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December 2011

December 08, 2011

Looking ahead

When I first envisioned this project, this virtual ashram, I set up my order of...

December 06, 2011

Wishbird update

Remember last week's post on making a quick spell for a home? It worked. I've...

December 05, 2011

A Trinity of Sorts

The concept of the triple soul came up in the comments of an earlier post....

December 02, 2011

Book reviews

I have been reading a ton lately. I have a few recommendations and one to...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

Wishbird

Last night I went to yoga for the first time in over a month. It...

November 28, 2011

House Magic for Beginners – the post

There are many levels to magic. There's Big Magic: big in scope and aim and...

November 24, 2011

Thanks

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, a holiday centered around food, family both biological...

November 23, 2011

What is magic?

Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will....

November 21, 2011

House Magic for Beginners – prologue

Last week, during a peaceful moment involving watching the laundry blow dry on the line...

November 17, 2011

Checking in

This week my laptop power source died. Now that I have a replacement I am...

November 12, 2011

Enough already!

At his preschool, my son made a poppy to wear for Remembrance Day, the British...

November 09, 2011

What is a witch?

For about a thousand years the witch has been drawn as an ugly, old woman,...

November 03, 2011

Ancestors

(Part three of three) The Samhain season is at last over for me. Four straight...

November 01, 2011

Samhain Ritual

(Part two of three) Imagine a damp, grey evening, the last of twilight taking leave...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Kids & Halloween

(Part one of three) I love Halloween. I love the tip into the dark half...

October 26, 2011

Diwali

There is a part of me that wishes I was still practicing Hinduism so that...

October 24, 2011

Perhaps: a post about the gods

Most witches and pagans are polytheists - or agnostic to greater or lesser extents. I've...

October 23, 2011

Review of ‘Welsh Witches and Wizards’ by Michael Howard

It is with regret that this review is so short, but there is not much...

October 20, 2011

For the love of tarot

I have had a love of tarot for well over a decade. In college I...

October 17, 2011

So much to read, so little uninterrupted time

I feel the shift to the dark half of the year. It's still fully autumn...

October 13, 2011

Values, part 1

Pagans get a bad rap in the media. Nonconformists and anti-establishment, the lot of them....

October 10, 2011

Ritual

There are many stereotypes of pagan ritual: witches gathering in a coven to call down...

October 07, 2011

What about the children?

With witchcraft's negative reputation this is not an uncommon worry. Anyone who knows anything about...

October 03, 2011

What is Feri?

Feri is...... Feri is a form of traditional witchcraft. That's right - witchcraft. It's an...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

New quarter, new altar

This quarter's altar is really a three-in-one. I'm limited for altar space around here. While...

September 28, 2011

Navratri, as seen through Feri eyes

Navratri is a major Hindu celebration of the Shakti, or feminine, aspect of the Divine,...

September 26, 2011

A note on re/sources

This weekend I spent my time recovering from jet lag and getting things sorted for...

September 21, 2011

The Left Hand Path

Today is all about change. This evening I leave the US to fly back to...

September 19, 2011

The end is nigh

My blessed time with Hinduism is coming to a close. On Wednesday I begin with...

September 12, 2011

More of the same

My vacation stopped feeling like a vacation and has felt more like a holding pattern...