Katy Jennison, a Wiccan and solitary practitioner, describes her full-moon ritual: the circle, the four elements and their meanings, calling on deities understood as true but not literally factual, and magical work as personal transformation.
Katy Jennison briefly surveys the Goddess in contemporary Paganism, from Wicca and Goddess spirituality to Druidry, and the variety of ways Pagans understand her.
Katy Jennison argues that all gods are human constructions and that gods made only of one’s ideal self create dualism and the problem of evil, while Pagan gods embrace dark as well as light.
Katy Jennison’s talk for the Oxford Sea of Faith conference describes neo-Paganism as a re-invented religion of practice rather than belief, tracing it from Margaret Murray and Gerald Gardner to current eclectic Paganism.
Katy Jennison explains contemporary Paganism as a both/and spirituality of ritual, myth and self-chosen paths where belief is inappropriate, and argues it fits SOF’s view that we make our religion.
