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March 2015

March 17, 2015

On Snakes, Truth-Speakers, & St. Patrick

If we extend the metaphor further, then not only did St. Patrick (and by extension,...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Gods Under Glass

Why seeing gods in museums makes me a bit uncomfortable.

January 30, 2014

Oiche Fhéile Bhríde: The Eve of St. Brighid’s Feast

Tomorrow night is the eve of St. Brighid’s Feast, perhaps one of the most celebrated...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Rot

Death and decay, forces that have concerned human-persons for millennia, are still actively propitiated in...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Oiche na Sprideanna Approaches

As the Irish festival of Samhain approaches, Traci shares some little known lore about this...

October 10, 2013

Naturalizing: Bringing Our Practice Home

Much of North American paganism is influenced by imagined European ancestral practice, even when the...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

St. John’s Holy Well: east Cork [photos]

Ireland is a land resplendent with ancient sites, and one of the most venerated in...

September 05, 2013

A Night In The Mound

Scattered across Ireland are 5000 year-old Ancestral Temples known as megalithic tombs, or chambered cairns....

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Night Sounds: An Sionnach In East Cork

What does a Witch do when she hears an eerie midnight cry on a deathly...

August 22, 2013

Land Spirits: When Things Go Bump

Relationship building is an integral part of our lives, and especially so for witches. Yet...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Bull Stones : the approach of Domhnach Chrom Dubh (Lughnasadh, Lughna Dubh)

The Festival of Lughnassadh is approaching! The earth is swelling, the weather is warm, thunder...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

When the Sun Stands Still: Summer Solstice in Ireland

The light, gold, like the deep raw honey of summer, washes the front garden. The...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

An Animist’s Take on Fiction: to view or not to view

This week Traci considers the image bank of fiction, how that repository impacts 'spirit' communication,...

May 16, 2013

Pagan Ireland: the Banshee {video}

This week Traci shares a short clip from Glenafooka: a documentary about Irish folklore and...

May 02, 2013

Mí na Bealtaine! the Merry Month of May

It's Bealtaine--the beginning of summer! And Traci shares some Irish history and folklore associated with...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Of Frogs and Flowers – an excerpt from Annie Dillard

With spring in full swing in Ireland, Traci shares an except from Annie Dillard's book,...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Sheep in my front garden: we’re not in Texas anymore

Traci shares a uniquely Irish experience: waking to find sheep breakfasting in her front garden!

February 01, 2013

The problem of Imbolc

I've never felt all that connected to this spoke on the great wheel of seasonal...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

What lurks at the bottom of your garden? {Yeats, faeries, and the Irish occult tradition}

Ireland is a land awash in folklore. Like waves crashing upon its shores, the stories...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting connection

When our Place changes in ways we don't entirely like, in ways we feel an...

December 06, 2012

Getting my feet wet

The sun peeked out from behind a grey veil, illuminating Bantry Bay in gold wash....