The dark moon is unseen. Energetically speaking, it is a place of the void, a place of limbo, and one of the midpoints of the lunar cycle, the full moon being the other. The dark moon straddles the threshold of this world and the next, allowing us to travel back and forth if we choose, […]
Renee Starr
Ways to Work the New Moon in Aquarius by Kimberly Moore
Happy New Moon in Aquarius and Happy Chinese New Year! This moon is a respite from the heavy Capricorn energies that have been heavily influencing our New Year. I am beyond ready! MotherHouse of the Goddess Wise Women have been working overtime for this New Moon in Aquarius and I wanted to share the bounty […]
The Magic of the Dark Moon By Renee Starr
Traditional lunar wisdom suggests that no magic is to commence during the dark moon as the veils are very thin at this time, and it is too chaotic, and unstable of an energy to be worked with, but I have found that this is a very special time for a very special kind of magic, […]
Sacred Fire by Renee Starr
Fire is wild, primal, awesome, and sacred. It is magic at its most powerful. When working with fire, we are working with one of the most ancient of elemental qualities, which is that of creation/destruction, and also with the essence of desire, or will in order to manifest and materialize something into existence. Fire is […]
Hekate’s Night – A Winter’s Tale by Renee Starr
Hidden by the shadowy overgrowth of dying vines and dry, lifeless trees she stood at the crossroad, the borderlands where the realm of the living mingled with the world beyond. An edgewalker of these realms and crone seer of the dead, the goddess Hekate turned her face to the west, the place where the sun […]
Ceremony, Ritual and Sacred Space by Renee Starr
One of the ways that I have found to deepen my relationship with The Goddess, Priestess and Witch is to create ceremony, and ritual as a way to invoke their power, and wisdom, and to bring their living essence into my life. A ceremony is an occasion, or event that has special significance and often involves ritual, […]
The Art of Crystal Healing by Renee Starr
Crystals, gemstones, and many types of stones are potent sources of subtle energy that can be used to support healing on many levels, such as emotional, physical, and spiritual. There are many reasons why crystals are so powerfully effective in this way, and one of these reasons is that crystals can conduct, and emit electricity. Science […]
RITUAL OF THE GODDESS by Renee Starr
For centuries women have been performing sacred ceremony, and magical ritual in the name of The Goddess, and also for Her many personifications, which are the goddesses of cultural pantheons, such as Isis—whose true name is Auset, being the goddess of the ancient Egyptian pantheon. A recent archaeological discovery in Botswana, Africa reveals that ancient […]
The 9 Moons of Magic by Renee Starr
“In ancient times, the moon was known and worshipped as The Great Mother, whose feminine essence was contained in the dark, fertile places of a woman’s body and in the blood that flowed from the womb each month. From Her, all life came forth and will at the end, return to Her again. It is […]
SPRING: the time of becoming by Renee Starr
In the Northern Hemisphere, everything in the world is emerging, coming forth, becoming, and being born at this time. The tips of forest ferns gently unfurl, silent roots below now send tender shoots, stems and brightly greened-tipped leaves upwards, breaking free through the warm, thawed soil, baby bunnies, chicks, lambs and other springtime animals are birthed […]
