About Pagan Codex

I was walking the Pagan Path before the Internet became what it is today. Back then, it was hard to find others like me. Sometimes, if you were lucky, you’d go check out a book on Witchcraft at the library and find a slip of paper inside that listed the name of a nearby coven and a phone number or email address you could use to contact them. Sometimes, you might see someone walking around and humming “We All Come From The Goddess” and you could mention you thought you knew the tune.

Finding others like ourselves could be very difficult, especially if you were in a rural area like I was.

One day, I came across a website called “The Witches’ Voice”. A lot of us just called it “Witchvox” because the site address was witchvox.com. On the site, I found others like me. Lots of others! There were individuals, groups, events and shops that all had something to do with the greater Pagan community. We’d meet up in public places to vet one another. If the meeting went well, we might find ourselves at a Samhain event or a drum circle. I went to a lot of events because of Witchvox. I made a lot of friends because of it.

I also checked in every single week to see the new articles that had been written! I even had two or three of my own published on the site, which was awesome for me!

When Witchvox decided to close down, I definitely felt the void left. I thought it would only be a matter of time before something popped up like it. But nothing did. At least, nothing that I could find.

I’m a web developer by trade, and I thought maybe I’d build something. But that would be a massive undertaking. Would people even use something like that? In my uncertainty, I chose not to move forward with the project.

Then one day, I met a young Pagan. She was Wiccan like me, and she said that she didn’t know anyone else like her in the area. I let her know that there were a whole lot of us around and gave her some advice on how to find others.

It was then that I realized that there was still a need for what Witchvox did, and that it would be worth the effort to build something that worked as a bridge between those who were seeking and those who would welcome those seekers.

So, I built the Pagan Codex. My intent is to offer this up as one tool that may be used for us to find our community. I’m not trying to be what Witchvox was. I’m not trying to have the Codex be the “be-all-end-all” when it comes to community building for those of us who are Pagan. As a Wiccan priest, I am simply offering this up in service to my fellow Pagans to say: I have put a light upon the path to help you find your way, should you decide to use it.

Blessed Be,
Sickle