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Each year at my birthday I review the previous year, celebrate my accomplishments, and set goals for the coming year. (Here’s my post from last year.) Sometimes I adjust those goals a bit at the witches’ new year (Samhain). Over the years I’ve learned to set fewer and smaller goals to allow for new opportunities […]
It’s September, and my social media is filling up with references to Mabon as, once again, it seems like almost all of pagandom is calling this month’s sabbat. But it’s a terrible name for this sabbat, as I think you’ll see.
I mean, how excited can I get????
Inner work, which some call shadow work, is a necessary part of our duty to become better people throughout our lifetime. It’s always wonderful to have a trusted friend or professional to help you do inner work, but sometimes you just have to go on your own. This meditation is one I have used for […]
One of the best things about starting on the path of witchcraft so long ago is that most of my early discoveries and learning came about when many were just sharing the information they themselves were discovering, or creating. One such was Shakti Gawain’s book, Creative Visualization.
You hear it all the time, from everyone you know: “I’m so stressed.” “I feel overwhelmed.” “I can’t get caught up.” Stress is the defining characteristic of the 21st century, and sometimes it seems impossible to manage, which creates more stress — I call it the negative feedback loop of DOOM. When we are stressed […]
In just a few days most people will celebrate a new year. Some large number of people will also make promises about things they will do to make changes in their life. I am not one of them.
I am more than a little wary of people who decide how things are and never revisit those decisions.
I started this post in late October, long before the recent US election, although what you will read has been revised. Nonetheless, apparently I was prescient.
JaguarMoon started (allll the waaaaaay back in 2000) as a typical hierarchical* coven. I was the High Priestess and although three other people founded the coven along with me, they all felt they were not ready to Lead. In all honesty, neither was I, but Deity Called and I answered. Over the years the other […]
