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October 2023

October 29, 2023

Three Prayers for Samhain

Three Prayers for Samhain Samhain is the Season’s End, and we naturally think about other...

October 24, 2023

The Veil is Thin Every Day

The Veil is Thin Everyday One doesn’t have to wait until Samhain to speak...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

A Coincidence of Cycles: Blue Moon

A Coincidence of Cycles: Blue Moon I am not sure about others, but dates and...

August 28, 2023

(Belated) Reflections on Pan Pagan

Reflections on Pan Pagan My first Pan Pagan festival happened sometime between 1990 and 1991....

July 2023

July 30, 2023

Hergest Ridge

Hergest Ridge Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and...

July 10, 2023

A Pet, Passing

A Pet, Passing My household familiars are more than just pets. They are more...

January 2023

January 01, 2023

10 Days of Silence

Solstice Solstice comes almost unexpectedly. In a part of the world where the seasons change,...

June 2022

June 25, 2022

A Prayer to Macha

Prayer to Macha We call to you today, Macha, Goddess of sovereignty As we stand...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

The Shining Ones Speak

The Shining Ones Speak I have recently read comments by people on how they feel...

January 2022

January 17, 2022

Getting to Know the Ancestors (I Never Knew)

Getting to Know the Ancestors (I Never Knew) I never knew my maternal grandparents. My...

January 01, 2022

Finding Cernunnos

Finding Cernunnos Finding Cernunnos is one of those classic Celtic undertakings. The destination is uncertain...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones As Pagans, we can merely observe the...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Right in Liminal Space

Right in Liminal Space Earlier this week, I was thinking about liminal space. What is...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

Let the Realms Surround Me

Let the Realms Surround Me In the days and times of uncertainty, one occasionally needs...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Devotions in 8 10ths of a Mile

Devotions can be accomplished in front of an altar, a shrine, the rising sun, or...

July 2020

July 18, 2020

Building a Devotional Practice with the Nature Spirits

Building a Devotional Practice with the Nature Spirits As Pagans, we can merely observe the...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Irish, Celtic, and Indo-European Midsummer Lore

Timing While the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21st, Midsummer occurs around June 24th. The...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Right in Liminal Space

Many of us are self-isolating due to the COVID-19 crisis. This has given us a...

April 20, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Conclusion

This post offers an alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted...

April 06, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Part 1

An alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted from the lore.

March 2020

March 23, 2020

A Call to Miach, Part 1

A Call to Miach, Part 1 In my daily devotionals, I call to four healing...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

The Year of the Earth Mother

A new year and a new decade make this the Year of the Earth Mother.

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Brighid the Dawn Goddess of Imbolc and Spring

Brighid has many associations that are well known but rarely is she seen in one...

January 14, 2020

I Spent a Week Becoming a Witch and the Results Were Worrying[fixed]

Ceri (Condescending) Radford wrote an article called "I Spent a Week Becoming a Witch and the...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Time to Give Thanks

Giving Thanks In thinking back on giving thanks, I remember speaking to a Brahman friend...

November 18, 2019

The First Wiccan Opera: Wheel of the Year, Aquarian Age Wicca

In a break from my usual Indo-European/Celtic recon programming, I must highlight something I really...

November 14, 2019

Three Secrets About Meditation that No One Told You

Meditation is the act of just being while turning your mind toward itself. It's turning...

November 06, 2019

A River Bathing Rite for Pilgrimaging Irish Polytheists

Milky rill river running, Pouring downward supernal rain, Blessings falling upon my rite, Cleansing only...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

The Core Order of Ritual – Part 2

I have been fortunate in my travels to attend ADF rites on four continents and...

October 31, 2019

A Solitary Samhain rite for Witches and Druids

Based on Ancient timing, you can do this rite anytime between now and Martinmas. What...