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Simple Snow Magick Love it or hate it, in many parts of the world we are now buried in it:  Snow! Personally, I’m not a big fan of scraping ice off the windshield of the car every morning, or spending hours shoveling out the driveway, so to keep myself from becoming too bitter I have tried to look at snow from a more positive perspective.  I’ve come up with some ideas to help me appreciate the icy coldness a little bit, and I’ll share them with you. Snow has uses, not only in nature but in your own magickal life. Where I live, the extreme cold and ice are necessary…

Lullaby of Avalon In Avalon they honor Mother Goddess Following the path of those before them Stepping past the blossoming flora That lay below the high fertile hills While the young maidens In the silent groves Casting magick circles. Midnight black ravens caw as they fly Priestesses under a brilliant shine Harvesting herbs from the gardens Alongside the Lady of the Lake Hear hoof beats From the great horned stag Leading the wild hunt of Imbolc. O Great Mother, Goddess of the earth and of fertility, Sweet voiced mistress of the moon and sorcery, Let be your wisdom, your blessings, Protection and love My eyes close in sleep. Comforted in…

Giver Of Knowledge Her name literally means “one who gives the essential knowledge of our own self.”  Sarasvati is knowledge itself, and is also Goddess of learning, skills and the arts.  She is a wonderful Goddess to call upon if your in school, or taking art classes. This beautiful Hindu Goddess is the consort of Brahma, who is the God of knowledge.  I cant even imagine the dinner conversation between these two…I feel like there would be silence because they just know everything!  Anyways, Sarasvati was worshiped by many students in ancient times, and then she would grant them blessings for being so devoted.  She loves to help other people…

Sweet Dreams are made of this, Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas, Everybody’s looking for something…” Sweet Dreams lyrics by Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Album~1983 Have you ever gone to sleep and had the weirdest, craziest experience? Or experienced something so realistic that when your alarm clock goes off you’re disoreinted and confused because what you experiecned was so real you couldn’t possibly have been aslee? Or maybe your dream experiences lead more towards the silly and nonsense. Stuff that makes no sense in the real world but makes perfect sense in the sleep world. Dreams…what are they? Are they…

Kindness A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents… Adapted and compiled by Sarah Conover University of Washington Press (12 Mar 2001) Paperback 120 pages “Kindness” is a traditional collection of Buddist tales meant to guide us to a better understanding of others as well as ourselves. Aimed at all age groups, “Kindness” is a delight to read and a must have in any childs home library.

Blessed Disting For those who follow a Celtic pagan path February 2nd brings Imbolc to celebrate the Goddesses transformation from crone to maiden; the change from dark to light. During this time we honor the beloved Brigid, goddess of healing and medicine, poetry, divination, fire (the forge and the hearth), knowledge and inspiration. She is daughter of Dagda, the great “father god” of Ireland and one of the oldest Goddesses still worshiped today. Also coinciding on this same day is the Scandinavian celebration called Disting, a holy day largely characterized by preparing the land for planting and the blessing of objects and tools. In Nordic mythology, within Vanaheim, home of the…

Gerald Gardner I’m sure a few people have heard of Gardnerian Wicca or Garderian tradition, etc., but not many know about the man himself. So, I will shed some light and share some information on the “father of modern witchcraft.” Gerald Brosseau Gardner was born June 13th 1884 in Blundellands, England. He had two brothers and lived with his nanny most of the time growing up due to his asthma. Gardner claimed to be a hereditary witch, saying he was a descendant of  Grissell Gairdner. She was burned as a witch in 1610. He initially made his living as a customs officer, but retired in 1936. He married his wife…

Getting out of the stores I am no historian of religions but I have to think that ours is the first that is mainly built up around stores.   It is somehow humorously incongruous, a religion, something that is traditionally divorced from the material world, that meets in, organizes around, and has the main part of its public identity bound up in stores.  I suspect that this is also a uniquely American way of managing our religion.  An easy analysis would say that its our pervasive materialism simply expressing itself in religious terms.  If megachurches can have Starbucks and gift shops then we may indeed be at the cutting edge of…

The land is covered in Winters snow. Springs flowers sleep quietly below. The Sun stirs them with his glow. Soon Springs beauty will start to grow.

I have been in the in occult long enough to see some twisted folks and very gullible people thirsting for knowledge; there are a few misunderstandings that go in the realm of the occult Seeker. The occult is primarily in the usage of symbolism, one clear example is in the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. The word “Ateh” is used to mean “thou art” when the real meaning is derived to a beautiful woman in Islam or Princess Ateh in some middle eastern traditions as the original source; The meaning was changed to suit the grounding for the Kabbalistic Cross. Though the meanings are different, all that matters is…