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Gathering in the City

Posted by Juniper on October 7th, 2008 under Getting Started, Herbal Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments

Gathering in the City
So you live in the city and/or an apartment eh? Don’t despair!
It is harder to walk a nature path if you live in an urban area, or in an apartment, but there are options available to you. Waiting for the once a year chance to go to a [...]

Juniper Cupressaceae Juniperus communis

Posted by Juniper on July 28th, 2008 under Herbal Tags:  •  No Comments

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 [...]

The Turning of Spring to Summer

Posted by Juniper on July 27th, 2008 under Everything Else, Herbal, Life of a Hedgewitch Tags: ,  •  No Comments

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 [...]

The First Thing You Need

Posted by Juniper on July 27th, 2008 under Getting Started, Herbal, Life of a Hedgewitch Tags: ,  •  2 Comments

 
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 [...]