Eastwick' is based on the novel by John Updike, which then got turned into the flick, about t...

I wish that you could smell the flowers through the internet. The smell is a bit wetter and a bit deeper than most other iris.

What Echidne Said .

They tend way more towards Wicca 101 than towards Wicca 102 (not that there's not a need for good Wicca 101 books), but I generally enjo...

He's not looking up in the picture, but all I can think when I see it is the poem that says: And children's faces looking up, holdi...

The world is full of women who'd tell me I should be ashamed of myself if they had the chance. Quit dancing. Get some self-respect and a...

It's a sign of just how simple I am, and, in the days of my youth, it would have been a sign that I needed drugs and shock therapy and ...

Learning to work magic is a process of neurological repatterning, of changing the way [that] we use our brains. . . . A spell is a symboli...

I mean, hey all these investigations into other dimensions are very elegant and sometimes even useful, but in our lust for the Truth with a ...

Hampton Roads, Virginia has a large and active Pagan community. It's wonderful to see the local paper doing such an upbeat and respectf...