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October 2021

October 04, 2021

I’ll Be Home for Samhain, You Can Plan on Me

Last year, the online Reclaiming Spiral Dance for Samhain was delightful. It was amazing to...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Dining with the Dead and Settling a Promise

My dead don't wait until Samhain to poke at me. My mom died four years...

October 2020

October 06, 2020

Listening to the Dead, Hearing their Voices and Holding their Hearts

The dead are close. Maybe it's because this year has been quiet, slower, and interrupted....

October 23, 2019

The Nameless Ancestors: Getting to Know Who You Don’t Know

I have a family tree that is vague and inconsistent. To meet and greet the...

October 11, 2019

Decades of Dances: The Story of One Reclaiming Witch and the Magick of Spiral Dance

Over the years, the Reclaiming Spiral Dance has offered a place to dance wth the...

October 08, 2019

40 (Plus) Years of Activism: Starhawk Looks Back at Spiral Dance

Starhawk writes about how Reclaiming as a tradition was born out of activism. In the...

October 06, 2019

The Season of Grief and Memory: Remembering the Beloved Dead

While Samhain might be a time where grief is more present, where memory is activated...

November 2018

November 02, 2018

Ghosts of Samhain Past and Present

When the North Bay Samhain ritual was over, we wished everyone a happy new year....

October 2018

October 26, 2018

Remembering the Beloved Dead at Samhain-time

I used to cringe at the moment in the Spiral Dance ritual where we'd get...

October 21, 2018

Celebrating the Dead, Decay and Letting Go: The Journey of Persephone

I feel the movement of Persephone to her throne in the Underworld, to follow the...

October 17, 2018

Calling out to the Dead

I call out to the dead and the dead call out to me. There was...

October 11, 2018

Samhain (and any day): Navigating Grief as a Witch

As the days become shorter and the nights longer, grief emerges. With all of the...

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