Welcome to Dark is Not Evil
I am Lisa Hario, a writer of Paranormal stories. The domain refers to “dark” of the Gothic, the macabre, and the shadow. My blog contains my writing, perspective on the writing life, reviews of whatever I find fun and interesting, sharing about Paganism, and whatever opinion I choose to share.
My Recent Posts
Gods in Pop Culture
To continue with superhero month, I wanted to talk about gods in pop culture today. With the MCU becoming so popular Norse gods seem to be everywhere, and are now probably the most popular pagan gods in pop culture after the classical deities that remain household...
X-men and I
I got into the X-men the way most kids of the ‘90’s did, through the animated series. I had read some comics before then, I used to read Barbie as a kid and my brother started giving me his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics when he stopped being interested. I...
Jay and Miles Xplain the X-men
Jay and Miles Xplain the X-men has officially become my new favorite geek podcast, and dethroned Imaginary Worlds. (That’s still a great podcast though, one everyone should totally listen to. ) The X-men, which is decades long and multiple series of our beloved and...
June Announcements
(This post was supposed to go up Monday but had a technology faux pas. Oopsie.) It is finally summer! For real! With so many getting the Covid jab, 2021 is looking far better than 2020. I just wrapped up listening to the most awesome of awsomest podcasts ever, Jay and...
Path Vs Pantheon VS Practice
A Pagan path, practice, and pantheon that one worships are not the same thing. Three concepts that while they overlap, there is confusion and they are not the same thing. As someone progresses on their Pagan journey understanding how all three intersect is valuable....
Exercise Routine as Writing Session
To continue with the theory of applying exercise to writing, this post will talk about how to structure a writing routine. These are ultimately guidelines. The book Strong Women Stay Slim says the best exercise to try is one that you enjoy, and know you can do a few...
Review: Path of Paganism
Paganism in Depth by John Beckett Lewellyn Publications 2019 In John Beckett’s second book, the Patheos Pagan blogger goes deeper into many of his familiar topics. Beckett is a Druid, former leader of Denton CUUPS, teacher, and priest of Cernunnos and druid on...
Treat Writing Like Exercise
In our thin obsessed culture, information on starting an exercise routine is everywhere. Lately I have been doing research into the science of how we learn and how our minds work for creating the structure of school on Avalon. (The politics behind education, as...
Role of Pagan Clergy
John Beckett’s recent post on why Pagan groups are cash poor left me thinking I should talk about the role of pagan clergy. Most pagans are converts, and many grew up Christian or at least with an idea of a hierarchical clergy. Pagan groups aren’t organized on the...