Courtesy of Orion Foxwood “The Tree of Enchantment”, by Orion Foxwood is a gleaming light shinning in a world where it is sorely needed, granting the reader a well-defined path leading to an accumulation of astonishing magnitude. “The Tree of Enchantment”, is not just another mystical new age book it is a piece of literary genius, which offers the reader a glimpse into the profound knowledge of an authentic spiritual tradition. Excerpt from the Tree of Enchantment May you know and remember the truth and beauty that is your Essence… and your birthright. May you receive and claim it when it is revealed. May the forces of fear and atrophy…

Oimelc a Celtic Fire Festival Following the Celtic fire festival of Samhain is the Celtic festival Oimelc (pronounced Im-melg; Also known as Imbolg, Candlemass, Brid’s Day, and Bride’s Day) which translates to ewe-milk, at this time of year (January 31) sheep begin to give milk; celebrations begin in the Northern hemisphere on the evening of January 31st. and in the Southern hemisphere on August 31st.. While this time of celebration has since developed an association with dark magic, the Sabbat and the assembling of witches, traditionally Oimelc was a lambing celebration welcoming the new life and the coming of spring. During the festival of Oimelc, the primordial Irish goddess (Brigid…

Courtesy Of Janet and Gavin Bone © Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone have skillfully put together a guide which grants the reader the capability to learn in ways never before possible, they have created a powerful tool that embraces and opens new doors to Progressive Witchcraft for all who wish to enter. Excerpt from Progressive Witchcraft: “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” ~ Mahfouz Naguib It is evident that both Janet and Gavin are both clever and wise… Janet and Gavin were so gracious as to allow us this magnificent interview probing into their…

Normally I would have written something about the Fae and had fully intended on writing an article based on the Water faeries but when I got up this morning and turned on my computer I received a bit of extremely sad news; a very good friend of mine’s mother had just passed away. As I tried to get my mind on the work at hand I just could not get my friend off my mind. What do you say when someone has lost a loved one, let alone their mother? Do I call or perhaps send some flowers? These things all fade away. So in dedication of a life taken…

Faeries, Elves, and Other Kin: The Woman of Peace and the Spirit of the Air (Bean sidhe (Banshee) Announcing mortal’s deaths with her keening cries Piercing throughout the night rising and falling like the oceans waves White Lady of Sorrow spirit of the air Mourning and forewarning the ancient Celts and their decedents with her unearthly cries Woman of peace, her voice blending in with the mournful cries of loved ones left behind The Faery woman contrasts against the nights black skies Eyes red from crying, her face pale Cloaked in a raiment of grayish-white clinging to her tall slender frame Her hair of silver and gray streaming down to…

Gaelic Healing Water Spell Acquire equivalent portions of violet, rosemary, and lavender. After give power to them boil them in approximately one quart of water over a medium flame. Once the water has a rich color and the herbs begin to emit a scent throughout your kitchen, drain off the water off into a jar. An organic coffee filter works well for this. Leave the jar in the sunshine for an entire day to take in the glowing energies from the sun. (To add the healing powers of mercury to the spell do this on a Wednesday) Occasionally gaze into the jar to add your own energies to it. Just…

Gail adroitly spins a guide that presents the reader the ability to shape shift and navigate through time, thought, and space. The basic foundations of Shamanism and witchcraft in Gail’s book, “The Shamanic Witch” go beyond the fundamental concepts we have become accustomed to. Reminding one of their own inherent abilities in the Shamanic tradition and edifies just how to put these abilities into practice in Shamanic Witchcraft. Gail has fashioned a powerful practice that once embraced opens up the path between the worlds which leads to affirmative changes in all who follow it. Photo by: Dawn Van Hall Gail was gracious enough to allow us this wonderful interview probing…

Celtic Spirituality is and has always been based on the fundamental knowledge that all existence is born of cyclical nature and therefore, all existence whether human or from nature has a direct link connecting the otherworld to the realm of the material world. From the Druidic teachings handed down through the Welsh tradition we are shown that there is an unseen world that intermingles and affects our perceptible world. Things are not always as they may seem. Everything that “is” exists on numerous synchronized levels. The human being, the cognitive creature that he is comprehends the world around him as having three dominions or levels as it were: the spiritual,…

Faeries, Elves, & Other Kin: The Fae and their Origin The name fairy comes from the Old French word faerie. The word faerie as we commonly know it has been hackneyed by using it to describe paranormal beings and the like. Never the less, there is an enormous amount of differentiation in categorizing a faerie from today’s modern literature and those of literature from the middle ages, particularly those of the Celtic tradition as well as from other faerie traditions such as those from  Germany, England and many Slavic countries. Oftentimes when one thinks about the Fae, they envision them as tiny winged creatures flittering around a glittering unearthly light…

Ancient Samhain Rituals 2,000 years ago, the Celts who lived in the region now known as Ireland, Northern France, and the United Kingdom, celebrated their new year on the 1st. day of November. The New Year symbolized the end of the harvest and of summer and the commencement of the cold, gloomy, dark days of winter, oftentimes, this time of year was associated with death. The Celts believed the hours of darkness preceding the new year, was the time when the veil between the living and the dead was at its thinnest, and it was on this night October 31 that the Celts celebrated Samhain, at what time it was…