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Sometime in the early 90s, hubby found a book called, “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott Cunningham. We were just beginning to explore the idea of Wicca, in those dark days before the interwebs, and weren't exactly sure what it was all about. I started reading it that night. For the first... Continue Reading →
A more accurate title would be, "Simply Ostara with a New Moon in Pisces and a Solar Eclipse to boot." However, that doesn't flow off the tongue quite as well. It does demonstrate how I sometimes manage to make simple things more complicated than necessary, but I'm learning to pull myself back to the side... Continue Reading →
Even though my family is many generations removed from the Emerald Isle, I always took great pride in my Irish surname. I was born a Cavanaugh, so St Paddy's Day was always a fun way to show my Bród na nGael. When I first began exploring Wicca and Paganism, I was completely dismayed to discover... Continue Reading →
Today, thanks to the power of the interwebs, I discovered the full moon tomorrow night is called (among other names), "The Crow Moon." This makes me ridiculously happy, especially given the new friends I made this winter. This is what the unlikely-but-extremely-helpful-witchy-knowledge source, also known as the Farmers' Almanac has to say about the full... Continue Reading →
Many moons ago (too many to count), I was looking for a Witchy food blessing (aka, dinner prayer) to use for our then Wiccan family (I use the past tense because now that the kidlets are adults/near adults, they don't completely identify as such). I found exactly what I was looking for in the book,... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know - it's actually, "New Moon on Monday" but I think new Moon on Wednesday works just as well. *grin* Tonight at about 6:30pm (EST), the moon will officially be in her monthly dark phase. It's always easy for me to remember what this aspect represents, thanks to this chant (found the lyrics... Continue Reading →
I picked up my first Tarot deck and guide book a bazillion years ago in the early '80s. However, because of the lovely little voice that constantly whispered in my brain, "What makes you think you have the talent for Tarot?" (amongst other lovely, inspiring messages *grin*), no matter how many times I read the... Continue Reading →
For the majority of my time on this earth so far, one of the biggest obstacles I put in my own path, was the fear of doing things the "right" way. I'd get an idea in my head of something I wanted to do, like reorganize a room, set up a ritual, or write a... Continue Reading →
Admittedly not as catchy as "winter is coming" but I like the sound of it so much more. This coming Monday (February 2nd) is auspicious for many reasons. Not only will I celebrate the results of the big game, and look to Punxsutawney Phil for his prognostications, I will also welcome the halfway point of... Continue Reading →
Thanks to all the witchy Facebook pages I follow, I know the first Mercury Retrograde of 2015 is here. I also know that Wednesdays are ruled by Mercury, so today's MR is even more significant, but since I'm still in "blowing the cobwebs off my witch's broom" mode, I don't have any personal words of... Continue Reading →
Living here in New England, crows are as commonplace as Dunkins. However, in the past few months, they've been popping up so much that they caught my full attention. This morning, I finally grabbed my handy copy of Animal-Speak and looked them up. I always knew they were pretty magical, but what I read especially... Continue Reading →
When I first studied witchcraft (in the early 90s), I spent more time worrying that any kind of ritual or spell I attempted wasn’t done properly, and less time actually doing rituals and spells. Over the years, I relaxed into a more laid-back approach, but substituted my “properly done” worry with the “does this make... Continue Reading →
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