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 fire. The fire provided heat and light, and the people provided entertainment. They made music and told stories. Recently a cousin of mine reminded me that we come […]
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 powerful Samhain indeed. The veil between realities is extremely thin already. As if that is not enough, three days afterwards is a critical election here in the
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 Assisi. St. Francis’s love for animals is well known, so it makes sense to celebrate the animals in our lives on his feast day. Here at 4Winds
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 have sowed. It is a time to give thanks for that Harvest, no matter how hard the work or the crop is. It is also a moment
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 ago I shared a post that called into question some of the attitudes about things happening in our society today, the violence that is occurring
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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 Humanity as a whole, this particular First Harvest has quite a few very dark aspects to it. Blood has been spilled and Death has ruled the
and the First Harvest Summer is currently in complete control. I’ve always thought of July as the Weed, Water, and Wait month. I’ve been weeding, watering, and waiting, and the Harvest is coming to fruition. We are fast approaching the celebration of the First Harvest, Lughnasa. In truth, harvesting has already begun. As I write this I have herbal tinctures
People often assume that I am a liberal Democrat. I am not. Nor am I a conservative Republican. What I am is a Constitutionalist. Whenever I say that I get a lot of responses of, “So am I.” I always ask, “Have you ever read the whole thing?” Most Americans have NOT. I have. I have read it, analyzed it, written papers about
Today, Saturday June 20th, the Sun moves into Cancer. Tomorrow the New Moon will be in Cancer and there is a Solar Eclipse. There are currently SIX, yep six, planets retrograde and on Tuesday the 23rdthey will be joined by Neptune. Added to all that activity, here in the Northern Hemisphere today is the beginning of Summer, the
My childhood occurred before the Industrial Food Supply and Big Pharma took over the world, so the concept of eating Seasonally was not a completely new concept to me when Michael Pollan came out with the book The Omnivores Dilemmaand then a bit later the little handbook Food Rules. I had, by then, become a Witch, so I