Monthly Columns

Recipe: Asian Meatballs

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A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe THIS IS A UNIQUE combination of ingredients that offers a delicious way to enjoy grass-fed beef. Using a food chopper with this recipe minces the vegetables with less time...

Evolutionary Pagan: Do as ye Will — Part Two

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LAST MONTH, I RAISED the question: What do we stand to gain as a magical community by being inclusive to convicts? How do we assist them in integrating into our ranks? Do we have or...

Somebody to Love

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I HAD A NASTY NEIGHBOR who regularly picked fights over all kinds of issues. People drove too fast past her rural home; her neighbors partied too loud; vandals were supposedly stealing from her water...

From the Editor: The Big Reveal – Sharing more of Who We Truly Are

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IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN. You don't have to be a student of metaphysics to acknowledge that this planet -- and all of us who are along for the ride -- are shifting. The climate...

Star Wisdom: Intensity returns full force

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THE INTENSITY WE'VE COME to expect in the post-2012 era returns full force in October with more cardinal sign craziness, including the Aries lunar eclipse on the 18th, and Mercury going retrograde in Scorpio...

Feline Wisdom: Literary Muses

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MY FIRST BOOK, whiskerslist: the kitty classifieds, was released last month. It's a cat humor book, a parody, to be exact. What would happen if our cats hijacked our computers and created posts and...

Evolutionary Pagan: An It Harm None – Part 1

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Judgment and Redemption A FEW MONTHS AGO, The Edge was contacted by an inmate who represented a Wiccan group at his prison. He sent an inquiry wondering if the magazine knew of any Wiccans/Pagans who...

From the Heart: the Vampire Strikes Back

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WHILE ON AN AIRPLANE I saw that the in-flight movie was Beautiful Creatures. Thinking the movie was a documentary on puppies or a sweet love story, I started to watch. It didn't take long...

Roasted Vegetable Meatloaf with Balsamic Glaze

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A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe THIS MEATLOAF IS PACKED with flavor, vegetables and topped with a delicious glaze. It makes enough for two meatloaves (standard size loaf pans) so I cook one and freeze...

From the Editor: Watching the Wheels

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SOME PEOPLE FIND inner peace while running long distances, as their consciousness disengages with the so-called real world and enters a state of just being. I have always found that on the seat of...

Evolutionary Pagan: The Human Mystery

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A COMMON RITUAL occurrence at pagan festivals is that of the men's and women's mysteries. Men's and women's mystery rituals generally revolve around things like menstruation, childbirth and menopause for women, while the men's...

Star Wisdom: Slow Down

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SEPTEMBER GIVES US a chance to slow down a bit and mentally process some of the intense change we've all been going through this year. Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19)...Set boundaries around work and duties this...

Feline Wisdom: Workplace Wisdom

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I FEEL TREMENDOUSLY grateful that I get to work from home as a freelance writer. I do what I love and am able to manage my day with some flexibility. My cats are constantly...

From the Heart: The Subway Experiment

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MY FRIEND JENNY owns a Subway sandwich shop in a large city. When local teenagers began to loiter near the entrance to the shop, Jenny politely asked them to leave. When they continued to...

Letters to the editor

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Thanks for your thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, "Standing My Ground" (August 2013).  Your circumstance would, in itself, be disconcerting and upsetting, and, coupled with the Zimmerman case, certainly raises lots of questions for us all. --...

Easy Caribbean Black Beans with Plaintains

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A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe BLACK BEANS AND plantains are a common pairing in Caribbean cuisine, however plantains can be hard to find and take a long time to ripen. So if you...

From the Editor: Standing My Ground

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I SAT ON the balcony off our upstairs bedroom, eyes closed, the only sense of time measured by the moving shadows of clouds overhead. Occasionally the scene turned bright on my eyelids and I...