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October 2020

October 24, 2020

Calling The Dead On Your Cell Phone

This ritual worked, continues to work, continues to impact me a decade later because it...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Merry Maypole Silly Dancing Flower Fueled Beltane Ritual

The following is a list of ways to celebrate Beltane while under shelter-in-place and practicing...

December 2019

December 17, 2019

A Fairy Of Uncommon Beauty: A Manx Christmas Tale

Our tale beings with a fairy of uncommon beauty who would lure unsuspecting and easily...

December 16, 2019

A Winter Solstice Ritual: One Candle At A Time

In an impossibly dark room, one single candle can make all the difference in the...

December 13, 2019

Winter Solstice Hibernation Ritual

In case, you weren't sure, I'm not a bear. I'm a simple human. I can't...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

Peaceful Home Magick for the Holidays

Winter holidays can be fun celebrations, but they can also be difficult reminders of challenging...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Samhain Supper For Two

Samhain is a busy time for The Witches Next Door. On Samhain night itself, before...

October 23, 2019

Samhain and Beloved Pets

At Samhain when we call upon our beloved dead, it isn't just humans that we...

October 03, 2019

31 Ways To Celebrate Samhain

Newsflash: Life is short and before you know it we'll all be ancestors. Put something...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

The Shadow of Summer Solstice

Summer and Winter existing together. We need to celebrate the Summer Solstice because tomorrow the...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

Hail & Welcome Spring: 10 Fun Facts About The Spring Equinox

The spring equinox is just around the corner. I know this because the huge tree...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

A Beltane Poem – Quite Possibly The Worst One Ever

Re-reading pieces I wrote in my teens, designed to woo someone into my supersized waterbed,...

March 2018

March 04, 2018

A Celebration for the Spring Equinox

The first few days of Spring aren't a frenzy. Early spring energy is a slow...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Spells & Blessings For Christmas Gatherings

Not everyone in our family, of blood or choice, is Pagan. Here's what to say...

December 04, 2017

Yule Traditions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

The Yule day was replete with feasting and drinking and carousing. I'm a huge fan...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Broken Hearted Samhain

There is so much that I could point out about the world being broken right...

October 06, 2017

What Goes on a Samhain Altar?

Do you have a quilt that your great grandma passed down to you? Maybe you...

September 2017

September 18, 2017

Autumn Equinox – Finding Equilibrium on the Mountain Top

Standing in the full moonlight of the Autmun Equinox, speaking what is true and hard...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Lammas , Lugnasad and Harvest Celebrations

Was there a holiday called Lammas in ancient Pagan Britain? Probably not. Were there celebrations...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Spring Equinox – Making Runic Eggs

One of my favorite, fun activities for the Spring Equinox is making Runic Eggs. This...

December 2016

December 17, 2016

Winter Solstice – Return Of The Light

A Winter Solstice ritual can be a powerful time to sink into the darkness all...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

A Witch Gives Thanks On Thanksgiving

So with an eye to the past and an honoring of the terrible losses, the...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

13 Questions About Samhain

Rituals may include a symbolic journey to the Otherworlds and visiting with deities that preside...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

Summer Solstice -I Want To Stand In The Sun

I want to stand in the full light of the sun My arms wide open,...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

A Beltane Spell

Beltane - It's great! What could be better than Maypoles, gathering with community, dancing, singing,...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

Saint Patrick – Thanks For The Memories

It seems the stories I believed are not historically accurate, they are just not true....

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Imbolc In The Reclaiming Tradition

Outside of initiatory oaths and our personal vows to each other, these pledges are the...

January 20, 2016

A Ritual For January

We speak out loud as if the Old Year was just a few hundred yards...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

The Year That Was 2015

We said goodbye to some loved ones and made new friends and cultivated community and...

December 16, 2015

A Pagan Christmas – Eat, Drink And Be Merry

Okay, okay! We get it. Christmas is all about celebrating the birth Christ and what...

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