Ishtar Shows Up It all started on a coven retreat. One of my coven sisters created a ritual for us, where we drew the name of a goddess to become for the evening. Mine was Ishtar. I got a little sheet of information about Her, and it said “Ishtar is the multi-layered Babylonian creatrix goddess, …
Aotearoa When I was able to spend a month in the Land of the Long White Cloud, I was meant to come back with some wisdom about the spirituality of the country. What I found was that I connected with the land and the ocean in ways that are informed by my own spiritual view. …
Are you wondering whether you are a witch? Have you felt or experienced something that led you to look at this path? Even if you do not call yourself a witch, do you connect with the magick in the world, seen and unseen? Finding a path Now that I look back and reflect on moments …
First Connection Last summer I was preparing to lead a Litha ritual, and I found a poem called “Wild Woman” in my files. I didn’t remember seeing or hearing it in the past, but it seemed perfect for the summer solstice celebration we would be holding in an oak grove. The page said it was …
It’s finally spring! Not the time of year you’d expect to be thinking about the Crone, right? Well, I have some perspective on the Crone Journey that seems to fit with spring energy. A few weeks ago I drew a card from my gems and minerals deck, The Illustrated Crystallary by Maia Toll. The card …
I heard recently that we experience not one but many comings of age. I can’t find the author interview where I heard this, but I was inspired to think about my life at this stage as a coming of age. I have just retired from a career that has been so meaningful a part of …
Honoring our ancestors brings us into deeper connection with ourselves. The song Breaths is an illustration of this connection. As I move into the Crone goddess phase of my lifetime, this song is teaching me how to navigate this journey. Come with me and explore the history of this song and how it reflects Wiccan …
Although there have already been two Earth-awakening sabbats, right now is when you can really feel Her moving and springing up here in our neck of the woods. Grass is appearing, trees are budding and the ants have come out. Last night we had our first bear visit, so we will need to be vigilant …
As Indigenous people in the United States have recently had to remind us, water is life. As pagan Wiccans, we refer to water as the blood of the Goddess. Water is sacred, beautiful, necessary and precious. Water, wondrous waterI kneel before you, giver of lifeI cannot live without you within meYou give me life, you …
