Circle Guide to Pagan Groups.
The most comprehensive guide to Pagan groups around, and an indispensable tool for finding out what groups are in your local area. Lists hundreds of small covens and groves, as well as churches, networks, centers, periodicals, stores, and gatherings. Includes Wiccan, Shamanic, Druidic, Pagan, Goddess, Animistic, and other Nature Spirituality contacts. Senior Editor: Selena Fox. Updated every couple of years. 80+ pages; spiral bound. $18/year U.S., Canada, and Mexico; $24/year airmail elsewhere. U.S. funds only. Address: Circle Guide to Pagan Groups, Circle, P.O. Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507. Phone: 608-924-2216. E-mail:
[email protected].
Circle Magazine.
A quarterly magazine published by Circle and the Voice of Circle Network. This is one of the oldest and most well known Pagan journals. The articles are about Nature religions, Shamanism, Goddess studies, Animism, Wicca, Magic, and related topics. The Readers' Forum section explores a different theme in each issue. Also includes regular features, including celebrating the seasons, Pagan religious freedom issues, Gods and Goddesses, herbcraft, animal spirits, ritualcraft, Pagan family activities, and Nature religions around the world. Each issue is filled with articles, news, rituals, invocations, poetry, photographs, artwork, meditations, festival announcements, news, contacts, and more. Managing Editor: Juliana van Clausen. Published quarterly. 72 pages. Subscriptions: $19/year bulk rate U.S.; $25/year first-class U.S.; $30/year airmail to Canada and Mexico; $46/year airmail to Europe; $48/year airmail elsewhere; sample issue $5 anywhere. U.S funds only. Address: Circle Magazine, P.O. Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507. Phone: 608-924-2216. E-mail:
[email protected].
Communities Magazine.
A quarterly national publicaton about cooperative living, organized neighborhoods, and all types of intentional communities, including ecovillages and cohousing communities. Contains articles, columns, and opinion pieces on all aspects of cooperative and community living, including process and communication skills. 76 pages. Editor: Diana Leafe Christian. Subscriptions: $20/year, sample issue $6. Address: Communities, 1025 Camp Elliott Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711. Phone: 828-669-9702. E-mail (subscriptions):
[email protected]; E-mail (editorial)
[email protected].
Covenant of the Goddess Newsletter.
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional federation of more than one hundred covens (see page 524). The
Newsletter
includes articles, announcements, and resources of interest to Witches, as well as COG news and business. Published eight times a year on the sabbats; 30â40 pages. Subscriptions: free to member covens and solitaries; $30/year donation for others. Address: COG Newsletter, P.O. Box 1226, Berkeley, CA 94701.
Cup of Wonder.
No longer publishing, but back issues available. An annual journal focused on Reconstructionist Pagan religions, African Diasporic practices, as well as Heathen and Magickal life and thought. Approximately 180 pages. Back issues are $2.50â$10.00, depending on the issue. The publishing company, VireoNyx Publications, is planning more books and articles under the Cup of Wonder imprint.
Earth First! Journal.
This radical environmental journal is not specifically Pagan (although published on the Old European Nature holidays), but it is a newspaper devoted to radical and deep ecology. Includes articles on the preservation of wilderness and biological diversity, critiques of the environmental movement, news about radical environmental groups, essays on deep ecology, discussions on tactics, and book and music reviews. Subscriptions: $25/year; $40/year first class. Write for foreign rates. Address: EF! Journal, P.O. Box 3023, Tucson, AZ 85705. Phone: 520-620-9600. E-mail:
[email protected].
Enchante: The Journal for the Urbane Pagan.
This journal, one of the best and wittiest Pagan magazines, is no longer publishing in paper form, although back issues are available. Includes articles, reviews, poetry, humor, stories, and letters.
Enchante
has a site on the Web and John Yohalem, its creator, says it may well rise again as an e-zine. Back issues vary in price. Address: Enchante, 30 Charlton Street, #6F, New York, NY 10014. E-mail:
[email protected].
Faces of the Goddess.
Published since 1992, the purpose of the magazine is to provide a source of information and inspiration and a forum of exploration on Goddess spirituality, mysticism, mythology, feminine psychology, and empowerment techniques. “It's a magazine for both women and men to celebrate the Goddess in themselves and in their lives.” Each issue has a different theme for writers, artists, and readers to explore. Editor: Sharon/Siannan Niman. Subscription: $12/year (U.S. and Canada); $18/year (overseas; U.S. funds only); sample issue $5. Checks must be made out to Sharon Niman. Address: P.O. Box 486, Crows Landing, CA 95313. E-mail: latigrepress@the vision.net.
Fifth Estate.
An anarchist magazine published in Detroit and now rural Tennessee since 1965. It prints some of the best critiques of technology and modern society. The magazine is a cooperative, non-profit project, and the people who produce it describe themselves as “a group of friends who do so neither to secure wages nor as an investment in the newspaper industry, but to encourage resistance and rebellion to this society.” It includes serious articlesâboth historical and on the present sceneâletters, reviews, and reports from battlefields and movements all over the world. Published quarterly. 56 pages. Subscriptions: $10/year; $20/year international; $25/year institutions. Free to prisoners and soldiers. Subscription address: Fifth Estate, P.O. Box 201016, Ferndale, MI 48220. Editorial address: Fifth Estate, Box 6, Liberty, TN 37095.
Goddess Alive!
A twice-yearly publication on Goddess research and celebration, published in Cornwall. Covers Goddess news, research, and reviews in Britain, the United States, and internationally. Subscriptions: $20/(U.S. dollar bills only please) or £8/year or by Pay Pal. Address: Goddess Alive! Whitewaves, Boscaswell Village, Pendeen, Penzance, Cornwall TR 19 7EP, U.K. E-mail:
[email protected].
Goddessing.
An international biannual Goddess-oriented news journal of “Goddess expression, scholarship, arts, events, and delight!” Includes interviews, in-depth research, serious articles, humor, poetry, extensive reviews, letters, and networking, lists of events all over the world, tours and pilgrimages, photographs and artwork, and reports of festivals and gatherings. Editor: Willow La Monte. 40 pages. Subscriptions: $30â35 (depending on income)/5 issues (2 ½ years) sent first-class mail within the U.S., sample $5; free to Pagan prisoners. Overseas: $35â45/5 issues (check must be in U.S. dollars, or cash). Make checks payable to “Goddessing.” Address: Goddessing, P.O. Box 269, Valrico, FL 33595. Phone/fax: 813-643-7285.
The Hermit's Lantern.
A monthly newsletter with articles on herbal medicine, gardening, tarot, astrology, gemstones, and more. 16 pages. Subscriptions: $25/year. Address: The Hermit's Lantern, P.O. Box 0691, Kirkland, WA 98083.
Idunna.
The quarterly journal of the Troth (see page 568), an organization dedicated to exploring, practicing, and promoting the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic peoples. Each issue explores a theme of interest to the organization and its members. Content includes scholarly and personal essays, poetry, news of Heathen activities, artwork, and book and music reviews. Subscription is free with membership in the Troth; non-members may subscribe for $20/ year (U.S.) or $24/year (international). Address: The Troth, P.O. Box 1369, Oldsmar, FL 34677. E-mail:
[email protected].
If... Journal.
Formerly PagaNet
News,
a Pagan-specific newsprint publication, If
. . . Journal
is a publication of spiritual exploration for the thinking seeker of alternative spirituality. Published by PagaNet, Inc. (see page 555), If
. . .
is produced in a tabloid-sized newsprint format eight times a year for the seasonal quarters and cross-quarters. Features include articles on alternative spiritual and religious practices, Shamanic exploration and journeying, quantum physics, sustainable living, science and spirit, health and wellness, astrological overviews, as well as poetry, artwork, opinion polls, event and networking listings, and reviews of events, books, and music. Available free of charge at targeted distribution sites around the country as well as in Europe; however, If . . . relies strictly on subscriptions and advertisers to stay in print. Subscriptions are available in either print or digital formats for $21/year; $36/2 years. Sample copies and back issues of If . . . and/or PagaNet
News
are available for $5 each. Address: If . . . Journal, P.O. Box 61007, Virginia Beach, VA 23466. Phone 757-539-4523. E-mail:
[email protected].
The Lunar Calendar.
Nancy Passmore and Luna Press have published this beautiful moon calendar dedicated “to the Goddess in Her Many Guises” for more than thirty years. The calendar teaches the tree-alphabet as inspired by Robert Graves's
The White Goddess.
It shows the phases of the moon and provides astronomical and astrological data. Includes artwork from more than twenty artists, as well as poems, moon data, and an excellent bibliography. 32 pages. 11 x 8½; opens up to 11 x 17. $23, plus $6 shipping and handling. Address: Luna Press, P.O. Box 15511, Kenmore Station, Boston, MA 02215-0009. Phone: 617-427-9846. E-mail:
[email protected].
MAMAROOTS
Forum: Connecting in
Her AfraGoddess
Spirit!!!
A Spiritual SistahWeb and Triune Forum publication dedicated to Afrakan-Matristik Spirituality, Mythology, Herstory, Culture, and Politics, and is “a positive network where Our practicing Sistahs of MAMAROOTS community may dialogue (NOMMA . . . the power of wimmin weaving the WORD) and build stronger Sistah-bonds, spiritually and culturally.” It explores and shares issues and wisdoms which “affirmatively inspire Our Sistahs who are actively seeking to learn, practice, and share their Awakened Self-Awareness of Our Sacred Principles of Afrakan Spiritual Harmony.” MAMAROOTS
Forum
welcomes donations and submissions: articles, reviews, images, short stories, rituals, correspondence, networking, and other resources produced by and for and in honor of wimmin of Afrikan heritage. Subscriptions: $7/year. Address: MAMAROOTS FORUM, P.O. Box 21066, Long Beach, CA 90804. Phone: 562-961-0900. E-mail:
[email protected] or
[email protected].
MatriFocus Cross-Quarterly.
Founded in 2001, a scholarly and sophisticated online journal and seasonal e-zine containing serious articles, essays, book reviews, artwork, and photography. “The journal is for Goddess Women and others interested in Goddess Lore and Scholarship, Goddess religions (ancient and contemporary), Feminist Spirituality, Women's Mysteries, Neopaganism, Paganism, Earth-based Religions, Witchcraft, Dianic Wicca and other Wiccan Traditions, the Priestess Path, Goddess Art, Natural Healing, Mythology, Female Shamanism, Consciousness, Community, Cosmology, and Women's Creativity, Culture and Health.” MatriFocus is also a non-profit organization. Subscriptions are free; donations are welcome. E-mail:
[email protected].
Metaformia: A Journal
of Menstruation
and Culture.
A new multiplegenre, multidisciplinary, cross-cultural publication, sponsored by New College of California's Women's Spirituality M.A. Program. The journal is edited by cultural theorist and poet Judy Grahn, author of
Blood, Bread, and Roses,
and co-director of the program. Deborah Grenn, founder of the Lilith Institute and core faculty in the Women's Spirituality Program, serves as assistant editor. The journal,
Metaformia,
emerged from metaformic theory, which posits that women's menstrual rituals created much of what we know as culture. Grahn identifies metaforms as acts, objects, or embodied ideas that make a connection between menstruation and a mental or spiritual principle. Articles range in approach from academic to personal. Issues to include articles on the Sacred Feminine, thealogy, the powers of Black Madonnas, war, modern menarchal initiation rites, metaformic analyses of race, class, and caste, violence and peace, the roles of women, men, and transgendered people in evolution, money, religion, anthropology, sexuality, and more. The creators of the journal hope to formulate new social thought and movement, and plan a blog as well. Published twice a year online by New College of California. Contacts: Judy Grahn:
[email protected] or Deborah Grenn:
[email protected].
Meyn Mamvro.
A Cornish Pagan-oriented Earth Mysteries magazine that focuses on ancient stones and sacred sites in Cornwall. Includes articles on Cornwall's holy wells, Witchcraft in Cornwall, sacred sites, book and video reviews, rituals and practice.
Meyn Mamvro
also produces a range of publications, including
Pagan Cornwall: Land of the Goddess, Fentynyow Kernow: In Search of Cornwall's Holy Wells,
and
Megalithic Mysteries of Cornwall.
Editor: Cheryl Straffon. Subscriptions: $20/year U.S. (dollar bills only) or £6.50 sterling. Address: Meyn Mamvro, 51 Carn bosavern, St. Just, Penzance, Cornwall TR 19 7QX, U.K. E-mail:
[email protected].