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Continue reading →: 🎶 Witchy Waves & Pagan Pop: Music That Moves the Heart & Spirit
At The Aspen Tradition, we believe that magic speaks through more than just ritual — it hums through our headphones, dances through melodies, and whispers through the lyrics that linger in our minds. Music is memory. Music is myth. And music can be a spell. This post explores artists who…
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Continue reading →: Priesthood Without Pedestals: Ethics of Leadership in Decentralized Traditions
🔮 Opening Invocation When we enter the circle, we do so to align our energies, our intent, and our purpose. The circle has no beginning and no ending. Like the round table, no one sits at the head—we are all equal. So where do we turn for leadership? In Wicca,…
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Continue reading →: 🌈 Beyond the Binary: A Wiccan Reflection on Nonbinary Sacredness
Since 2012, July 14th is International Nonbinary Day, and since 2020, July8-14th is Nonbinary Awareness Week. As an agender witch myself, I walk between — and beyond — the poles of gender. I am neither man nor woman, I am something else entirely. And in that liminal space, I have…
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Continue reading →: 🌪️ Radiance, and Resilience: A Spell for the Storm
As floodwaters rise in Texas and FEMA’s response stirs both hope and frustration, the stars above shift in quiet revolution. Uranus, the cosmic disruptor, has entered Gemini—a transit that historically heralds upheaval in how we speak, connect, and organize. And soon, the New Moon in Leo will blaze a path…
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Continue reading →: 🕯️ The Sacred Pulse of July: Grief, Retrogrades, and the Politics of Renewal
As the Buck Moon waxes full in Capricorn, we find ourselves standing at a threshold—not just of the lunar cycle, but of a nation in flux. The Wheel of the Year turns toward Lammas, the first harvest, and yet the fruits of our collective labor feel bruised. In the United…
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Continue reading →: Tending the Sacred Wound
Rituals for Grief, Repair, and Spiritual Holding 🌘 Opening Invocation Before you read, take a moment. Settle your breath. If you wish, light a candle, close your eyes, or place a hand over your heart. “This space welcomes all that you are. Your truth, your tenderness, your courage. Spirit is…
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Continue reading →: Re-enchantment of Ethics: Empathy Beyond Tribalism
David Brooks, writing for The Atlantic, asks a startling question: “Why do so many people think that Donald Trump is a good guy?” His reflection isn’t about politics alone—it’s about our collective ability to recognize goodness in an age where moral clarity seems elusive. From within the Aspen Tradition, we…
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Continue reading →: Neptune Retrograde and the Unmasking of Illusion
“Illusion is the first mask of revelation.” — Traditional Aphorism I. Introduction: The Spiral Pull of Seeing Differently On July 4, 2025, Neptune—the planet traditionally associated with mysticism, illusion, dreams, and spiritual longing—turned retrograde in the sign of Pisces, initiating a months-long transit that will last through December 7. In…
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Continue reading →: 🌿 Independence, Interdependence, and the Circle of Power
On this Fourth of July, the Aspen Tradition honors not only the historical declaration of independence from monarchy—but the deeper, ongoing call to cultivate a truly democratic society. American democracy was born from a bold rejection of kingship—an affirmation that no one rules by divine right, and that liberty is…
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Continue reading →: 🌱 What Makes a Tradition?
Not every tradition begins with a thunderclap. Sometimes it starts with a need. A noticing. A pattern of practices stitched together with intention and care. The Aspen Tradition wasn’t born in a stone circle or ancient grove. It emerged from lived experience—of marginality and magic, of longing and liberation. It…
Aspen Galbanum, HP
Aspen embarked on the Spiral Path on Imbolc 1996, at the age of sixteen, and was initiated into a local Wiccan coven the following year.
In 2000, they joined a Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) group, where they embraced a leadership role and facilitated circle rituals.
Aspen was ordained as a minister in 2005 and, two decades later, founded the Aspen Tradition in 2025.
As a physically disabled individual with myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida), Aspen advocates for increased pagan visibility and free access to high-quality information.
They hope that through education and awareness, prejudice will diminish, fostering greater understanding and acceptance within the broader community.
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