Life blood, pour from clouds to Earth belowFlash flood, won’t be denied, cleanse me, relentless flowShape me, make me, carry me, deep within myself,The shadow place I will face, what I need to know. from Calling the Elements, by Carole McWilliams, on our album Crow Magic This is the last of four posts on using …
Imbolc is traditionally a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring. It is also Goddess Brighid’s special day when she is specifically honored and invited in to bless home and hearth. For many pagans and Wiccans, the Imbolc ritual is a time to make and renew vows, bless magickal tools, and make new beginnings. For …
Imbolc is a celtic word meaning “in the belly”. The Sabbat of Imbolc also known as Brigit’s Day or Candlemas. It’s a transition time in the year. The themes in the stars this Imbolc include healing and attention to home life. Many signs are experiencing forces of creativity and new beginnings. Let that light shine …
Music and Grief Music is evocative. Music is magical. Music is emotional. It helps us express what we cannot express through words alone. It can help us celebrate our lives. And music can help us grieve. Listen to our Crow Women albums Crow Goddess and Crow Magic, and in almost every song, you will hear …
Imbolc marks the beginning of spring and is the time we honor the multi-talented Brighid, Celtic Goddess of midwifery, smithery, poetry and healing arts. Lambs and goat kids are being born and little signs of spring are starting to show. Though it may still feel like winter there is promise of returning warmth in the …
Writing a wheel song: Samhain On our newest album, Seasons, we recorded a song I wrote called “We Turn the Wheel.” The song was to be a journey through the pagan calendar, including the festivals, sabbats and celebrations of the seasons. When I wrote the song, the first part that came to me was about …
Have you ever wished you could be someone else, just for a short while? To experience life the way they would, to savor the excitement of a new identity, especially during ritual? Many Pagan practitioners identify with a special Magical Being, Goddess or God or other entity. Wearing a mask, especially one you fabricate, is …
A Companion Ritual for Croning Witches are healers. That got us into a heap trouble during the middle ages, but otherwise it has mostly been to our benefit. However, even with all our healing magic, we haven’t figured out how to completely stave off the aging process (though we did learn long ago that cackling …
Winter solstice certainly gives us something to sing about! In this post, I’ll share several of my favorite chants for Winter Solstice rituals. Some of these songs help us appreciate the beauty of the darkness, on this night when the dark is at its height of power. Others celebrate the joy of the sun’s rebirth …
“Darkness, Holy Be”. That time of the year is upon us; a special, spiritual time for going within. This post offers my predictions and advice for each zodiac sign: your pagan astrology for Yule. This Winter Solstice, the energies are particularly auspicious for gathering together with others to greet the long night. But it is …
