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December 2016

December 18, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Five Ways to use Spirituality to Break the Holiday Stress (and Bring Happiness)

You do not need to be stressed about the holidays. No, really, you don’t, but...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Magic Of The Great Pumpkin

Fall, colored leaves, picking that perfect pumpkin against the backdrop of washed harvest color. Purple...

October 13, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Dark Legends Of Halloween

The night sky seems to twinkle more now or is it just me? The trees...

October 07, 2016

Happily Heathen: Winternights — The Heathen Samhain?

Winternights is one of my favorite holidays. I love when summer finally gives way to...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Bad Fairies Of Litha

Litha or Midsummer, a time of bonfires, mugwort, mythical beings, nights and days of mischief...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Witch on Fire: Crafting Sovereignty at the Grand Sabbat

This Beltane, we brought both the pomp and ceremony of High Witchcraft plus the nitty-gritty,...

May 07, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: Old at Beltain

We just celebrated Beltain, perhaps the most "hands on" Sabbat of the year. But, what...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Beltane and the Gifts of Darkness

Bealtaine is a holiday that celebrates both the dark and the light, just as life...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: Holiness and Hallowing at Imbolc

The holy current that runs through this time of year is profound and its blessings...

January 19, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: My American Imbolc

Imbolc is a pretty big holiday for my family and one of the most involved....

January 16, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: Celebrations of Fire and Ice

Of all the festivals of the Pagan year, Imbolc, February 2, is the most complex,...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Wayfairing Woman: Soul Searching at Winter Solstice Time

At this time, after the Winter Solstice and moving into the New Year, we have...

December 25, 2015

Happily Heathen: Frithweaving At Yule – A Heathen ADF Ritual For Frigga And Freyr

This year, I had the chance to celebrate Yule in a bigger way than I’ve...

December 19, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Yule – The Turning of the Wheel

Those of us who choose to follow that spiritual "different drummer" give up a lot....

October 2015

October 07, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: On the Fractal Nature of the Earth Mother

As we celebrate the changing of the seasons and the balance of day and night...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

The Witches Next Door: Beltane Rituals – Beyond the Bang

What if boinking a beloved (or beloveds) isn’t your idea of celebrating Beltane? What if...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Seeking the Grail: The Waters of Spring

Ostara hasn't ever been one of my favorite holidays, and yet I can't ignore how...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

The Busy Witch: New Year, New Intentions

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we've just passed the longest night of the year. The...

December 21, 2013

Welcome To My Electric Yule

I could not find any directions for how to make an electric Yule display anywhere....