Gaia- The Earth Mother Gaia is the oldest Goddess and is also very well known. She was born from chaos and is the mother and lover of many. There are several stories around Gaia and many different interpretations. This is mine. Gaia is the mother of all creation. She is the earth mother and created beauty that most people are ignorant of today. She created birds, trees, flowers, grass, and many more amazing additions to our Earth. She goes by many names, some of them including: Gaea, Ge, and Gea. She is represented by fruits and cornucopia. Over time Gaia became better known as a metaphysical notion more than a…

Shine On Open your heart To the light Shine on Shine in From the beginning To the end The circle repeats As the wind bends A gentle reed Or giant tree All must move To the rhythm we breathe Flowers sing Bees dance Butterflies hum In a symphony of sounds Listen and you will hear The songs of nature That could soon disappear Hold to your heart As the drums beat Robes flowing, arms raised Remember we are one One human race

BAST Do you ever find yourself thinking about how you would rather be lounging around somewhere else, engaging in something luxurious?  Bast would always and forever encourage you to do so.  She is the Egyptian cat Goddess of passion, pleasure,and the sun to name just a few.  She loves to dance, and remembers to never take things too seriously.  Who wouldn’t want her around?  Especially if she can help you with love issues as well as self doubt obstacles.  She has that special nocturnal cat vision, that allows her all seeing eyes to see through the darkness in physical circumstances and emotional ones, so we can become our true selves. …

In Praise of the Creepy Crawlies:  Learning to Love the Earthworm The March is called Full Worm Moon in some Native American lore, according to The Farmers’ Almanac.  It was so named because the warming weather and the warmer rains caused the worms to rise to the top of the soil, where they sometimes drowned.  For my college roommate, walking across campus after a rain caused a lot of screaming terror because she hated the signs of dead worms on the sidewalks.  For someone raised with a multitude of male relatives, this behavior was almost incomprehensible.  I learned early not to be repulsed by insects, worms, and other creepy animals,…

Barite This mineral is calming to people too mentally or physically active if placed in their living or working areas.  It has a harmonious influence on interpersonal relationships.  The clear version, like clear quartz, it is adaptable to multifaceted use.  It is both a body energizer and astral body cleaners.  It creates current flow between aspects of the total self and is optimizer in psychic work.  In meditation it polarized information to enhance clarity so that in emotional issues, a more accurate reading of one’s own intent can be deduced.  This is true for reading others, as well.  Acts on the 7ty and 12th Chakras.  The blue in history has…

What is a Kitchen Witch? A Kitchen Witch is a woman who has placed magick in every aspect of her home, her hearth. She  ensures it is safe, cleaned of negative energies and it is nurtured on all levels.  The kitchen is, after all, the heart and hearth of many households. A Kitchen Witch acknowledges the magickal energies in her home.  She puts direct magickal focus into whatever meals she makes and the way she cleans house. A Kitchen Witch attunes with the energies of Nature and incorporates as much of Nature’s energy as possible into and around her home. When you take the time to put meals together from…

Blood Mysteries ÓSusun S Weed In the beginning, according to the Wise Woman tradition, everything began, as everything does, at birth. The Great Mother of All gave birth and the earth appeared out of the void. Then the Great Mother of All gave birth again, and again, and again, and people, and animals, and plants appeared on the earth. They were all very hungry. “What shall we eat?” they asked the Great Mother. “Now you eat me,” she said, smiling. Soon there were a very great many lives, but the Great Mother of All was enjoying creating and giving birth so much that she didn’t want to stop. “Ah,” she…

Creating a Book of Shadows The Book of Shadows is a combination cookbook and journal. In it you record your magical workings, the ingredients and methods you used, and how it worked. In this way you are able to learn from your magical experiences and build upon the successes you have. Over the course of time you add various information you acquire from other people, books, coven work and other sources and the book becomes a valuable reference.. It can be a spiral notebook, or an embossed calf hide bound collection of calligraphy on parchment, it’s up to you.. Traditionally the Book of Shadows or Grimoire was the record of…

(Oh-star-ah) – Lesser Sabbat – Spring/Vernal Equinox, March 20-21st – when the Sun enters Ares Other Names: Ostre, Oestre, Eostre, Rites of Spring, Eostra’s Day, Lady Day, First Day of Spring, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, Alban Eiler, Bacchanalia, Mean Earraigh, Pasch, Caisg, Pess Date: Spring Equinox (March 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere) or when the Sun is 1 degree Aries. Symbolism: The beginning of spring, new life and rebirth, the God and Goddess in Their youth, balance, fertility Goddesses: all love, virgin, and fertility Goddesses; Anna Perenna (Roman), Aphrodite (Greek), Astarte (Canaanite, Persia, GrecoRoman), Athena (Greek), Cybele (Greco-Roman), Blodeuwedd, Eostre (Saxon Goddess of Fertility), Flidais (Irish), Gaia (Greek), Hera, Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian),…

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) Coltsfoot is common in roadsides, hedgerows, waste ground and stream banks and is one of the first plants to flower in Spring. It produces its flowers before its leaves.  It is a perennial herb with yellow daisy like flowers and heart shaped polygonal leaves.  (It does look a lot like the summer flowing Butterbur to make sure you have the right plant). Its Latin name Tussilago means ‘cough’ and farfara or flour refers to the white, cottony down on the underside of the leaves. Both flowers and the leaves can be used medicinally, especially as a cough remedy.   Harvest the flowers in early spring and the leaves…