WELCOME   ____________________________________________________   Welcome to the March issue of PaganPages.  We feature great information, articles, interviews & reviews for you this month!  Such as…     An interview with Elen Sentier: British Shaman who  walks in the Deer Trods of Elen of the Ways, and has written about this and many other magical topics.     A Book Review of “The Key to Spirit Animals from Communication to Meditation” by Dawn Baumann Brunke “The aim of this book is to engage spirit animals in more conscious ways.” An interview with Rachel Patterson: The Kitchen Witch.  Rachel Patterson, or Tansy Firedragon,…

Amethyst   (image courtesy: Shijewels https://www.etsy.com/shop/shijewels)   Having long been known as the stone of sobriety, amulets and goblets were made of Amethyst to prevent drunkenness. In addition, it assists in ridding oneself of addictions and bad habits. This spiritual stone vibrates at a higher frequency, helping to block and transmute lower vibrations to a higher spiritual frequency. It also has the ability to clear blockages and assist in connecting with more beneficial energies keeping you in line with your souls true path.       (image courtesy: Shijewels https://www.etsy.com/shop/shijewels)   This mineral is proficient at bringing both the mind and body to a tranquil state during meditation allowing one to move…

The Moon in Other Forms: Qabalistic Although not an apparent correspondence, I have chosen the discipline of the Hermetic Tree of Life as another source of deepening your solar connection. If you are unfamiliar with the basic principles of the Qabalah, please refer to the link at the bottom of the page. You will find enough information there to allow the opening of another overlay of understanding of the Lunar Principle.   YESOD – FOUNDATION Planetary Attribution: The Moon Milky whiteness and gown Of luminescent light Sparkles through veils Of fertile dreamtime. Images of shape and form Arise borne on gossamer wings Of faery flight and angels beckon From heavenly…

Rachel Patterson: The Kitchen Witch     Rachel Patterson: The Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson, or Tansy Firedragon, is an accomplished witch with a passion for learning. She has written numerous books and is the High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven, and an Elder of their School of Natural Witchcraft. I caught up with Rachel to find out a bit more about her craft and her writing. Mabh Savage: Can you summarise what it is to be a Kitchen Witch? Rachel Patterson: It is a term that has been used in the past to describe someone that is a bit of a food expert and actually nothing to do with…

Zodiac Tarot Spread Merry meet. A new zodiac year begins March 27 at 7:59 p.m. (on the East Coast) with the new moon in Aries. It’s an opportune time to do a manifestation spell using all twelve houses of the zodiac. While this is written for a group, changing a few pronouns will make it work for a solitary. To prepare for the ritual, place a copy of the zodiac wheel in the center of the table or on the floor, and put a candle at each of the 12 houses plus one in the middle to represent Spirit. Candles can relate to each the sign that rules each house…

BOOK REVIEW “The Key to Spirit Animals from Communication to Meditation” by Dawn Baumann Brunke “The aim of this book is to engage spirit animals in more conscious ways.” So, the author says, and so it is. “The Key to Spirit Animals” is exactly what this book is. It begins with explaining what a spirit animal is and how we may all have several spirit animals, as well as a lifelong Spirit Animal, which we can discover following her guided meditation. Ms. Brunke suggests keeping a Spirit Animal Journal and includes *journal prompts* throughout the book. The author explains how we can work more closely with nature to establish a…

Spring Equinox (March 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere)     (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…

      “Look into the eye of the Dragon and despair.” – Merlin initiating Morgan la Fey in the film “Excalibur.” A Druid of my acquaintance put this short dialogue into my hands. He refused absolutely to comment on it, but said I might do with it what I wished. So I am laying it before all of you: A red-haired lady came to see me the other day. She said she had been having visions of angels, and she told me her visions in great detail. Among other things, she said that they control the weather. She was a nice lady. I said that I did not doubt…

    When we awake in the morning, we undergo a change in consciousness, and at first we bring with us vestiges of the dream-state, including the voices and moods associated with dream figures. As these fade, we often experience a temporary state of clear calm, when we say “I haven’t woken up yet.” Then the morning moods begin, and if there is anything troubling us about our current lives, it often makes itself known at that time. Because our culture, which inherits the Medieval injunction against “traffic with spirits,” conditions us to believe that whatever occurs in private experience belongs to us alone, we have a tendency to identify…

Elen Sentier: British Shaman     Elen Sentier walks in the Deer Trods of Elen of the Ways, and has written about this and many other magical topics. She is awenydd, spirit keeper, and keeps old British ways alive, passing them on for future generations. Elen spoke to Mabh here at Pagan Pages about her books, her magical life and more. Mabh Savage: Your most recent release is Merlin: Once and Future Wizard. What inspired you to write this volume? Elen Sentier: Well, actually, my publisher had the idea and commissioned it. It was great fun, and it seemed that he was thinking about Merlin at the same time as…