druidinthecity Many of my photos on Instagram include the hashtag #getoutside. The reason for this is to encourage everyone who can to spend some time outside. It’s easy for us to forget our connection with the rest of life, to forget our connection with the plants and animals and the spirits of nature that exist outside … Read more
Admittedly, this is a bit of a hot button topic for me. In the Pagan world, I find a lot of people using the terms “Patron” or “Matron” to refer to a particular god or goddess that they are working closely with. The traditional meaning of patron that I learned is an individual who is … Read more
Our Landlady told us that she was raising the rent – raising it further than we were comfortable paying. So we’re moving. And I really don’t like it. This discomfort is completely aside from the effort of packing, and organizing the moving of utilities and internet, not to mention the extra expense for new security … Read more
One morning, not that long ago, I drew Pertho for my morning divination. Pertho is a bit of a loaded rune. It’s often called the loot cup or the dice cup, and can be considered a rune of luck. But, for me, there is so much more. There is a side of Pertho that is about … Read more
I don’t usually venture into politics on this blog, but I feel that it’s a good day to do so. Today people throughout the US are marching in the Womens’ March – standing up for their rights. There are marches in many different towns throughout the US, and in towns that don’t have organized marches, … Read more
Many times, my job requires me to travel, and that means hotels. I currently do a (mostly) daily practice, and this becomes a lot more challenging when I’m in a hotel. I don’t have access to my altar, or my stash of offerings, or my space. I usually can’t light a candle or incense and … Read more
Over my many years as a self-identified Pagan, I have had the opportunity to work with a number of different ways of protecting ritual spaces. While many Wiccan circles define a firm boundary to the ritual space, there are many other traditions that don’t. Even the traditions that do have the firm boundary sometimes don’t … Read more
A while ago, I made a blanket for charity as part of an offering to Freyja. I asked for something pretty big and it worked out – so something pretty big was returned. So I made the blanket, and then left it out at a train station with a hand towel, a bar of soap … Read more
As I mentioned in my last post, I make a lot of offerings in my daily practice 🙂 Five or six times a week, I make devotional offerings to various Kindreds. Most of the time, I’m making offerings to the gods that I work with more closely, some of the times it’s to my ancestors or … Read more
On Samhain night this year, I took the offerings that I had made over the last season and burned them in a cauldron on my grill. The grill itself is a gas grill, but I was using it for a safe space to burn my offerings. Multiple times a week, I make offerings in my … Read more