The Crow Women began working with dedications to the elements many years ago, as explained in a previous post about this aspect of our priestess training tradition. After due deliberation, each of us chose our first element to work on. I could have chosen one of the elements I feel most comfortable with: fire or …
The days are growing longer and hotter as we arrive at the longest day of the year. The natural world is busy and bright with bees collecting the succulent nectar of flowers. The Crow Women have a number of songs to honor the Summer Solstice including Suncycle on Crow Magic, which I love to listen …
I was born under the Cancer sun sign, and have always felt a strong connection with the moon. I wrote the song “Goddess Moon” for a lovely outdoor ritual in a Crow sister’s back yard. We planned to use it to sing up the full moon! Goddess Moon, when are you coming?Goddess Moon, where do …
The elements of air, fire, earth, water and spirit are central symbols in Wicca. Here on Pagan Song, we are excited to be launching a series of posts on the elements. In the Crow Women circle, the elements have been the vehicle for our training in Wicca for many years. Our tradition is not based …
Today I had the pleasure of inventing a new recipe for mead with Sylvia, mead mistress extraordinaire. She had a lot of gallon bags of pears in her freezer; gifts from friends with pear trees who know that brewers are always happy to accept ingredients for mead. (Brewers who have chest freezers, anyway.) As soon …
Happy Mother’s Day! Earth spirituality often depicts the earth as a mother: the source of nourishment, healing and comfort. From “give thanks to the Mother Goddess” to “the earth is our mother, we must take care of her”, images of the divine mother abound in pagan songs. One of the things that drew me into …
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 the song that is the opening track on the Crow Women’s second album, Crow Magic. It’s titled The Law of Three. It’s a little chant with a big message: The Law of Three says what I give out, then, the world gives back and the world gives back and the world gives back …
