February 2nd, Saturday this year, is Imbolc. We are half way through Winter. The Holiday Season is so full of busyness, and so hectic and loud, that the quiet time that follows in January is usually a bit of a blessing. Now the Sun in its journey is beginning to shine more of its light […]
As the Sun rises on Friday, the 21st, Winter begins, Yule, the Winter Solstice. In the Wiccan world this marks the beginning of a new year, a whole new reality starts as that Sun rises. Forget the secular calendar for few minutes and go back to another time when reality was controlled not by industry
Are you a good witch or a bad Witch? Way back in the dim mists of my past when I was a young Witchling I got my first tattoo, a Pentagram. On discovering that a friend of mine taught his parrot to say “Is she a good Witch or a bad Witch?” whenever I entered
The Witch’s Thanksgiving is here! The Earth in its revolution around the Sun has hit a point of balance and Summer is over. Autumn has begun. Now is the time to take stock of all the work you have done over the past Solar Year. What did you plan? What did you plant? How did
I believe in Fairies! When I was a little girl my father showed his two princesses, my sister and me, where the fairies danced in the yard. I have never doubted their existence since then. I came to know that fairies are NOT always the gentle little Tinkerbell creatures that we were sold by Disney,
The First Harvest has begun. The table that was bare is beginning to be filled with all the things that will carry you through the dark times of Winter. Normally when I write these up I stay pretty close to traditional writings, but Lughnasa is very special to me because in this lifetime my path
Sojourns lead to so many revelations, and my most recent took me back in time so I could remember some foundation stones of being a Witch. There are two basic oaths that the beginning Witchling makes: they cannot lie; they cannot bargain for magickal items. Those two oaths are taken along with the First Degree,
Like most of you I am very aware that there is a big difference between Cat people and Dog people. I love dogs and have had some really great ones, but the bottom line is, I’m a Cat person and have been since I was very young. I have also known for a long time
Summer begins this year on Thursday, June 21st. The Big Sun started its rise at Yule and now it reaches its zenith. The crops have been planted, and the early ones are ready. It is a time to pick berries! How many blueberries can you eat? A very old tradition that takes place at Litha
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Once upon a time I had a fantasy that one day I would live in a forest. I would have a long, dark, almost scary driveway that led to my home. As you entered the sacred space you would enter into something very similar to a scene from a Disney movie, all animals and flowers