The true witch accepts the darkness with the light, the positive with the negative, the end as well as the beginning as part of a balanced whole. It is important to acknowledge what happens in the darkness and the power it unleashes for what it is: a reaffirmation of life and yes, the light.
The Dark Archetype empowers today�s neo-pagan by breaking through the barriers that misstate the aims of paganism and dampen the power grid of witchcraft. When you access darkness, you access power, and it is up to you what you do with it. It can consume you, like a black hole in space, or it can set you free. There is never an energy crisis when you�ve got the old gods humming through the wires!
Denise Dumars, M.A., teaches college English. Her articles for the pagan community have appeared in such publications as Fate, SageWoman, Llewellyn�s Magical Almanac and The Teen Witch Datebook. A former film journalist, she is also a widely published author of short fiction, poetry and an upcoming novel. An eclectic Isian and Neo-Pagan, Denise has long been part of the Los Angeles occult scene.
Lori Nyx is a scholar and an artist whose long-time study of ancient art, myth, and culture has informed her spiritual path and magickal workings. She is a maker of jewelry, talismans, incense, and brews. A pagan of eclectic tastes, she is a devotee of Kali, an Erisian and an Isian.
Denise and Lori are the co-founders of the Iseum of Isis Paedusis, an Isian study group chartered by the Fellowship of Isis. They both reside in Los Angeles� beautiful South Bay area.
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