Leading not Ruling As we enter the season of darkness and prospect of the light returning, I want to take a moment and focus on the crown. No, not the crown of monarchy, but rather the crown of sovereignty. Something that is integral to all craft practices is the crown. It represents not just the […]
Everyone has a unique experience when it comes to finding their familiar spirit. I remember the first time I had an encounter with my familiar Buzz. It was a few years back and I was working in the store. The idea of a working partner was not foreign to me and so when that day
Often times when doing magical workings we focus so heavily on the words and the sayings that we lose sight of the magic that happens in the silence. This is one reason why I typically use instrumental music for my workings as opposed to chanting or rhymes. It allows for me to slip into the
There is always this talk about the witches who came before us. The ones who were killed and captured at various points in history during the “burning times” across Europe and the Americas. Hopefully most of us know that these people weren’t all witches per se. They were outcasts of society and seen as political
July Birthstone: Ruby “You have no need to travel anywhere—journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.” Rumi “For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.” Proverbs “Who can find a virtuous woman?
I have worked with sigils of various kinds my entire magical practice. I first want to explain what exactly a sigil is before anything else. Now a sigil for me is an abstract representation of a thought form that I have condensed down to its core pieces. This can be anything from taking a sentence
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June babies have a choice of birthstones! Pearl, Alexandrite, or Moonstone. PEARL “The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.” ~Author Unknown “All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” ~Federico Fellini Pearls are gemstones but not minerals, as pearls are formed by living organisms: mollusks. A mollusk will form
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I thought I would share with you all a little potion that I have conjured up that helps keep spirits, negative energy and other bad juju at bay and ward off spirits. I came up with this recipe during my more active days (or should I say nights) as a ghost hunter. During that time
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I strongly feel that while one’s mind, body, and spirit ought to be kept in the best possible space, there is a lack in the realm of the home. It goes without saying that no matter how clean and connected you are on a “microverse” level, if your “macroverse” is out of whack then you
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May 1st is here, so let’s take a closer look at the May birthstone! Emeralds are beryls and therefore are cousins to aquamarines, morganites, and others. The name emerald is derived from the Greek smaragdus, meaning green. Green is considered the color of growth, birth, rebirth, springtime, and fertility. Emeralds were said to give the
