Today’s post is brought to you thanks to my Facebook friend, Christopher, who asked me about an Isis festival called The Isia. He remembered that it was held in late October, early November, but couldn’t find anything about the details. The dates tickled my brain pretty severely, but I couldn’t drag up any data on it […]
Ritual
Goddess EveryDay – Samhain Goddesses and Ritual Workings by Kimberly Moore
Autumn is here and, in some places, the Goddesses of Winter have proven a bit impatient and brought early bursts of snow. Here in Delaware, the brilliant light of summer is stretching into the long shadows of Autumn. The air is more crisp and our temperatures are definitely trending downward. If we close our eyes […]
The Magic of Beltain by Michelle Boxley
Dearest moonbeams, the Wheel of the Year is turning once again and this week we welcome in the festival of Beltain. Beltain, also called Beltane, Bealtaine and Beltine is one of the cross quarter festivals of the wheel of the year along with Imbolc, Lammas and Samhain. Beltain is celebrated on the eve of the 30th […]
Rituals for a Calm Spirit by Renee Starr
SACRED MORNING RITUAL FOR A CALM SPIRIT When you wake; stand up to face/greet the sun – even if there are clouds covering the sun, face your body in its direction. Close your eyes, breathe in the sunlight and ask for today to be filled with light, with peacefulness, and with calmness. Give thanks for […]
Choosing Goddess by Marisa McCall
Did you ever read those Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid? I loved them. An avid reader from the age of 2, I was inhaling books faster than people could buy them for me. For my 6th birthday, my friend’s mom gave me two different CYOA books, thinking it might slow me down […]
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 […]
The Divine Mother Durga by Laura Amazzone
As we face the many ecological, political, social, and religious crises of these shifting times, a 1500 year old myth, the Devi Mahatmya and the millennia-old ritual worship of the Great Goddess Durga provide philosophical and spiritual insight into the powers that can aid us in the deep process of transformation which we face both […]
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, […]
Preparing for the Chinese New Year by Gwynne Warner
The Lunar New Year, celebrated as The Chinese New Year Festival, arrives on February 5th in 2019. And before the traditional altar cleaning and decorating days of early February, there’s still time to tend to these other meaningful tasks. PREPARING FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR – PART ONE 1 – Carry on with the deep […]
Personal Protection Practice – Blowing Bubbles by Kimberly Moore
Personal Protection and psychic self defense should be used every single day and especially for astral plane work like meditation, journey work, ritual, ceremony. This is a simple exercise that may be used as often as you need and is very effective for those who have empathic gifts that may seem overwhelming. Sit in your […]
