Ashleigh McSidhe, known for many years publicly as Moondancer, is an Elder High Priestess in the New England Covens of Traditionalist Witches, as taught and passed on by Lady Gwynne Thompson. She is also an initiate of other traditions of the Craft as well, dating back to her original initiation at Beltane 1973, in the Georgian Tradition of Wicca, and has a wide range of metaphysical interests. She and Raven have been together for over 4 decades. Follow her on Academia.edu, where she never uploads anything!
“The Song of Wandering Aengus” is a poem by Irish poet W. B. Yeats. It was first printed in 1897 in British magazine The Sketch under the title “A Mad Song.” It was then published under its standard name in Yeats’ 1899 anthology The Wind Among the Reeds.
Continue reading →Friends and kin are sharing stories about their Craft history. These are important. As many of the people involved are now dead, I don’t mind naming some of the names, other’s I’ll keep to myself…and some have been public for a long time.
So, despite being raised in a nominally Christian home (Mother was Assembly of God, Dad was Southern Baptist), I somehow wound up a Witch.
Continue reading →So, some time back, I was drafting out a piece about the Witches’ Pyramid, aka the Four Words of the Magus, aka The Powers of the Sphinx, aka … Anyway, in looking for some relevant data points, I came across … Continue reading →
MAGICKAL MANNERS:Guide to Magickal Etiquette by Puck Shadowdrake My rating: 4 of 5 stars Puck has drawn on his years of experience as both a student and leader of Wiccan covens to present this very useful beginner’s guide to what … Continue reading →
Whither goest thou, o Nemed Cuculatii? To be honest, I don’t know. As a coven, we haven’t met in several years, due to the vagaries’ of life. The pandemic has only intensified that ennui, but the horizon’s glow in the … Continue reading →
Remember to breathe. Regardless of anything else that takes place, 4 November will follow 3 November, and then the 5thm 6th, 7th, and so on. Life will continue apace. It’s increasingly likely that we will not know who actually “won” … Continue reading →
A classic of modern Paganism, the Witchcraft Fact Book by Edmund Buczynski present a view of the Craft that was commonly held during its time. Better reaseach has invalidated many of the claims made, but Buczynski’s passion for the Craft, … Continue reading →
An important piece of American Pagan History The origins of this book date back into the 1960s, when a group of American and English Pagans decided to form an association to “spread the word” that Paganism was alive and well … Continue reading →
Advance disclaimer: I’ve known Dana Corby for close to 45 years, and Bjoern Hartsfvang for over 30 (or as I sometimes joke, long enough to finally learn how to spell his name). Royal Roads: Pilgrimages Through the Four Elements and … Continue reading →
One of the most frequent questions asked on these groups if along the lines of “what kind of crystals do I need to buy?”, “Do I need to subscribe to a Wiccan box?” (that one took me a few minutes to process the first time I heard it, it’s a subscription service that will send you a box of “stuff” that you “need” to practice witchcraft. Uh, no.) and my favorite, “Where do I buy my tools and what do I need?”
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