At War With The Mystics
This isn’t going to be another one of those extended rants where I’m trying to disguise the fact I was too lazy to do any real work this week, so I had to fill this space with a list of all the stupid things the Christian Civic League of Maine did lately. I usually save that column for the dog days of summer. .

Wheel of the Year Altar: Bringing the Magick of the Family Together
Here's a great way to bring your family together - create a Wheel of the Year altar that everyone can share and contribute to!.

The Magical Art of the Well Worn Path
Follow Mickie Mueller, artist of The Well Worn Path, as she chronicles the magical artistic process she shared with Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor to create this unique divinatory deck..

This is our time to pause between the agricultural seasons of planting and harvesting. The crops planted in February, March, and April are now well on their way. Some will be ready for the early harvesting in August, while others will be growing until September or October. In early Wiccan myth, this is the time that the Oak King will be killed by the Holly King, turning the Wheel from the light half of the year to the dark half of the year, though Winter still feels very far off. The symbolism of Oak and Holly should be pretty easy to see: although Holly is an evergreen, its mo More

Think about all the secular customs of Easter: rabbits, dyed eggs, and egg hunts. All of these things are ancient fertility symbols, folk traditions carried in to our modern era. They remind us that with spring, the earth begins life anew. They also bring mirth into our ritual celebrations. After all, how serious can you be poking around in someones backyard looking for eggs, or chewing the ears off a chocolate rabbit? Ostara is a time to be merry, throwing off winters worries and cares to meet the coming warmth. At Imbolc, I talked of More

I take the salt/water mixture and walk clockwise around the circle, sprinkling droplets off my fingers. Returning to the altar, I pick up the incense and the feather, and walk the circle again, wafting the incense smoke with the feather. While doing this, I visualize that my water droplets and smoke are building a physical circle. I then walk around a third time with my athame, visualizing a stream of energy coming out of the athame and into the circle, drawing it one last time. Then the circle is complete and I move on to my More

Ironic Intolerance of the Supernatural in Pagan Society
It just had to be said: many modern Pagans do not really believe in the supernatural. I will freely admit it: I began my study of the occult (I use occult - the practice of magic -- to distinguish from Wicca - a religion that practices magic) because I was looking for the special effects stuff. You know what I .

Tories Keep Media Away From Coffins
The Conservative government has taken steps to keep the public from seeing images of flag-draped coffins when fallen soldiers are returned home from Afghanistan. For the first time since the Afghan mission began, the government will shut down an Ontario airfield when the remains of four soldiers killed over .

To Be or Not to be Skyclad
As a High Priestess of a Coven, I am often asked by initiates if the Coven works “skyclad.” When a coven works skyclad, they will or should be upfront about it when you first approach them for membership. Any group that springs this on you after you have joined is unethical and not a group you want to be involv.

Researching Wicca for Teens
Author Gwinevere Rain (Spellcraft for Teens)discusses how teens are able to explore Wicca in the modern world, and offers specific advice for beginner and solitary Wiccan teens..