Ostara: A Year with the The Divine Masculine
The Winter of 2021 has come to an end. The Vernal Equinox was on Saturday, March 20th. A new reality has begun. There is always a lot of friction leading up to a…
Imbolc
Imbolc takes place Monday/Tuesday, February 1st– 2nd. There are many traditions surrounding this Sabbat, but at its heart this Sabbat is all about the mid-point of Winter and the promise Spring. Those…
Yule
Winter begins this year on December 21st, Monday, the Moon’s Day, the Mother’s Day. The Moon itself will be waxing on that day. It’s been a long year since last Winter began…
Break Bread and Commune
I have been thinking of posting this blog for a couple of weeks, ever since Thanksgiving, because it bothers me a lot that in the spiritual/religious worlds many of us…
Time for the Bards
Nights are long and cold. We are all indoors, huddling around the source of heat and light. In today’s world that means heaters and televisions, but in the past it was a…
Samhain – Powerful and Dangerous Times Ahead
Samhain is almost here and this year it is falling on a Saturday and the Moon will be full, the second Full Moon of the month, a Blue Moon. An especially…
Blessing of the Animals
and The History of a Familiar October 4this traditionally the day when many groups celebrate the Blessing of the Animals in honor of the feast day of St. Francis of…
Mabon: The Balance between Life and Death
The Autumnal Equinox is upon us, The Great Harvest, the Witch’s Thanksgiving. This is the time when we see the results of a year’s worth of work and reap what we…
Shut Up and Listen: the Power of Human Discourse
This blog comes more from my academic background than my magickal background. It is also a highly personal story about something that happened to me recently on Facebook. About a week…
Wicca with Teeth
We are on the verge of yet another turn of Life’s Wheel, Lughnasa. In most Wiccan traditions this is celebrated as the First Harvest. It is very much that in many ways. For…