Happy Beltane! Today we release our third album! You can purchase it from us right here on this website! Here’s what band members have to say on this exciting day. Why now? Why release an album in 2019? Crow Women began as a women’s Goddess Spirituality circle in 1992. Many of our members love to …
This post is dedicated to my crowsister Donna Pauline. Remembering you, the magic and the love. -“The Other Dona” Sister Dearest, I was thinking of you and our walks along the river path. Walking, talking, sharing secrets. And singing, of course. Singing the tunes we sang with our CrowSisters. The Crow Women had developed a …
I wrote the first couple of verses of Beltane Spirits Come to Us several years ago. Actually, they were what are now the last two verses. Sometimes I’ll start on a song and get a couple verses, then it sits for months until I get motivated to write more verses. That’s what happened here. …
Beltane is one of my favorite holidays. By May 1st springtime has really arrived, the flowers are bursting forth and joyful sexy energy is upon us. The symbolism of the Maypole being placed in the earth and sheathed by ribbons, while being a fun and joyful ritual in its own right, is also a symbolic …
There’s nothing like the full moon to make a witch feel inspired! I was tasked with writing these song notes a whole moon ago. This song, At Lammas, is a Great Work. Quite a bit of magic went into getting this one onto our latest album, Seasons: A Pagan Journey Around the Wheel. Back in …
Welcome to the first installment of our series on brewing for pagan ceremonies. Our featured brewer this time is Sylvia, who showed me how to make a pomegranate mead for the autumn holidays. Sylvia emphasized the importance of sterilizing everything. Sometimes she uses an oxygen cleaner, such as One Step. She didn’t have any on …
For many pagans (and nonpagans!) our homes are our sanctuaries. They are where we spend of much our mundane life, as well as where we nurture our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. Often they serve as our covenstead, either on a temporary or permanent basis. In our case, they frequently serve as the space for …
So, you’d like to write a song. Here are just a few tips to get you going. 1. Sing to your pet, plant or baby What you need to begin is an uncritical audience. For me it’s my cat, Talisman. I often sing to him when I get up in the morning. Sometimes there are …
There is Majik in the earth! In the growing things as well as the inert aspects of landscape. Some believe that even rocks and stones have spirit! From very early times, people all over the world have placed stones in designs that have meaning and magic. Circles of stone are found in so many places. …
I wrote Warrior Woman in January 2017 to go with a women’s empowerment ritual that I would priestess, part of my emotional response to the pending inauguration of Donald Trump as president. As it turned out, the huge Women’s March in Washington D.C. and many other places the day after the inauguration echoed the sentiment …
