Happy Holiday Season, Dear Readers! The Great Wheel has turned again at Samhain, and we find ourselves in the season of late harvest, home warming, and preservation. That which does not serve is culled or threshed out. Selecting, severing, saving, and securing become daily chores as we prepare for the winter scythe to swing across …
“Cause it’s easy to be careless-Easy not to think-Easy just to vanish in a blink-Denouncing your reality, such a simple thing-A harmless habit, much as putting on a golden ring.” When the movie “The Lord of the Rings” first came out, it was exceptionally well received. Released the same year as the first Harry Potter, …
Well, here we are, dear readers. Spring has arrived and many of us are still a bit frozen from this harsh winter in both the natural world and the human realm. There are a lot of things that have failed to thrive over this winter, and we need to clear the land and get it ready …
Numbers Equal Strength. This quarter’s blog has turned out very different than I intended. This part of the winter holiday season calls for Gratitude for what we each have in our lives, wherever, however, and whatever the conditions are that we are living. I don’t know how many of you, dear readers, are feeling betrayed …
“Home is where the Heart is”, this is the common saying. But without knowing the truth of your heart, how do you know where you live? My own heart took a while to find. From my first day of life to my 24th year, I lived with my parents. When you live with others, you …
In the height of the summer season, we can find ourselves overwhelmed with all the goals and demands that we expect ourselves to achieve: master plans of career moves, family improvement, inner psyche repair from a harsh winter. When I have not been able to find the music that will bolster or focus my inner …
How many of us as magic practitioners are asked to do a love spell? How many of us have cast one for our own desires or the needs of a friend? I suspect there are more of us who know better than that. I’d like to hope so. I had to learn about the follies …
From the bright colours of the Autumnal Equinox to the tiny budding green of Imbolc, this is my favourite turning of Life’s Wheel. It is the time when most of our spiritual celebrations are set into days that are filled with change and chaos by Nature. The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the …
“The Mills of the Gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine” – Sextus Empiricus, 3rd Century AD Seasons move in a constant wheel of life. Birth of new energy, growth, production, harvest, decay, regeneration. All that happens creates all that will happen in an ongoing circle of magic. As Pagans, we get to enjoy …
Forgive me, Dear Readers. I always try to write positive, uplifting blogs of Magic & Music for you, but sometimes, a positive perspective is seated in depressing and dangerous subjects. Such is this entry. This last weekend, after a long day performing at the Oklahoma Renaissance Faire, I was surprised by a complete stranger. She …
