Recently I had the honor of teaching a class on trickster deities for Ardantane School of Paganism. Of course, as a Kreauwomun (Crow Woman), I have a natural draw to tricksters. And, of course, as a Crowwomin, I had to include trickster songs in the workshop. This was not as easy a task as I …
All things have a lifecycle. Groups and organizations are no exception. A coven, a pagan organization, or a pagan band is like a person. It is born, it grows, it lives for a time, and, eventually, it dies. Its life may be short or long, but it cannot last forever. Music can be part of …
Now is the time when the darkness is deepest. The nights are long, and the further north you live, the more intense the difference is. Winter Solstice brings us to the peak of the power of darkness. As pagans, we know that this darkness is holy. Singing at Winter Solstice, we embrace the value of …
The themes of dying and being reborn are universal around the world. Indeed, the very fact of the Solar cycle as it is, with shorter days changing to longer; moving from less to more light; the analogy of death and rebirth echoed through our existence, lead us to the marking of our times in between …
I have spent the past 20 years of my musical career in awe of the power that song and chant have to transform a singer, a group of singers, or an audience. I began writing, singing, and performing pagan spiritual song and chant in 2001. The act of integrating a love of singing with my …
I am a musician with a mission statement: To make people feel something, and to focus on hope, even within the saddest songs. How do you write of joy when you do not feel it yourself? How do you deal with writer’s block and stagnancy? How do you cease treading that killing loop that says …
Gather your tools and symbols of magic, and journey with me into a spell of cleansing, consecrating and charging. As Witches and Pagans, we circle with our covens and with the Goddess, while our Magical Tools focus and strengthen these rituals. What tools do you use? Wand, athame, pentacle, chalice, besom, divination materials, cauldron, crystals, …
I love the lead-up to Samhain. I can dress as witchy as I want and fit right in with the Muggles celebrating Halloween. As Jon mentioned in his astrololgy post last week, even though most people celebrate Samhain and Halloween on October 31, the actual cross-quarter day is November 6, which is this coming weekend. …
Samhain, the day of the cross quarter between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice, falls this year on November 6th, 10:58:50 p.m. MDT. That’s the astrological cross quarter, although of course secular Halloween is celebrated on October 31st, and most pagans celebrate Samhain that day as well. Read on for my astrology for the Samhain season …
I believe many of us are Daughters, yes, and Sons of Lilith. She is the Dark Mother in my pantheon. She is the archetype and personification of everything I believe… She is fierce, brutal, and brutally honest. She has neither the time nor the patience for lies or deception. She is passionate and erotic beyond …
