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Dressing up Merry Meet. In last month’s column, I talked about how you don’t need props, tools or symbols to practice the Craft – that you needed only yourself. This month, I’m going to begin talking about various ways of acquiring some of those props, tools and symbols that you don’t need, but might enjoy – all on a budget. Ritual wear, for one. One of the things that gets me out of the mundane world and ready for entering sacred space is my “witch costume.” On dark moons and Samhain, that tends to be a long black skirt and a black top. For full moons and festivals, I tend…

Moon Name: The Growing Moon Deities: Kali, Hathor, Anahita, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast Nature Spirits: plant faeries Colors: Red and gold Herbs: basil, chives, dragons blood, geranium, thistle Flowers: daisy and sweetpea Tree’s: pine, bay and hazel Scents: pine, bay, bergamot and my personal favorite patchouli Stones: ruby, garnet, sard Animals: Bear and Wolf Birds: hawk and magpie Powers: energy in creating and producing, balance is returned to the nerves change, self confidence, self-reliance, take advantage of opportunities, Time to work on emotional turmoil and get your temper into prospective

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more.                _    *Ask Your Mama™                Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Spirituality and Didn’t Know Who to Ask™   by ©Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A Question of Baby Steps to the Goddess   Dear Mama Donna   I am not a follower of the goddess, but I was walking around downtown Brooklyn with my six-year-old daughter Beatrice when she said to me, “Mommy, I don’t believe in God. I believe in Mother Nature and the faeries in the woods. That’s why I make the circles with the rocks.” Clearly…

A Shamanic View: “But You Can’t be a Shaman, Because…” A book I was reading earlier this week brought up a point I’ve been thinking about since. The author talked about people raising the argument, “how can you learn to be a shaman? Don’t you have to go to some remote tribe, apprentice to some elder for a long time and then have some horrific initiatory experience?” Certainly, that’s probably the indigenous experience. The student might have been raised by the tribe shaman (who might have been known by one of many different titles). The student might have apprenticed for many years. The apprentice would probably have started by doing…

Air – The Breath of Life   It’s all around us, we can’t live without it and we often take it for granted.  Air can represent the power of the mind and communication. While meditating, imagine it taking away the negative and bringing you positive, healing energy from the earth.   Human activities are changing the air we breathe and not for the better. Many of the things we do produces air pollution. The main contributor for air contaminants is the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels such as vehicle emissions, industrial emissions, coal and gas-fired power plants and wood burning for heating or waste disposal. The majority of air…

The Hunter Diaries Anthology By Serena Zane © 2013 by Serena Zane ISBN: 978-1482093940 223 pages Paperback $8.54 (U.S.)   The Hunter Diaries is different from the other books I have reviewed as this one was fiction. I found this to be a very enjoyable book and one I had a hard time putting down from the time I started reading it. This book is a collection of four stories that are inner connected through some of the characters. The first story, “The Christmas Present” introduces the reader to a world populated in part by vampires and those who hunt them. The hunters in this case are the Willis family…

Also known as: May Day, Bealtaine, Beltane, Bhealtainn, Bealtinne, Festival of Tana (Strega), Giamonios, Rudemass, and Walburga (Teutonic), Cetsamhain (opposite Samhain),Fairy Day ,Sacred Thorn Day, Rood Day, Roodmas (the Christian term for Rood Day, Old Beltane, Beltain, Baltane, Walpurgis Night, Floriala (Roman feast of flowers from April 29 to May 1), Walpurgisnacht (Germanic-feast of St. Walpurga), Thrimilce (Anglo-saxon), Bloumaand (Old Dutch) Date: May 1 Animals: Swallow, dove, swan, Cats, lynx, leopard Deities: Flower Goddesses, Divine Couples, Deities of the Hunt, Aphrodite, artemis, Bast, Diana, Faunus, Flora, Maia, Pan, the Horned God, Venus, and all Gods and Goddesses who preside over fertility.Tools: broom, May Pole, cauldronStones/Gems: emerald, malachite, amber, orange carnelian,…

Spring   “All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.” –  Helen Hayes   As spring gets into full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, it is a great time to get back in touch with the Earth. Winter’s short days and inclement weather can limit our contact with the natural world. How tempting it is to stay indoors where it’s warm and dry rather than wrap up and brave the elements. Yet now, as the days lengthen and the sun reappears from behind the…

Welcome to the March Issue of PaganPages In this issue:   an Interview with Morgan Daimler and…      Interview with Author Deanna Anderson   Our Etsy is back!  You can check it out Here   Be sure to like us on facebook and Twitter for updates and releases!!!      We are currently looking for Pagan Parents to head up some columns on pagan parenting.  Interested??  Email [email protected]  

The Earth Is Our Mother…   ‘The Earth is our Mother, We must take care of Her.’ – Native American Chant   This month, on Saturday, March 29th, people around the world will mark ‘Earth Hour’ from 8.30pm to 9.30pm during participants’ local time (see http://www.earthhour.org/ for further information). Earth Hour is an annual event organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature, which encourages participants to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. Our household has been celebrating Earth Hour for the last few years and find it a lovely, tranquil thing to do. We usually turn off all…