Archives: July2008

• Some Types of Contemporary Witchcraft

  Kitchenwitch
  A witch who works her magick and rituals mostly in the kitchen, who studies food magick.
  She studies how to make a magickal home, magickal meals and a sacred kitchen, a witch who practises domestic magick. A kitchenwitch studies herbs and plants that you can eat (culinary), and grows them as well if she can. She is often a source of hearth, food and cooking folklore, customs and traditions.
  If she can she will likely have a veggie garden, some [...]

• Juniper Cupressaceae Juniperus communis

  Juniper

   
  Common Name: Juniper (common)
  Botanical or Scientific Name: Cupressaceae Juniperus communis
  Other Names: Western Juniper, Rocky Mountain Red Cedar, Dwarf Juniper, Mountain Common Juniper, Old Field Common Juniper (there are many names, for many species of Juniper)
  Genus and Species: Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.
  Type: An evergreen coniferous shrubby tree of the cypress family. There are many different junipers in the world.
  Physical Description: A wide and low tree with an irregularly rounded crown. A knotty, [...]

• What is a Mystery?

  What is a Mystery?

  So what are these Mysteries Pagans, especially Wiccans, are always talking about? Why does the word get a capitol “M”?
  A Mystery is a “Divine Secret” or spiritual truth. It is the very moment of enlightenment. A Mystery is something that causes one of those earth shattering, life changing, spiritual moments that changes who you are as a person.  Basically, a Mystery is when something happens that causes you to take a leap or sprint ahead [...]

• Some Topics of Study for a Hedgewitch

  Some Topics of study for a Hedgewitch
   
  Yes, there are many listed here, and others could probably add more. Obviously, you could never study everything! Part of a Tradition like Hedgecraft is being able to choose what areas you wish to focus on. You are also not expected to become an expert at any thing, unless you choose to. Hedgewitches tend to be jacks of many trades, but master of none or few.
  It is important to act with integrity and [...]

• The Turning of Spring to Summer

  The Turning of Spring to Summer
   
  The most amazing thing, for me at least, about coming home is returning to the rhythms of the place where I first began to study Paganism, and thus the Wheel of the Year. As a smart-a**ed teenager, I didn’t pay much attention as I followed along behind my garden obsessed Mother. In fact, it took living out in the country, on a small acreage in Alberta, to make me pay proper attention to the turning [...]

• The First Thing You Need

  The First Thing You Need
  Basics of Identifying and Researching Plants

  STOP! Before you do anything, before we go any further, before I wax poetic about the worship of Nature and reverence for the Earth, before we discuss meditations on plants, before we talk correspondences or magickal properties. Before any of that, there is one thing you need, and some skills you must learn. This is for your own and Nature’s safety. The thing you need is a field guide, and [...]