For the past month or so, I took on the colossal task of reading through each and every article, rating them, and getting a general idea of the knowledge available on SoM; mainly to better the site & so that I could provide the site with articles better suited for its needs. As I was going through the articles I came across the idea to make a list of all the usable articles, as many of them were poorly written, plagiarized, or insubstantial. The result is the list below, which contains roughly 450 articles. Hopefully youll be able to use this list to your advantage to quickly find articles that suit your needs without having to shift through worthless articles or spam. Spelling mistakes are purposely included in article names and due to the size of the list; it will be posted as a reply. For your convenience, it is listed in the order it would be on the Articles page. I would also like to take the time to honor a few notable contributors, make sure to thank these members for their hard work and dedication.
I would like to honor Lady SilverVixen, Lark, Personified, kts, LdyGry, Nekoshema, Lonicera, RedChiron, & Kebs. Without these members, SoM would be a vastly different place, void of a plethora of information. The members of SoM thank you. Below are some highlighted articles for those who also had good contributions. I apologize if I missed you; I had to go by the names at the bottom of the articles.
I'd like to point out that some these articles and spells have been taken from closed cultures, things like a smudging stick which is a specific method of spiritual fumigation from Native American cultures across the Americas, as well as things like the gypsy witchcraft. The term gypsy is highly offensive and should be used solely by those who are of the descent of a people commonly persecuted and called such. The word has similar connotation to the "n-word" used against black people.
As well, even when using these articles and such, always take the time to do additional research so that you have other context to compare the information with. There are many times when someone misses a detail or makes a mistake based on context.
However, over all this is a well-compiled list.
Re: For Your Reading List... By: Nekoshema / Novice
Post # 5 May 09, 2013
aww, thanks, i'm touched ^_^ [btw SilverVixen has a youtube account if anyone wants to see her videos; thedarkmoonmidnight]
great list, surprised you read all the articles [you must have a lot of free time or are a fast reader] it should be noted many covens have a lot of information that's private for whatever reason. so if you find articles in this list that really speak to you and they're from a particular coven, try joining it so you can learn further.