I am pleased to share with you the first of my articles for Nature’s Sacred Journey on Patheos! Today’s article includes a new divinatory spread (designed to work for Tarot, Oracle cards, Runes, Ogham or any other system based on sortilege) and an Ostara ritual for solitaries and small groups. Click here to read.
I’ve never found much resonance with traditional forms of prayer. It may just be my somewhat rebellious nature, but kneeling, hands pressed together in the gesture of pleading, feels wrong to me. It may also be that my most transcendental moments, those times I’ve felt the closest to the forces we think of as Divine,…
There are many fascinating Christian holdovers in Pagan spirituality. In the United States, we are so immersed in Christianity, even when raised by a family that does not practice that particular faith, that we tend to pick up Christian ideas and norms without realizing it. One of those ideas is that of a primary God…
As a soul crafter and shaper, I have a tendency toward planning, visioning the future. I like having guidelines for the qualities I am trying to embody, so the idea of a set of Virtues appeals to me. I don’t need a roadmap, necessarily, but cultivating specific virtues gives me a light in the wilderness,…
The Powers That Be speak to me in themes. The same topics come up, the same conversations occur over and over within a month or so, and I eventually realize that I’m being sent a very specific message through the repetition. Today I’m thinking about power and integration, the way wholeness translates to deeper roots…
I felt it for the first time Saturday. I don’t know if it was the bright sunlight on the snow, or the way the light was angling through the window of the car, or just the awareness that I was headed to an Imbolc Ritual that night. But the knowing came through, like the softest…
My practice changes over time. Every turning of the Wheel, I find that my understanding of my own Path has again transformed, and the shining bits of information I’ve added to my hoard are working their way into my magick. I like to joke that I started off as a Grand High Episcopagan – big…
One of more recognizable suffixes in old Norse terminology is ‘-heim.’ or ‘heimr.’ It indicates, roughly, a ‘land of’ whatever comes before that suffix. So, Vanaheim is the land of the Vanir, Jotunheimr is the land of the Jotnar, Svartálfaheimr is the land of the Black Elves, or Svartálfar. My sweetheart told me that one…
Sometimes I find myself repeating information to multiple people over a fairly narrow window of time. The end of December and beginning of January have followed that pattern, and this time the subject is shields – how to create them, how to use them, and when to wear them. One of the challenges many witches…
I have a lot of reservations around New Year’s Resolutions. I do completely honor and understand the desire to draw a line between one year and the next – the desire to start with a clean slate. I love it when people take charge of their lives and implement needed change. My objection has more…