Tag: wicca
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How to Make Spell Oils – Recipe Included!
Spell oils are a versatile tool in my practice. They are made for a variety or purposes with a variety of ingredients. Witches have been using oils in their spells for a very long time, and modern witches are no different.
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Seasons of Wicca by Ambrosia Hawthorn
Seasons of Wicca is a good resource for those looking to broaden their ritual collection.
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Hiding in Plain Sight
Sometimes, practicing your craft and your faith will require hiding in plain sight. This can be for several reasons, but the most common is safety and professionalism. Now, I’m not talking about kids hiding things from their parents or guardians. That’s a different topic and one I will touch on at a later day. I’m…
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The Inner Mysteries by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone || Book Review
This book was recommended to me by a fellow Wiccan when I was searching for a book that went deeper than your typical “Wicca 101”. For the most part, it does the job. This book gave me high hopes when, in the introduction, the following quote was written.
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Self Hatred is Poisoning Us All
Self love and self confidence is a long and often hard road full of shadow work, fear, and stress. The unknown is a scary thing, and in today’s world we are bombarded with words and imagery that make us question our self love. We are taught to hate ourselves, because hate is fuel for the…
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What makes an altar?
I was sitting at my altar this morning, just for a few minutes, taking a quiet moment to myself before I left for work. It occurred to me that my altar doesn’t look how I wished it would, but that’s ok. There’s a lot of extenuating circumstances around my altar and why it looks the…
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Yule 2018 – Finding our Tree
This past weekend, we went on an adventure. Here in Central Oregon you have the ability to purchase a permit to go cut your own tree down rather than paying the $50-ish dollars for the ones they bring in specifically to sell. So, that’s what we did!
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Creating a Consistent Practice
We’ve all been there, in the time when you have no time. When life gets too hectic for you to keep your wits about you, let alone practice your faith. When each tick of the second hand on the clock is a reminder that you’re running out of time, and your to-do list just keeps…
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Tarot: The Fool’s Journey
The Major Arcana in tarot can be seen as a metaphor for life, with each of the 22 cards representing a major event/person/situation that we may experience on the physical plane. There’s a reason that the major arcana cards are called trump cards, and that’s because when they are pulled in a reading, they are…