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Some will say that Scott Cunningham moved beyond this plane far too quickly, but maybe he did as much as he did because he had so little time to do it. Scott Cunningham invented (well maybe just encouraged) solitary practice and self-initiation. His three books Wicca, Living Wicca and The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews were published in one volume that could easily be considered the Pagan's Bible. Scott Cunningham taught a simple, pure way that can easily be adapted for any overdone occasion.

For the official word check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Cunningham

Gerald Gardner is regarded by many as the founder of Wicca and Modern Paganism. Though his claims to authority and a direct lineage dating back to prehistory are self created myth, the myths and realities of Gardner truely make him a Saint. What he risked in revealing what he knew benefits us all. The way he taught was also noteworthy, because he sometimes interjected complete nonsense to see if his students were thinking for themselves or descending into the trap of becoming "sheeple" ... 

For the official word check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner.

The term Saint may not be as familiar among Pagans as it is other paths but we could find no equivalent word. A Saint is exceptionally virtuous. John A. Coleman S.J., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, wrote that saints across various cultures and religions have the following family resemblances:

1. Exemplary Model
2. Extraordinary Teacher
3. Wonder Worker
4. Source of Benevolent Power
5. Intercessor
6. Selfless
7. Ascetic Behavior
8. Possessor of a Special and Revelatory Relation to the Holy

At Pagan House we "honor those who teach, respect those who share their greater knowledge and wisdom, and acknowledge those who have courageously given of themselves in leadership." To this end the Saints of Pagan House are presented.

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A single summer grant me, great powers, and
A single autumn for fully ripened song
That, sated with the sweetness of my
Playing, my heart may more willingly die.

The soul that, living, did not attain its divine
Right cannot repose in the netherworld.
But once what I am bent on, what is
Holy, my poetry, is accomplished,

Be welcome then, stillness of the shadows' world
I shall be satisfied though my lyre will not
Accompany me down there. Once I
Lived like the gods, and more is not needed.

A poem by Holderlin: "Nur einen Sommer"

Death and Dying means many different things to Pagans. The preceding poem means a great deal to me. We are all givin two choices in life; to strive for great heights, or to enjoy the simple pleasures. The first choice threatens with failure. The second with mediocracy.

We at Pagan House have chosen the first option. We were born with a drive to achieve greatness. Pagan House is not yet the success we invision it to be. But the threat of failure looms. If I were to die now I would not regreat. For though I have failed I went farther than most by trying.

When confronted by our own mortality we must remember the peaks of our lives. While living we think 'positively' and by doing so we attract what we desire. So in death let us think of the peaks to catapult us on. Death is merely change. Let us assist in moving our fallen forward.

In many a Pagan Circle you'll find the term 'Fuffy Bunny'. Some view this term offensively and some find it useful. We at Pagan House tend to be 'Hard Core' Pagans. Meaning we think things like having your 13 year old son catch and slaughter a goat with a knife on his own is a good rite of passage. We us the term, mostly among ourselves, to identify those who might think that practices like the above are extreme. It's a useful term to us as it prevents us from bringing herds of goats to those who wouldn't appreciate it.

What is a Fluffy Bunny?

With humor I could just say – well jeeesh it’s one of those cute, furry little creatures that hop along your back yard eating up your veggie garden. However, no. Within the Wiccan community we do have the wicked that label others and than laugh. Fluffy Bunnies are usually labeled as those who fall into the following criteria:
- they persist in believing inaccurate information about Wicca;
- they focus on the “light” side of Wicca to the exclusion of the “dark” side;
- they push their beliefs on others and/or claim persecution constantly;
- they practice in an ostentatious, pretentious manner (such as calling oneself “Lord”/ “Lady” or wearing eighteen pentacles at once), usually because they are into Wicca for the shock value.

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Before time was, there was The One; The One was all, and all was The One. And the vast expanse known as the universe was The One, all-wise, all-pervading, all-powerful, eternally changing. And space moved. The One molded energy into twin forms, equal but opposite, fashioning the Goddess and God from The One and of The One. The Goddess and God streched and gave thanks to The One, but darkness surrounded them. They were alone, save for The One. So They formed energy into gases and gases into suns and planets and moons; They sprinkled the universe with whirling globes and so all was given shape by the hands of the God and Goddess. Light arose and the sky was illuminated by a billion suns. And the God and Goddess, satisfied by Their works, rejoiced and loved, and were one. From Their union sprang the seeds of all life, and of the human race, so that we might achieve incarnation upon the Earth. The Goddess chose the Moon as Her symbol, and The God the Sun as His symbol, to remind the inhabitants of Earth of their fashoniers. All are born, live, die, and are reborn beneath the Sun and Moon; all things come to pass thereunder, and all occurs with the blessings of The One, as has been the way of existence before time was.

~from Wicca by Scott Cunningham~