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Remembering to Honor the Moon As a witch I try to be faithful about honoring the wheel of the year. Every sabbat I do my best to at least have a  solitary ritual if I am unable to attend a group ritual. I used to to have a full moon ritual every esbat too. My full moon rituals are my favorite. They are such a magickal and intimate time between me and my deities. Unfortunately I have gotten so busy lately that I have been forgetting to celebrate the esbats. I get bummed out every month when I realize another full moon has passed me by. Sometimes we are so…

Review:  The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon I guess I’m just may be too inclined to try and stuff things into categories and bins but it has always escaped me why ceremonial magic and Paganism are often tied together.  I understand that modern Paganism is a broad net that sweeps up all the little fishes it can find, but I do sometimes think we have to draw the line somewhere.   Given the recent debate about who is and isn’t and does and doesn’t want to be a Pagan, I think this is a valid question [1].  In my opinion, ceremonial magicians are inherently Christian, given that their…

Celestite Gentle.  Soothes nerves and stress.  Quiets mind.  Serenity, harmony, easiness, stillness for receiving connection to spirit, creativity.  Aids throat.  Honesty, openness, worry, hearing thyroid.  Central nervous system, tiredness.  This mineral tunes consciousness to higher planes.  It improve mental powers and communication. Cerussite Helps us be centered, confident, capable and versatile amidst life’s challenges.  Grounding to here/now and higher self.  Graciousness, good listening/communication skills.  Psychicness, clarity.  Shows what we can/can’t change.  Letting go (Stress, addictions…). Insomnia, Central Nervous system, coordination, general healing.   Grounds root chakra and opens crown and throat.  Plant growth.  Protection against bugs.   This stone acts on the Higher Self interface with the body.

Lughnasadh Honey Muffins 1 C. Milk ½ C. Strained Wildflower Honey ½ C. Raw Sugar 3 C. Oat Flour 3 t. Baking Powder ¾ t. Sea Salt ¾ t. Powdered Grapefruit seed 1 C. Blackberries washed and drained 3 Eggs Well Beaten ¼ C/ Melted Butter Blend milk, honey, and sugar. Combine with sifted dry ingredients. Add eggs and butter, mix lightly but quickly fold in blackberries; bake in well greased muffin tins at 375* degrees for approximately 20 mins. With Lughnasadh soon to be upon us this recipe is sure to become a favorite.

Well Met!!  We welcome in the summer with a brand new issue of PaganPages!! This issue is a big one!!  We have some new columns for you: The Tarot with Marisol Velasco Questions for the Shaman with Pegasus You wanted it and we did it….spells spells and more spells…. You asked for more spells for your BOS’s and we listened.  This issue has quite a few helpful spells in it and the beginning of  a new spells column Spell-Struck We are looking for the following writers: Runes Oils Incense Faeries Rituals and we are looking or any spells you would like to share. We hope you have a great month…

The sixth month of the Gregorian Calender, June is the first month of summer. June derives it’s name from the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart is Hera. The traditional birthstone amulets of June are alexandrite, moonstone, and pearl; and the rose is the month’s traditional flower. June is shared by the astrological signs of Gemini the Twins and Cancer the Crab, and is sacred to the following Pagan deities: Juno, and all gods and goddesses who preside over love, passion, and beauty. During the month of June, the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to the Summer Solstice, one of the four Lesser Sabbats celebrated each year…

While going through my teenage years I found myself in spiritual strife Which religion should I join and dedicate my life? First came the Baptist preacher who promised soulful rest Then shortly after stating this his hand was on my breast Then I went to a revival that promised “Welcome one and all” Then the threats began to change our ways or into the pit of hell we’d fall I wondered if I was Baptised would I find that divine peace But every church I asked for this needed what was damn near a lease Then one day through happenstance I read the Wiccan Rede Do what you will and…

The new-age circus has come to town and all wise women go to ground. The sacred glade where once we stood, has been cut down for firewood. From deer park to nesting ground, now concrete jungle all around. The herbs we gathered and dried with care, through sprays and poisons, found no-where. The shells and stones from coast and brook, all hid by rubbish – take a look! The haunting song of the nightingale a whisper ‘gainst the sirens wail. The village green where children played, is where the drunks and junkies sway. And in the lanes we used to ride, now souped-up engines, past us, fly. So what has…

June 1 Festival of the Oak Nymph. This Pagan celebration honors all hamadryads (female nature spirits who are believed to inhabit oak trees). Decorate a Pagan altar with acorns and war some oak leaves in your hair. Kiss an oak tree or place a small offering of some kind before it, and the tree nymphs who dwell within it will surely bestow a blessing upon you. June 2 Shapatu of Ishtar. A Pagan festival dedicated to the goddess Ishtar is celebrated every year on this date. She is the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian deity who presides over love and fertility as well as war. The birth of the god Apollo…

Raising Wiccans It is my belief that children need to be taught spirituality and which path is taught is generally the path that the parents follow. If you follow a Wiccan path then teaching Wicca to your children is appropriate, if you follow a Christian path then teaching your children Christianity is appropriate. Does this mean that other religions or spiritual paths should be ignored? No. What it means is – you raise your children with the idea that there is a Divine Source from which all things flow; that there is something that connects all living beings. As that child matures you may then open the door to other…