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    The Practical Pagan

    248 I

    ethics and sex, 107-108

    events, 138holidays and work, 73image, 54

    journals and publications, 129knickknack, 159-160shopping, 157-160Web site, 127-129

    Pagan attire, 147-162

    Pagan census, problems with, 36Pagan, dictionary definition of,18

    Pagan Education Network, 26Pagan kids

    and schools, 82-83and sex, 83-86

    Pagan Picnic, 69-70

    Pagan Spirit Gathering, 138Paganism andbad publicity, 51-55Christianity, 28-29Hinduism, 28the family, 76-86

    your employer, 71-76Paganism,

    diversity in, 37primary focus of, 31

    Paganism discrimination, 51-52Pagans and

    hurting other people, 87-88Nature, 91-93self-responsibility, 88-89the consequences of action, 89

    their different attitude aboutsex, 98-100

    tolerance, 89-91Pagans, defining, 17-18Pantheism, 25Parenting, 77-78

    Parents rights with minor,

    204-205Path, choice of, 43-45Paying for Pagan education,

    187-190Personal experiences and

    learning, 190-192Pets, responsibility for your,

    228-229

    Physical health, responsibilityfor your, 229-231Polyamory and polygamy, 96Polytheism, 25Positive suggestions for

    behavior, 70-71Practical Pagan, definition of, 18Practice of magick, 46

    Primary focus of Paganism, 31Privacy, 31Private student, learning as a,

    182-186Psychochatter, 193-194

    moving beyond, 194

    R

    Raising Pagan children, 80-82Reading about Paganism,165-171

    Rede, The, 70-71Religious dialogue in the

    workplace, 73-75Religious discrimination, 51Responses to coming out, 202-213

    Responsibility for youremotional health, 231-233pets, 228-229physical health, 229-231

    yourself, 227-228Responsible choice and

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    Index

    249H

    Pagan sex, 119-120

    Ritual as a mundane term, 47-48Ritual garb, 153-154Rules for conduct, 61-93Russell, Jeffrey, 55

    SSabbats, 21Salem Witch trials, 52Samhain, 22Schools, Pagan kids and, 82-83Seifferly, Crystal, 50-51, 205-206Self-responsibility, Pagans and,

    88-89Seminar, 131-132Sex and

    disease, 114-115life and death decisions,

    116-117minors, 108-110nudity, emphasis on, 96-97Paganism, 95-120teenagers, 115-119

    Sex asa matter of choice, 103-104

    a price for learning ormembership, 112Sex in magick and ritual, 110-113Sex, Pagans kids and, 83-86Shintoism, 29Shopping and meeting people,

    130Shopping, Pagan, 157-160

    Skyclad, 148and Pagan gatherings, 149-151Solitaire, learningexperientially as a, 176-178

    Solitary Witches, 46

    Spirits-on work, 173Spiritual observance group, joining a, 140-145

    Spring Equinox, 22Summer Solstice, 23

    TTable manners, 62-63Teaching groups, 142-143Teenagers, sex and, 115-119Tolerance, Pagans and, 89-91Touching other people, 63-64Trespassing, 67-68Typical Pagan, 36-37

    V Vernal Equinox, 22

    W Walker, Barbara G., 19Web site, Pagan, 127-129West Memphis Three, 53Wheel of the Year, the, 20, 21Wicca, 21

    as a legitimate religion, 49Winter Solstice, 22Witch, 21Witches Anti-discrimination

    League, 50Witches New Year, 22Witches Voice, The, 70, 87, 128Women and the body image, 99Wood, Robin, 86

    Y Yule, 22

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    250 I

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    About the Author

    251H

    About the Author

    251

    Dana D. Eilers is a practicing Witch and Pagan CivilRights advocate who has worked both in a coven and soli-tary for over 10 years. The Practical Pagan is the result of a seminar that Dana created called Conversations withPagans. She has presented this seminar in several differ-ent states and venues, including her current hearth, lo-cated in Chatham, Massachusetts.

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    The Practical Pagan

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