Art by Annie Rosenberg of Blackhausart The pendulum as an image for better understanding the energies of Imbolc and surrounding seasonal cycles. As you can see, the peaks of the pendulum's swing are at Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice. These are points of both beginnings and endings, the longest night and longest day, and the …
In the Shop: Sol Incense
Sol Incense is now in the shop! This incense is an herbal blend of rowan berries and leaves, St. John's wort, frankincense, and cinnamon, chosen for there solar qualities. The solar energies of this blend can aid in manifestation, joy, creativity, confidence, strength, protection, good health and abundance. The fragrance is fruity, spicy, and resinous. …
New Year’s Activities for the Witch
While the calendar new year is not really a part of the Witch's Wheel, that doesn't mean it can't be a time for intention and ritual. Here are a few ideas for activities that can be done at this time, and if you have additional ideas, please let me know in the comments! New Year …
A Witch’s Prayer
Here is a prayer I wrote, which can be spoken during ritual, circle casting, sabats, esbats, meditation -- really whenever suits you. I personally like to recite this prayer on a daily basis as a part of my morning meditation. A prayer is a spell, and many things can be a prayer - a piece …
Tools of the Witch
The object you see hanging around my neck is a flint striker, which I use along with my magickal knife to start fires for ritual, cooking, dye pots etc. What started out as a somewhat mundane novelty (starting fires with a flint striker is pretty fun) became, over time, a more significantly magickal practice for …
Witch’s Brew: Bath Soak and Herbal Wash
Here is a simple blend of some of my favorite herbs for a bath soak, herb wash, or floor wash. Bathing (including showers) when done with intention, can be a ritual in itself – for purification, grounding, protection, meditation, and dream work, to name a few. Adding herbs to your bathing experience is a wonderful …
Full Moon :::ABUNDANCE:::
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Gustave Dore (1870) For this Full Moon, my focus is on :::ABUNDANCE::: 🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙 Imagine you are a night traveler, a figure of the Shadow Realm traversing the Greenwood under a cloak of stars every night, opening your senses as your visibility is diminished, listening acutely for any dangers of beast …
Charge of the Goddess
There have been many iterations of this, the majority of which originally comes from Aradia (Gospel of the Witches) by Charles G. Leland, but I prefer this version, created by Doreen Valiente. I have put in bold the portion that I recite during my Full Moon ritual. "Listen to the words of the Great Mother, …
Nine Basic Components of Ritual
This is the framework I use for formulating all of my rituals: Purification of selfPurification of spaceCreating sacred spaceInvocationRitual observance (on sabbats and esbats)Energy raising (during magick)Earthing the powerThanking the Goddess and GodBreaking the circle Source: Cunningham, Scott. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner. Woodbury: Llewellyn Publications, 2019. (First edition, revised) Blessed be, S.