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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, 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

The Female Reproductive System   Hello Pagan Pages readers! I’m honored and excited to have been asked to join this e-mag. I promise to give you guys my best! With many fertility rites of spring upon us, let’s take some time to discuss the female reproductive system. This article is geared toward women, but I urge men to give it a chance, you have a role in this topic.   What comes to mind when you think of the female reproductive system? Blood? Childbirth? Pain? Mystery? Shame?   With the help of a seed, women create life, grow life and birth life. Life. Giving birth may be common, but always…

Merry meet and welcome, welcome to my new column. My name is Cara.Luna. I am a witch, a crone, a mother, a grandmother, a retired teacher and a writer. This column will be about women. Women just like you and me, but, faced with situations, some of their own making, some not, that would make a grown man cry, triumphed! I have to tell you, there are women out there who have inspired me to work hard to reach my potential. There are women out there who have achieved such amazing accomplishments, only a dead body would not be awed. I will introduce you to those inspirational ladies I call…

Energetic Safety First   There is a lunar eclipse this week landing nicely inline with the full moon in time for a beautiful time on the 1st of May. For some it is Samhain and for others it is Beltane. Whilst I live in the Southern Hemisphere, somehow I resonate with the Northern Hemisphere’s cycle. This may be relating to where I was born or simply how the energetic connection exists. Whatever the case it is going to be an energetically powerful time.   During this time there are the usual celebrations and things to undertake in conjunction with this time of year. However, there is something underlying that needs…

“The Minefield between Paranormal Belief and Religion” We’ve covered how to blend spiritual work into paranormal investigations in one of the earliest series for this column; and how the psychology of perception shapes our paranormal experiences; as well as a plethora of discussions on how scientific principles and methods apply to paranormal research. Through it all, we’ve seen that the realm of parapsychology is a very unique and complex field with theories that span the entire spectrum of human experience- from philosophy and spirituality to environmental science and physics. Recent surveys suggest that more than 67% of Americans hold some sort of belief in paranormal activity, and that number is…

Happy and Blessed Beltane to everyone!  For obvious reasons I decided to share some easy and enjoyable Beltane rituals with you this month.  Witches usually celebrate Beltane on May 1st, although there are a large amount that prefer to celebrate around May 5th, when the sun reaches 15 degrees of Taurus.  Whatever works for you is fine. Beltane is said to be the oldest known holiday, and it is of course still one of the four fire festivals in modern Pagan traditions.  It is also a fertility holiday. There are a lot of ways to celebrate Beltane, the best known of which is probably the May Pole, but because I…

Using law of attraction with everyday objects How to Make a Wishing Bundle   True mystics know that the “law of attraction”, which became so popular with the DVD “The Secret” has been practiced for centuries.  The “law of attraction” is just a scientific way for doing what ancient sages called “magic.”   The movie, “The Secret,” discusses how to manifest things in your life by using a vision board. However, in the old days, and even now, wise women and men create a  wishing bundle to help them manifest their desires.  The bundle has the same concept as a vision board, but can be even more powerful because it…

A Meditation on Desire          In the beginning, there was One.       After a few million millenia, One got bored, and became Two.       Consciousness, Stillness, Space – Shiva       and       Energy, Movement, Matter – Shakti.       Shiva and Shakti took one look at each other and fell madly, passionately in love. They immediately united with each other in every way they could, and there was much Big Banging.       From their Union came all the photons that make light and all the particles that make the atoms that make the molecules that make the minerals and the cells and the…

Honouring Our Descendants at Beltane   At Beltane it is said that the veil between the worlds thins, just as it is said to do at Samhain. Beltane – also known as May Day or Walpurgisnacht – traditionally marked the beginning of summer, and is directly opposite Samhain, the beginning of winter, on the Wheel of the Year. At Samhain many Pagans choose to use this thinning of the veil to honour and work with the spirit of their ancestors. Accordingly, why not balance this by honouring and working with the spirit of our descendants at Beltane?   I believe every moment of the present is a magical blend of…