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2017-09-23T18:15:45+01:00

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The Missing Mabon…

Last updated on: September 23, 2017 at 6:15 pm By Rachel Patterson

I always feel sorry for the Autumn Equinox (Mabon to use the modern name) as it seems to get swallowed up on the tide of Halloween/Samhain planning. Read more

2017-01-16T12:18:01+01:00

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Full Moon Ritual

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:18 pm By Rachel Patterson

Full Moon Ritual You will need: A cauldron (or dish with a dark inside) half filled with water A small silver coin Cast the circle: Maiden cast this circle white Free from shadow, pure and light Mother cast this circle red Cast any negativity from our head Crone cast this circle black Grant us the knowledge that we lack This circle is now cast unbroken. Calling the quarters: I call to the East and the Element of Air, you who... Read more

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2017-01-16T12:24:36+01:00

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Croning…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:24 pm By Rachel Patterson

Croning I love the idea of a croning ceremony. The word crone is derived from the word cronus (time) and it means the wisdom gained through life long experiences. Krone also means crown. To become crowned crone then acknowledges that you are a wise woman who has gathered up the fruits of her experience into profound and sovereign understanding. The wise crone becomes the resource of wisdom for her community and a source of inspiration for her circle of cronies.... Read more

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2017-01-16T11:59:06+01:00

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The High Priestess malarky…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 11:59 am By Rachel Patterson

The High Priestess malarky…At a recent festival I was asked what made me a High Priestess? My answer was this: Although my path now is that of a Kitchen/Hedge Witch when I first started I trained in Wicca and I worked through the three Wiccan degrees (with two different groups) and eight years after starting my study (with a slight hiatus in the middle due to having a baby) I was honoured to be given the title in a ceremony... Read more

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2017-01-16T12:30:55+01:00

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Do what works for you…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:30 pm By Rachel Patterson

Do what works for you: My thoughts for today… Working with the Craft Working with The Craft is very personal, everyone will walk their own pathway and take a very individual journey. I don’t believe there is a right way or a wrong way to work with anything within The Craft whether it is how to cleanse and charge your crystals, how to make a poppet or what herb to use in spell work. There are lists on the internet... Read more

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2017-01-16T12:34:08+01:00

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I will not be putting all my crystals under the moon…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:34 pm By Rachel Patterson

Crystals under the full moon Today is a full moon and facebook is full of memes advising everyone to pop their crystals out to cleanse, purify and soak up the moonlight…but I don’t…and it isn’t because I don’t like being told what to do… I do put some crystals out on the full moon but not all of them. There are some crystals that I think suit the moonlight but others that I find work better by being put... Read more

2017-01-16T12:38:38+01:00

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Cursed cake…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:38 pm By Rachel Patterson

Cursed Cake I was giving a talk (and a quiz) about magical food at a local moot a couple of days ago (great fun as always) but someone brought up an interesting point. As I talked and we identified the foods I had brought for the quiz and we talked about what magical properties they had someone asked the question “what about negative properties?” Negative properties And I realised that of the foods I had brought with me we had... Read more

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2017-01-21T19:48:36+01:00

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Magical Jars…

Last updated on: January 21, 2017 at 7:48 pm By Rachel Patterson

I don't like to throw things out, I recycle whatever I can and I have a lovely compost heap, but there are certain jars that I recycle for magical purposes... Read more

2017-01-16T12:46:44+01:00

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I have no eggs…

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:46 pm By Rachel Patterson

I am owning up to it...there are no eggs on my altar in fact there is no real sign of Ostara at all. Although I do have chocolate eggs obviously... Read more

2017-01-16T12:52:01+01:00

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Esbat…a witchy knees up

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 12:52 pm By Rachel Patterson

In a recent discussion with a group of cackling witches the word 'esbat' came up and it was interesting to see the different interpretations that everyone had - all for the same small word. Read more

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