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  A Spell A Day: for health, wealth, love, and more By: Cassandra Eason Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Sterling Ethos (May 6, 2014) Language: English   I am a huge fan of Cassandra Eason’s books. They are always full of practical wisdom and enchanting insight. This little tome (and I mean little—if not for the thickness it would be pocket sized) is full of spells for most of your magical needs. There are 366 spells for you to choose from; that’s a lot of magic happening in this petite book. You won’t find curses or hexes in A Spell a Day, but you find spells to break them. Most of…

Witches Soul Work: Gratitude I’m looking after a little 93 year old lady right now who was in Auschwitz for 3 years during World War II. She saw her parents killed in front of her and begged the soldier to kill her too. Every night she still has images of the horrors that she experienced and yet she is one of the most positive and grateful people that I know. I ask her how things are going at the senior’s residence where she lives and she says: “Darlink! It’s like paradise here! Mine beautiful children visit me and everyone loves me!” Her face shines with happiness and I am ashamed…

House Cleansing and Blessing From time to time I cleanse and bless my home. We are living in an old house (1918) and a lot of people have lived here before us. It has been a dairy shop and later several families lived in 3 apartments. During the rebuilding I put a blessing in one of the walls downstairs and did some other stuff to claim it as OUR home. I had noticed other energies from the beginning, but most of them didn’t bother me at all. With a friend I did an extensive cleansing and blessing ritual. Together we went to every room in the house to remove old…

Lughnassadh 2015  The warm season is going by fast, isn’t it? Can you believe Lughnasadh, the beginning of harvest is nearly upon us? This year’s harvest will not be so great for some of us. El Nino began messing things up for some of us in March. Drought in California, flooding in Texas and Oklahoma, and the first four months of this year were the highest on record, according to NASA. Some would say this is global warming and that we should recycle and ride our bicycles more. Regardless of what is causing this, harvests will be drastically affected. Even in my own garden in Ohio, I lost almost all…

Notes from the Apothecary: Lavender   I have several types of lavender growing in my garden. Some I bought as tiny plants, but the most virile is the one I grew from seed. It took three attempts to get a viable plant from seed, but, as they say, third time’s the charm! This one is gradually taking over a small space in the garden, and at this time of year, as we head towards midsummer, the blooms are producing that unmistakeable aroma. Many associate the smell of lavender with their nana, or old women on general, but I think this is because it is one of the few perfumes that…

Sea shell for Sea Salt Merry Meet. July brings beach weather just about everywhere in the Northern hemisphere. Among the objects I associate with the beach is shells. Chances are you’ve collected some over the years that have been relegated to a drawer or a box. This craft is meant to inspire you to make your a salt dish or an offering bowl. Select an open shell and others with which to decorate it. Use two-part epoxy, hot glue or other craft adhesive to attach smaller shells, bits of sea glass, charms and pieces of jewelry as desired. Small shells, beads or pearls can be used as legs to keep…

  Known throughout antiquity as a House Goddess, Hekate is said to protect one’s home and those who live within its sacred walls. As a goddess of doorways and liminal places, shrines to Hekate are set up near the entrance of homes, businesses, and temples. As Brimo, Hekate is a fierce protector and will guard your home against storms, theft, and malevolent entities (human or spirit). As Queen of Witches and what I call the Shadow-Lands, Hekate has been the Goddess I have honored most. I am almost Henotheistic in my devotion to Her. She is everywhere and nowhere at once and rules the realms Seen and Unseen. I appeal…

Spiralled Edges: The Changing Role of Parenting   Today is Father’s Day in the UK and America and that has put me in mind of how my relationships with my sons has changed over time. As a parent, I know that if I am doing my job correctly the day will come when my children won’t need me to make decisions for them or hold them up. I have to trust that I have given them the skills they need to navigate their way through adulthood. My eldest son is an adult, and has been for several years. Occasionally, I will have someone ask me – “How could you let…

Healing Goddesses   Like so many others this week, I am saddened and devastated by the recent racist murders in South Carolina, US. In memory and honor of those whose lives were taken and in hopes that this country, and this world can begin to heal the hatreds that tear it apart, this month’s Goddess column will be on just a few of the Healing Goddesses, whom I ask to please look kindly upon us all.   COVENTINA – The British Goddess of springs and wells, she was also a Goddess of abundance and inspiration. Her sacred well, located in Northumberland, is considered a sacred healing site.     ANAITA…

Halo Quin: A Fae Existence   Halo Quin is the author of upcoming Pagan Portal, Your Faery Magic. I caught up with her to find out a bit more about the Faery world, and about Halo herself. Mabh Savage: What was the main inspiration for your upcoming book, Your Faery Magic? Halo Quin: The main inspiration for Your Faery Magic was my experiences as an enchantress. I’ve spent my whole life following a fae path, looking for faeries, working with them, visiting the realm that is their world, and I found very little Faery specific information that properly prepares the seeker for such work. I had to work out the…