The Adrenal Health Quiz For Empaths – How Being An Empath Can Affect Adrenal Health Our modern, urban world can be a convoluted place, ridden with loneliness and disconnection. On the collective level, there are lots of wounds that have accumulated in our history as a society. This can often mean that our experience as […]
There are a lot of different tools that witches and pagans can use, and they’re often tied to the four cardinal elements. Metals and wood, like what we find in wands, connect us with the earth. The chalice and the gazing bowl connect us with water. The flames on candles are, of course, fire. And […]
For thousands of years, humans have recognized that crystals, gems and semi-precious stones are imbued with energies and properties that can be of great benefit. The Sumerians, Egyptians and Romans all understood the mystical powers of these stones and how they could help people overcome challenges in their lives. Crystals are known scientifically to be […]
A Book of Shadows, also called a Grimoire, is a book containing rituals, religious writings, meditations and other Craft-related writings. Although almost all Wiccan covens and practitioners have Books of Shadows, many non-Wiccan pagans have them, too. In traditional Gardnerian Wicca, which is dominated by covens, there was one Book of Shadows per coven. The […]
Song and dance have been a part of the human experience since the first protohumans banged two rocks together to make noise in the dark. Music is a central part of worship for almost every faith on earth today, and Paganism is no exception. There are as many different styles of Pagan music as there […]
Anyone who’s been around the occult and metaphysical practices for any time at all has heard the word “Kabbalah”. But what is it, exactly? Kabbalah is a 4000-year-old esoteric metaphysical discipline derived from Judaism. It’s based on the writings of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, who lived in the 2nd Century during the height of Roman […]
I’ve written about energy and energy work before and mentioned that all cultures have a concept of energy flow. Today I’m writing about an iconic concept of energy that comes from India and has pervaded into the practice of many witches today. I’m talking about chakras. In Sanskrit, the word chakra means “wheel,” that reflects […]
In most of my writing about Wicca and Neo-Paganism, you’ll note that I talk about how these faiths were “reconstructed” or “resurrected”. You might wonder why that is, and why the old ways were ever lost. The simple answer is that they weren’t lost. They were eradicated. Christian fathers, in their infinite love and mercy […]
One of my friends died this week, shot to death by her husband. It’s something that makes you question the cosmos and the afterlife, and the pain makes the pondering feel so much more important than simple navel-gazing. After all is said and done, after your loved one takes his or her last breath, where […]
The first time I heard of this path, I was stunned. Christian Wicca? How does that work? I’ve done some studying since then, and it turns out that the two faiths actually can be syncretized into one with very little conflict, surprisingly enough. Trinitarian Wicca is a faith way for people who have chosen to […]