by Victoria Martyn Who says that magick has to be complex? Here are fifty simple charms that utilize many different common items, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Note: Please do not use any of these charms in place of medical treatment, … Continue reading →
Pagan Teaching Models and My Approach November 5, 2015 by John Beckett My recent posts on vetting potential students and on seekers looking for specific teachers raise the question of what obligation those of us with certain levels of … Continue reading →
Noted Elsewhere: The other day, on an exceptionally slow Friday afternoon with little to do, my friend and I were bullshitting in my cube. We were talking about things as varied as problems with Linux installation, Halloween plans, crude sexual … Continue reading →
It’s always terrible to hear about the demise of custom, especially as its one which may have very ancient origins and dies out not in the Victorian times, nor after the First World War, neither the Second World War…but the … Continue reading →
HOME BLESSING MAGICK A home blessing meditation for charging a room: Sit Straight with palms on lap, take deep breaths, relax, and move into a mental space where you activate your intuitive senses, Imagine a cord of energy from your … Continue reading →
The Selling of the Old Religion by Gwydion Pendderwen from Nemeton, Volume One, Number Two Lady Day/Beltane, 1973 Common Era It wasn’t too very long ago that my existence as a Witch was a guarded secret. “It isn’t wise to … Continue reading →
Many years ago, on an email list called “AmberandJet”, someone asked questions about a few of the lines contained within the Rede Poem. Here is a question for you all that a contact suggested I ask, well, because none of … Continue reading →
Hay, Man: The Curious Life and Times of Scarecrows As the spring season of seeding and planting unfolds with shoots and blooms, it also marks the time of year long ago in Europe, when children scuttled through the plots, sounding … Continue reading →
Sunday, June 23, 2013 Keeping Silent in Traditional Witchcraft To know, to dare, to will and to be silent. The four powers of the Sphinx within Hermetics, which were written by Eliphas Levi, and found their way into modern Witchcraft … Continue reading →
(The Irish Ossianic Song of the Forest Trees is to be found in Standish O’ Grady’s translation in Eleanor Hull’s Poem Book of the Gael is a listing of trees to be found on Dartmoor. Fortunately, the whole text of … Continue reading →