Yesterday I got the opportunity to spend the day with Chief Golden Light Eagle at an event hosted by Firefly Willows. The Chief is a great speaker! He is very passionate about his message and is eager to share information with anyone who is willing to receive it. The day started with a film outlining…
Initiation is a personal experience in which one becomes aware of mysteries-realities that were previously hidden, that cannot be communicated by one person to another in words or symbols, that must be experienced directly, firsthand. by Ellen Cannon Reed in “The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path” Lately I’ve been thinking…
I am a creature of habit. I think to some extent we all are. It’s so easy to continue to do the same thing time after time. But does it really help us? Sitting in the same area on the train helps my train-riding friends to find me. Building habits of spiritual practice help to…
I have recently been taking a course on Courting Desire: the Soul’s Longing for Purpose by T. Thorn Coyle. The course focuses on knowing what you truly want to follow, and following that desire in order to be more in-tune with your live and generally be happier about things!
It is rare that I get the chance to sit down with my books and notes and actually create something in my Book of Shadows. Last weekend I finally did that. The hard part is not the finding the time, as much as it is finding the time when I’m not doing something else. There…
A quick summary of my times at Pantheacon
I’m starting to work through the exercises for the book Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink: Learn to Write Stories, Spells and Other Magickal Works by Susan Pesznecker The first exercise is this: Imagine you’re sitting in a Magickal Writing 101 class, and it’s your turn to introduce yourself. Write an imagined introduction telling about…
At the Goddess Festival last year, I took a little over 4 ounces of blended fiber and spun all event on a spindle. It was an amazing experience! All the different experiences from the festival were spun into that yarn .. the fantastic rituals, the fire dancing, the amazing workshops and the wonderfully welcoming event…
Lately there’s been a bit of .. well .. challenging emotions .. around my house. Both hubby and I are hitting crunch times at work, with the long hours and high stress that goes with that. So things are a bit tense around our house. I found this spell somewhere on the web, but I…
With still a lot of winter to go, I’m ready for spring! So I took the time to re-decorate my altar for late winter/spring. I’ve got some little goddesses, one of them was given to me by a dear friend, and the other has the word “imagine” on the back of it. The altar is…