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 …
As Pagans we connect to the flora and fauna of the land. We draw energy from it all and in turn, give it back in our magical workings. Here in the Northern Hemisphere in March, we experience the turning of the season from the harsh lacking of life in the Winter to the budding, blooming …
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Winter is here. Time for a mug of something warm and fireside stories in the dark of night. The art of stories and storytelling has become a successful way to help folk process their own stories. Especially when they are faerie tales. To hear of strange lands, great heroes and terrifying villains makes it easier …
Music is a form of magick. It can be constructed in various ways to be a symbolic, sonic image of the practitioner’s intent. That intent, once heard by the listener can manifest, and they will start acting upon the intent that they now feel is their own. Hearts can be swayed, and heads can be …
“Great Dragon, I beseech you-Sear my wounds!Let my screams be your breath!Lift me on the wind of my will!Let me burn my shadows to ash!Let me rise triumphant on my fury!” “Magna Draco” – Dream Tunes & Dragon Tales, Alexander James Adams These are the words I used to heal myself once, in a time …
By any other name…. The word as defined from Oxford Languages is “a man who practices witchcraft: a sorcerer”. Given my own specialized past, I will state here that any form of the Goddess who finds themselves resounding with this name is completely entitled to it. While I will refer to Warlock in the masculine …
