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Ostara recipes Cheesy Poppy Seed Bread 1 cup biscuit mix 1 cup shredded cheese 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 1/4 cup chopped onions 1 T. poppy seeds Combine Biscuit mix and Cheese a in bowl Add milk and stir until moistened pat dough into pan of choice Combine remaining cheese, egg and onion and spread over biscuit dough Sprinkle with poppy seeds and bake at 425 for 15 to 20 minutes Violet Salad 1T raspberry vinegar 1T minced Shallot 1/2 t Dijon mustard fresh ground black pepper 1 1/2 t chicken stock, vegetable for vegetarians 1 1/2 t virgin olive oil 1/2 lb. mixed greens washed 1/4 cup violet blossoms…

The Mirror Exercise You’ll need a mirror and a notebook (or journal) with pen. You’ve probably heard of this one before, and may even have tried it. If so, I encourage you to try it again for this class. When you combine this exercise with all that you’ve done so far, you’ll find this mirror exercise to be very powerful. Stand in front of a hanging mirror (we want the wall to be holding the mirror, not you). Stare into your own eyes. Unlike with meditations, don’t try to clear your mind. Allow all thoughts to flow freely. Don’t judge any thought, don’t quiet any thought. During this time, release…

The Storm Moon Spring sowing The name March came from the God Mars, for this month was sacred to him. Mars is much like the other God’s – Ares’s (Greek), Tiu or Tiwaz (Central Europe), Teutates (celts), and Tyr (Norse). Astrological Signs: Pisces, February 19 – March 20, Aries, March 21 – April 20 Birthstones: Aquamarine Nature Spirits: Mer-people, Air and Water beings who are connected with spring rains and storms. Animals: Cougar, hedgehog, boar Birds: Sea crow, sea eagle Trees: Alder, dogwood Flowers: Jonquil, daffodil, violet Herbs: Broom, High John Root, yellow dock, wood betony, Irish moss Scents: Honeysuckel, apple blossom Colors: Pale green, red-violet Stones: Aquamarine, bloodstone God/dess:…

Greetings!  Instead of a two-for-one special month, you get a three-for-one special! The theme for this month’s spells is centered on the Moon and the sacred days that fall in February for two Moon Goddesses.  Selene had two festivals set aside for her, February 7th through the 9th and February 27th.  Diana had a feast day this month as well, February 12th. February 7-9 and February 27th:  The Day of Selene (Day of Diana) Selene, the goddess of the Full Moon, is one of the original, and sadly a minor, Greek deity.  Selene was described as a beautiful silvery woman with wings and a golden or crescent crown.  Her name…

Quetzalcoatl If you dig through all of the mythologies out there, sooner or later you start to realize that there are many similarities between the gods and goddess. In ever mythology there is at least one head honcho…Greek mythology has Zues, the Romans have Jupiter, Egyptian mythology has Ra (or Osiris, sometimes Set depending on which mythos you’re looking at), Norse mythology has Odin, Indian mythology has Shiva etc. These guys always have a wife who is a diety in her own right (Hera, Juno, Isis, Frieda, Shakti etc) and there is always one very well known god or demi-god; Heracles, Persues, Horus, Kali-ma and so on. There are also…

Merry Meet and Welcome to the February Issue of PaganPages EMagazine. It has been awful cold and snowy out.  We hope you are all warm and safe, snuggled by your computer, covered in a blanket, and reading PaganPages. In This Issue: An Interview with Gary Kowalski and Review of “Earth Day: An Alphabet Book” Spells Spells and more Spells…. Pagan Parenting advice on Being Pagan and Pregnant And we’d like to know would you… Have a wonderful day of love. ANNOUNCEMENT: We are currently looking for writers to fill the following positions: herbal column incense & oils column If you are interested, email us at [email protected]

Springtime Calls Ghost Hunters Back Outdoors Ridgelawn Cemetery Well, we had a big winter thaw here in Michigan.  Two feet of snow melted and the temp even hit the 50s.  The blanket of winter draws back to reveal the grass, freshly green from its long slumber.  The birds return and the scents of new life are in the air. It was short-lived, though.  As I finish this article, a winter storm- complete with snow, freezing rain, and sleet descends upon the area.  But that brief taste of springtime brings with it thoughts of sunny days and fun in the great outdoors.   If you’re a ghost hunter, thoughts this time of…

Pregnant and Pagan As I write today I am 31 weeks pregnant with my second child.  My body is preparing for the sacred event of bringing forth a baby, birthing both a new soul and a new version of the mother in myself.  Making the “mundane” moments of life sacred is part of my spiritual path.  Because pagans are nature/earth based in our beliefs it seems that we herald being in our bodies and treating them as temples. I often wonder how we do at this though.  Do we really treat our bodies with the care and reverence that we have for our gods or our sacred places?  And when…

A Solitary Imbolc The sound of the bell fills the air, soft and low As an ancient reminder As Above, So Below The practitioner stands in the velvet cover of night So there’s no interruption to this time honored rite She stands still in the darkness, firmly wrapped in her cloak And centers her energy to welcome Imbolc The natural items on her altar, become magic in her hands As has been the Witch’s way for many years, in many lands The golden glow of candle light, the sweet smell of burning herbs In perfect love, and perfect trust she say’s her heart felt words She gives her thanks to…

Limerick The limerick is a five line poem that has a very distinctive rhythm. It follows a rhyme scheme: AABBA, with the first, second, and fifth rhyming lines being longer than the third and fourth. Limericks are often humorous (and the best ones are dirty). This one, from Wikipedia, is an excellent example: The limerick packs laughs anatomical In space that is quite economical, But the good ones I’ve seen So seldom are clean, And the clean ones so seldom are comical Using limericks in spellcasting can be very fun. In my personal experience, the topic of which I was casting was never serious, an in I need this to…