Working With The New Moon
Over the centuries, the Moon has played a significant role in different cultures and traditions.
The Moon moves quickly through the Zodiac, spending about two and a half days in each sign.
It passes through all twelve signs in about 28 days.
Some nights, at the time of the Full Moon, we admire its beauty and grandeur.
Other nights, when it starts to fade, it becomes thin and inconspicuous, so different from the peak of its fullness and magical glory.
Ever-changing lunar cycles remind us of the cyclical nature of life itself.
Setsubun- Celebrate the coming Spring in Shintoism
Setsubun is usually celebrated in Japan on February 3rd, marking the day before spring with various traditions meant to drive away evil spirits and bad luck and cleanse the home and family for the coming year. Shrines and temples around Japan hold special festivals for the public to come together and participate as a community
How I found my Magical & Spiritual Path
My Journey prior to paganism and Witchcraft As a wee bitty baby against my will I was baptized in a Lutheran church. I have very strong feelings on baptizing children into any religion and later in life I did perform an unbaptizing ritual and a chord cutting with that contract and deity. After that growing […]
Imbolc; Midwinter
First, What is Imbolc? Imbolc is a sabbat on the Wiccan Wheel of the Year but is originally an ancient Celtic holiday celebrating the first signs of Spring. The word Imbolc is believed to mean either “ewe’s milk” or “in the belly”, which obviously refers to the birth of baby lambs around this time in […]
The Importance of Experimenting with your magic
This is something I have been wanting to find the time to touch on for a little while after I became a professor and stepped out of solitary practice and entered the more public world of magic, witchcraft, and paganism that has sprouted up.
I am thrilled we now have public facebook groups, and blogs like this one and others, podcasts and youtubes videos for us to learn from and be able to expand our path and practices.
But, one thing I am coming across often from those who claim to have practiced for a long time and from those new coming to the path.
Is one; gatekeeping and trying to state there is one way, one path, and universal rules to all pagans, and witches.
And two
New witches and pagans seem to be looking for an exact blueprint and manual of how to walk this path and how to practice magic and witchcraft.
In this post I want to address both of those issues and tell you why you should do your best to shatter them.
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