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 …
"Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth, for behold: all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you." -from the Charge of the Goddess, as written by Doreen Valiente The eight values of the …
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The Mirror Book is a term coined by Scott Cunningham, and refers to a Witch's daily journal, in which you record anything pertaining to your spiritual life and Craft. This distinguishes it from the Witch's grimoire or Book of Shadows, which is a more permanent record of recipes, spells, and the like. The Mirror Book …
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For your studies and consideration: "Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth, for behold: all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you. And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking …
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 …
My kitchen altar. A Witch's altar needn't be extravagant - this is my kitchen altar and I've intentionally kept it minimal, because I value my table space for cooking and food prep! It has my mortar and pestle, a bowl of sea salt, and some fresh cut herbs in a jar of water. It's right …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
