Magic or Magick? Different people spell it different ways. I’m talking about the spiritual, witchcraft, ceremonial type of magic here, not stage illusions. And that differentiation is exactly why the spelling was changed from “magic” to “magick” by Aleister Crowley. Crowley wanted to be clear that he was talking about magick that was “the Science…
I love reading blogs .. and following blogs. Sometimes I think I like following them more than reading them, but you get some of the most interesting things from random blogs. Pagan Dad just started running a series of posts that I find quite interesting. In his most recent post he talks about confidence that…
Around mid last year, I joined the ADF with the idea to get the Dedicant program done in a year. And then life happened. So here I am, almost 6 months later and I’m not very far into the program. I’ve waffled a bit, on understanding if I wanted to focus on the ADF…
Today is the first day of a new experiment. I’m planning on participating in the NaBloPoMo for November in an effort to try to write more. If you’re not familar with it, NaBloPoMo is the National Blog Post Month. For me it’s an experiment to see if I can actually post daily! I’m currently studying…
Blessed Samhain everyone! On this Samhain day, I’d like to share with you a re-telling of the Persephone myth that I wrote for our local group’s ritual. Enjoy The Story of Persephone Once upon a time, when the world was still young, the Harvest Goddess had a daughter, Persephone. The young woman was enamored of…
“Slow down to speed up” It’s a phrase that I have heard a few times lately … It’s great and something I should do more often. Too often in today’s world, we’re racing around to get a lot of different things done. And done all at once. There’s family and school and work and social…
There are times in our lives when it becomes important to us to define who we are. The key is that we are defining who we are to ourselves, not to anyone else. Many many *cough* years ago, I started down the path of Wicca. At first I focused on magick and casting spells. Then…
Sometimes it’s something as simple as seeing a sign that makes you consider how the world has changed. This morning, on the way to work, I noticed that the signs warning you that a lane was about to become exit only said “Thru traffic merge left”. When I was younger, you were expected to understand…
This Midsummer, I was invited to a Druidic ritual at the Sierra Madrone Grove. This was to be my first ritual down my new path. I haven’t even taken the first oath for the Dedicant’s program yet! Sierra Madrone is a bit of a drive for me, so it turned into an “almost all day” thing, and I’m really glad that I went!
For years I’ve been studying with the College of the Sacred Mists. Now I’m working on their Progressive Magic course while I study druidry with Ár nDraíocht Féin’s Dedicant Program.