Blog posts about animal magic: connecting with animals, working with an animal familar, Goddesses and Gods who are of animal form or are protectors of animals.
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 …
As Pagans we connect to the flora and fauna of the land. We draw energy from it all and in turn, give it back in our magical workings. Here in the Northern Hemisphere in March, we experience the turning of the season from the harsh lacking of life in the Winter to the budding, blooming …
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In this, the Dark time of the year, I chose to write about something we all will face. As I age, I contemplate that day when Lady Death will stretch out Her hands to me. Not the skeletal hands of crude illustrations from the Middle Ages, but the warm, calloused, welcoming hands of an old …
“Great Dragon, I beseech you-Sear my wounds!Let my screams be your breath!Lift me on the wind of my will!Let me burn my shadows to ash!Let me rise triumphant on my fury!” “Magna Draco” – Dream Tunes & Dragon Tales, Alexander James Adams These are the words I used to heal myself once, in a time …
The Goddess is Alive, and Magic is Afoot! This is more than a bumper sticker; this is the foundation of our spiritual practice. This concept was never more clear to me than a few years ago, when the Crow Goddess gave me a song, and made darn sure that I learned and taught it! It’s …
For the last several years I have been attempting to become a beekeeper, which to me means encouraging bees to stick around and live healthy productive lives within the little house I have provided for them, so that I might share in their bounty. As a witch from a Dianic tradition, I love that almost …
“EEEK! It’s a spider! Kill it! Keep it away! ” Reactions of fear, repulsion, escape, hatred…I wonder why so many of us are fearful of the beautiful Spider, a truly helpful, beneficial creature of the Goddess. In fact, she is a Goddess herself! Spider Deity is a gift to the Pagan practitioner. In this blog …
This spring holds a little extra magic for me as several of my goats had the cutest, tiniest, sweetest kids you ever did see. The wonders of nature were on display as the moms quickly went into labor and had 2 little babes on the ground within 10 minutes and within 10 more the kids …
Horse energy appeals to nearly everyone on some level, and working with the Horse Goddess can help you tap into these facets of your life. For millennia the horse has been an important symbol and spirit animal for pagans all over the globe. Horse Goddesses abound: Epona, Rhiannon, Macha, Aine; horses appear in cave paintings, …
A Ritual offering from Roki, the Kreaurabbit Another season changes, and my Crow friends are all a-flurry with fall rituals and activities. As usual, they make me giggle (i.e. twitch my nose happily) at their human naiveté. Yes, you should celebrate with a fall ritual, but all this singing and making muffins and dolls and …
