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Review of Tarot of the Bones Deck & Companion Book by Lupa The Tarot of the Bones is a “natural history-themed” divination set created and published by Lupa. I was looking forward to receiving this deck because of its author and creator, who I first discovered years ago when researching therianthropy. Because of her long history of working in an honorable way with the hides and bones and fur of animals, I could not think of a better person than Lupa to create a bone-themed Tarot deck. I’m pleased to say that Lupa did not disappoint me. The Tarot of Bones deck has 79 cards with beautiful images of bones…

Metal flashes plunged deep into Fires from a forge Of great darkness.   Red flame and Wisps of cauterized Flesh that are carried Upwards towards Focused release.   Emerald green eyes Open and healing Tears drain from A fire filled gaze that Cuts clean through.   The Goddess has Awakened and Her sword deftly And swiftly plunges Through its mark.   All pain and suffering Drain from wounds That have festered And sapped life From blood’s purpose.   The mark of HER cross etched Into every cell, deepening Into its very core.   Four points of light Gathered together As renewal begins.   Goddess’ arms Open in flaming embrace And…

The Lenormand Oracle Cards and Booklet A few months ago, I received my first set of Lenormand cards. I wrote about them here: https://paganpages.org/emagazine/tag/lenormand-cards/ . If you remember, at the end of that article, I posted pics of the set of cards that I wanted to get and for Yule, I bought them for myself. They arrived in the mail on the third day of Christmas, if I remember correctly. I was so happy to get them! They are exactly what I wanted. They have the “antique” looking pictures of the original cards but also the playing card inserts that to me, are the essence of the Lenormand. I was…

As a witch, I have found that sometimes the safest place to chill out is the recess of my own mind. This means that for me, as for many pagans, indeed people of all paths, being able to meditate is a real key skill; one that I have worked at for many years. By no means am I a meditation master; in fact, even though I need this skill, I’ve often struggled to get to grips with it and sometimes struggle to switch off at all. With that in mind, I’m on a mission to find the best meditation apps on your smart phone or tablet and I’m sacrificing myself…

The Awakened Psychic: What You Need to Know to Develop Your Psychic Abilities Author Kala Ambrose Publisher Llewellyn Publications Copyright:2016 Length 216 Pages I really enjoyed this book, it is a great teaching book for novices and even a great refresher for seasoned psychics. This is the 7th book Kala Ambrose has written. She also has 3 Guided Meditation recordings available as of January 16, 2018. I love the candid way in which Kala Ambrose writes, it is a style that makes you feel that you are listening to her talk in person. She is straightforward and doesn’t really play around in the way she describes events that she has…

The Queen of Wands (The Queen of Wands Card is from the artist Ciro Marchetti http://www.ciromarchetti.com/)** Welcome to the year 2018! We have one more Queen to talk about, the Queen of Wands, so let’s get started. First, let’s review some information about the royal family of the Tarot. A Tarot deck has 78 cards. There are 22 Major Arcana cards, with numbers from 0 to 21; the Majors usually deal with broader and more far-reaching life experience issues, archetypes that are easy for us to identify with and connect with at some point in our lives. There are 56 Minor Arcana cards that are customarily grouped into four categories or…

  This is a lovely little book, one that can easily fit inside a woman’s bag, or a man’s briefcase. It is broken down into two parts – The Foundations of Worship and Building Rituals. Part One is broken down in “Prayer” and “Rituals”. It describes how, yes, pagans so pray, a description of prayer and how to write your own. Part Two is all about Rituals — How to Begin — Home — Callings — Praise — Thanksgiving — Consecrations & Blessings — Separate sections for Time of Day/Month/Year/Lore — Endings The last section is “Petitioning the Gods” and includes, requests, offerings, healing and society and land. The book…

Choosing Handfasting Cord Charms Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! You’ve planned every detail of the ceremony and reception with your partner and you’ve committed to having a handfasting ceremony, and now it’s time to choose what your cord looks like, from which colour(s) to choose to which charms represent the two of you. Of the two, the charms are, by far, the hardest to choose. There is a limited number of cord colours, but an unlimited number of symbols that could be used. Charms at the end of a handfasting cord aren’t essential, but if you choose to add charms, the symbols should be the most meaningful symbols to you.…

Sheela-Na-Gig (Photo Credit: knowth.com) What better representation of the Goddess for February than Sheel-Na-Gig? All over Europe, primarily Ireland and England, adorning castles, churches, sacred sites, you will find carvings in stone of the beautiful Sheela-Na-Gig, a big smile on her face, squatting knees apart, exposing her powerful vulva. It is believed that these carvings were done during the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras. There is still and old energy that lies within these carvings. While many find Her akin to a gargoyle, or a figure of lust. Many women, though, believe her to be an ancient fertility figure and a representation of the Mother Goddess. The term “gyg”, in Norse,…

(Celtic Gods: The Morrigan by Alexandra Rena of AlexandraRena Fine Art Prints & Gifts on etsy.)   I just read a very interesting article by John Beckett. In it he speaks at his unnamed discomfort at the “sexualisation” of Goddess imagery, specifically of the Morrigan. The word he was groping for but missing was objectification. Of course this is not a new thing (I spoke before at this Greek innovation of lessening women and Goddess power). Early Christian and Jewish priests had some very odd ideas about the worship of objects (animism) and linked it to avarice and greed. Love of possessions was seen as “worship” of things. I’m sure…