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Domhnach Chrom Dubh (Chrom Dubh Sunday) Domhnach Chrom Dubh, which translates to “Chrom Dubh Sunday”, is the festival of the sacrificial Celtic or pre-Celtic god Crom Dubh, the Irish Underworld Corn God, even though this festival has been Christianized.  Because Crom Dubh, who was also known as Crom Cruach, was referred to as the Dark Croucher or the Old Bent One, he was easily demonized and transformed into the ‘Devil’ once Christianity took hold of the land. Every year, thousands of people make the pilgrimage to Ireland’s holy mountain where Saint Patrick supposedly fasted for forty days and nights before defeating a host of demons (but this mountain was considered…

Chalcedony Rose (Whetstone) These minerals are good to lace in dishes of water to cleanse the environment as well as provide in indefinable pleasant aroma.  The water should be replaced weekly.  If placed in a sickroom, the water can be changed as frequently as twice a day (serious illnesses) to every two days (eg. minor surgery).  This mineral is especially attuned to the female physical body and for healing disturbances regarding one’s sexuality, if it is cre4ating conflict in the individual.  A pleasant meditation stone which will activate a variety of subtle forces.  Acts on the 4th Chakra. Chlorite When programmed, this form of quartz is an exceptional healing tool…

Merry Meet and welcome once again to my hearth. I was torn this month about what to write.  I try to create a magickal page that will make you think and challenge you to think outside the box; but this month and for a few months before I have been troubled by something. Something we all have been being hassled and troubled by… the economy. But this is a little different. Many of us, Pagans, Wiccans, Witches are having trouble with the economy because we sell our wares or talents and in these times of trouble less people seem to be buying then ever before. But I must say that…

Superstitions Remember when we discussed urban legends and getting caught up in one? The things to look for, the phrases to listen for and the ideas to be wary of? Good. Let’s go one step behind urban legends. Let’s go to what could possibly be considered the mother of urban legends. Let’s skip GO and head directly to superstitions. A superstition isn’t necessarily a myth, or a legend..but in examining them, they are often a journey through time. What is a superstition exactly? When you pare it down to the bare bones, a superstition is pretty much nothing more then a belief. A bizarre belief maybe, but a belief nonetheless.…

You speak to me without a sound My arms are tied, my hands are bound Emerald light that draws me in My soul breaks free of mortal skin. I’m lost within your soft green space I open my eyes to your souls sweet face I fall into your welcome escape and watch two forms become one shape.

Merry Meet and welcome to my hearth. Grab a chair and a cuppa tea and sit with me a spell. I would like to share this is a poem I wrote a few years ago when I was trying to define myself and my life after a series of tragic event. I have taken it out to look at and realized this could be YOU. So I share this with you. Know that I share my heart and my pain. But also know that I love the me I am today.. and could add at least 5 more paragraphs to this as I have grown by leaps and bounds since…

Greetings my beloved brother’s and sisters.  In the course of writing a solitary Lammas to share with you it became more and more clear, through my guides, as well as funny “coincidences” there are lots of Sabbat celebrations to be found but very few rituals to rid us of the useless baggage we carry.  So dear ones, rather than directions for a solitary Sabbat, which comes only once a year, I will instead share a ritual to shed those unwanted items every one of us carry one way or another. In the interest of honesty and fair play I’ll go first, guilt.  Not just you’re run of the mill ”…

We have all had it at one point in time where we are doing something and all of a sudden we feel paralyzed with being overwhelmed, fear, trepidation, etc. That over all anxiety for some situation that makes us not wish to go any further in the direction we had chosen. Sometimes, it is so overpowering, that we lock ourselves up in our homes and wish that we don’t ever have to leave again. Anxiety is the number one mental illness in America, even surpassing depression now. So many people are scared to leave their homes because of the “chance” something detrimental will happen to them. Over forty million people…

A Little Bag of Happy No matter how positive we try to be, it’s only human to have “off” days where we are lethargic, depressed or angry.  Contrarily we all have times where we feel so good, we wish we could hang on to that uncomplicated happiness forever.    On those nasty dark days, wouldn’t it be convenient if we could have saved a little piece of this brightness – peace, joy, relaxation, humour, and love – to draw on later on when we really needed it?  I believe we can, by making a crafty, simple charm that I like to call “A Little Bag of Happy”.  It’s sort of like…

Harvest – Abundance – Aprons! This is the month of Lammas or Lughnasadh. In the deep south of the U.S. the most abundant thing surrounding us is heat! Not my favorite kind of abundance. I prefer the cold. But with the searing heat comes the realization that the wheel of the year is indeed moving and the hours of daylight are shortening. The farms and fields are busting with the ripe fullness of harvest. Wheat and corn are in their glory and it is this that we focus on in August. Abundance is found in the farmer’s market and the side of the road stands. The act of preserving and…