So many Holy beginnings this week! Fall Equinox, Rosh Hashana, Navaratri, Mundis Cereris, just to name a few. We step through another gateway into the Dark Half of the Year, and we begin to shed skins and change faces as we head into our new forms for the next portion of our journey around The … Read more
Heathens! The Wheel Turns… WITCH’S THANKSGIVINGSECOND HARVEST The Wheel of the Year continues to turn for Pagans with the Quarter Sabbat Fall Equinox also known as Mabon. The high point of the Sun’s arc over The Wheel is done and with that completion, we see the fullness of The Harvest come to fruition at this … Read more
Halloween. The word conjures images of caramel apples, jack-o’-lanterns, costumes, and of course all things “spooky.” This is one of those holidays that, try as the Catholic church may have, it never could separate from its Pagan roots. Another name for Halloween is Samhain—usually pronounced “sow-iyn”—and, for many folks who identify as Pagan, like Witches … Read more
Winter Solstice marks the official threshold of a journey undertaken by Witches, Pagans, Heathens and other polytheists all over the planet, and shared by all of our ancestors going back to the deepest reaches of memory and time. Because of a random 23 degree tilt to our planet, we experience our four seasons. A deep … Read more
Temperance – Into The Fire (of Enlightenment, relax) What Does The Temperance Card Represent? As we roll towards the end of Samhain and beginning of Yule seasons, The Temperance card steps forth to take over guiding our process. What comes after Death? Practitioners of religions, spiritual and magical systems, and philosophies from all over the … Read more