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  Notes on Our Cosmos    I am collecting notes about our cosmos which seem suggestive and relevant. The first thing to note is that our cosmos is local. A cosmos is an ordered habitation, and does not mean everything within reach of our telescopes. It is still under construction and goes through cycles of birth, growth, decay, dissolution and incubation. We shall understand what these cycles mean when we understand how life, evolution and intelligence fit into the dynamics of a cosmos. The Sun is the principal deity and world of our local cosmos, while the Earth is its principal ‘field’ of nurture. The Moon, which is the same…

    The Bad Witch’s Guide to Love Spells I am a bad witch. There are a long list of reasons why I am a bad witch. Having been out of the broom closet for some considerable number of years I would on occasion get asked “but you’re a good witch though?” My response to that depending on the person asking but I found I started to say “yes, a very, very good witch” rather darkly as it usually got the point across. Good witches will either hand you a love spell without blinking or warn you off them completely. I however, am not a good witch. The warnings are…

July 2017 Celebrating the Old Ways in New Times It is the day before Summer Solstice, and I’m writing July’s article. Next month will bring Lammas! The year is going by so fast! This month’s topic will be a very important one we talk about, but seldom sit in silence and meditate on. How Pagans get on with those who they cannot stand. It all depends on both your tradition, and your personality. My own, personal knee jerk reaction is to tell people off very harshly, and write them off for good if I really cannot endure them. This is because, like many, it takes a lot for me to get…

Wordless Knowledge In time I realized that my new experiences came from a sort of energy flowing through my body. This energy was always there, but most of it was engaged with thinking and frontal attention; consequently, I rarely noticed it. I had discovered a way to increase the flow of this energy, so that I became aware of it for the first time as a factor in my environment. I had no name for this energy because we only name the things we notice. In this way shifts in energy awareness lead to wordless knowledge. As energy flowed through my body, feelings flowed through my mind. I couldn’t put…

Book Review: Icelandic MAGIC: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires by Stephen E. Flowers This fascinating book opens a window on some rare material! During the Christianization of Europe in the Middle Ages, many books of magic (also known as grimoires) were lost as the ancient pagan traditions were suppressed and demonized (and this mood still colours our perception of magic today)..However, in Iceland the practice of recording magical spells in a book secretly continued for centuries. Even though those surviving books of magic represent only a tiny proportion of the material that used to exist, they still open a window on a magical tradition that never quite disappeared completely and…

Quinoa Pancakes & Waffles Recipe             Ingredients:   1 1/2 cups Quinoa flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/4 cups milk 3 eggs beaten 2 Tbsp of butter melted 2 tsp of honey       Mix together & make into pancakes. To make waffles, just add another teaspoon of milk to the mixture above.   I suggest you use real Maple Syrup and KerryGold butter.   I am gluten-free and these were so light and delicious. This has become our go to dinner if we are wanting something quick and sweet. 

Rituals of the Light Within a Compendium of Writings from the Magical Work of Elizabeth Anderton Fox   Publisher: Megalithic Books; Stafford England First Edition: 2017 This book contains 32 rituals, along with 2 messages from the Priestess of the West. The author, Ms. Fox, does mention two distinct groups: Servants of the Light School and Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica. Ms. Fox says that some of the rituals are still in use by both of these groups. She has written each ritual with the beauty that comes from someone who is well-connected to their spiritual beliefs and is well-educated in different Esoteric schools. Each ritual comes with complete directions you…

Tarot by Design Workbook: Color and Learn Your Way into the Cards by Diana Heyne Published by Weiser Books, Massachusetts, soft cover, with introduction by author     I have always loved coloring books. As a child, I valued my giant box of Crayola crayons (with the built-in sharpener), and could spend hours filling the black-lined drawings with colors. As an adult, I have indulged in the adult coloring books, spending time with images of ocean creatures, forest creatures, flowers and plants, and geometric shapes, and my colored pencils, bringing myself into a meditative state as I applied colors to the lined drawings. I have a lovely coloring book of…

Kupala (Photo Credit: holladaypaganism.com) Kupala, whose name means “to bathe” is a Slavic mid-summer Goddess. She is known as a Goddess of Springs and Water. Her worshippers bathed in local rivers and collected dew each morning in June. The waters had been blessed by Kupala and had healing and purification powers, which also makes Her a Goddess of Healing. She is also a Goddess of Fire, with it’s purifying and protective qualities. At Her annual mid-summer festival, young men and women would jump over a purifying bonfire, dragging a straw maiden along with them. (Photo Credit: meettheslavs.com) This image was garlanded with flowers and dressed in a beautiful gown. The…

Middle Son (15) is a bit of a jester and trickster both. Whenever I tell him that I love him, he gives me a lopsided grin and replies: “I love me too!”     As well as funny I think this is actually brilliant as we are constantly being told that we can only love others in as far as well love ourselves. And if we do not love ourselves (wholeheartedly, sufficiently) our love for others becomes distorted because our own needs and unresolved issues colour the space. Manipulation and unresolved shadow material often comes into play, even if this is unintended and we are not aware of it. Many…