instructions for Wicca magic
Have you ever been in a place where you just aren’t getting the answers you need from your tarot or oracle cards? Have your Runes stopped speaking to you in a meaningful way? Have the crystals been humming too loudly or are your palms refusing to provide the answers to what you seek? Perhaps, under …
Anyone who has hung around with me for even a moment knows that I constantly talk about how Music and Magic travel together. From my own experience, I’ve discovered paths of joy, healing, and peace, insights into the deeper ways of the Elements, and connections with every phase of Life. Music has provided ways to …
Here we are sitting at the very tippy top of summer, held there like a giant swing about to be plunged back into the liquid heat that is Arkansas from June to September. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of reasons to be super excited. Watermelons from Cave City in just a bit, we …
I recently had a conversation with my dear friend of almost three decades, Dru Ann Welch. Of her many gifts and talents, her passion and care for others as a Sound Healing Practitioner is extraordinary. As we spoke, I realized that her journey into sound healing might be of particular interest to our Pagan Song …
From our perspective, the Goddess Hekate—the Goddess of Magick and Witchcraft, also known as the Queen of Witches—was originally a solar deity, and there is evidence to support this theory. Before being conflated with other goddesses, She was revered as the Sun itself, and Her power reaches us through Her Torches. Long before the patriarchal …
Over the past year, I’ve been quietly building something very specific: a growing body of ritual chants and spell songs designed to be used, not merely listened to. Each Chant of the Month is written with intention first—ritual timing, breath, repetition, communal voice, and magickal function. Some are spoken. Some are sung. Some are meditative …
Happy Holiday Season, Dear Readers! The Great Wheel has turned again at Samhain, and we find ourselves in the season of late harvest, home warming, and preservation. That which does not serve is culled or threshed out. Selecting, severing, saving, and securing become daily chores as we prepare for the winter scythe to swing across …
Ah, the moon! She is so close to the hearts of pagans. There’s nothing quite like a ritual in the light of the full moon, bathing in moonlight, doing magic in that silver-white glow. Even more powerful is to call the magic of the moon right into ourselves. This is called “drawing down the moon”. …
Can you hear it? This is the perfect time of year to listen to the Song of Deep Magic that exists all around us. It is there every moment, swirling and lifting, creating and dancing. It has been there from the beginning of Time. It is a mighty Song! It holds all the Beauty of …
Hello Magical Folk! I’m in a season of deep self-care as I heal from chronic inflammation. It feels like the whole world is inflamed right now and that we all could use some peace, soothing, and self-nurturing. So, this time, my “behind the music” stories will have a twist! I’ve included journal prompts and self-care …
