Article Topic: Pagan

We miss our dear friends and family who have died, and we long to be with them once more: to feel their presence, to share another deep conversation, to laugh together as we once did. We can. This Samhain, the phone lines to the ghost world will be open, as the barrier shrouding the dead from the living melts on this mystical night. Spirit communication is a way to stay in touch with lost loved ones, and October 31st is an optimal night for such magic.

Witches frustrated by mediocre results need not give up and toss their wands out with the trash. Using magical glyphs in new ways will give spellwork the boost it needs to succeed.

August has now surpassed June as the most popular month in which to get married. But what about those for whom a traditional wedding or civil ceremony does not fit? Begin your new bond with the most spiritually and personally meaningful handfasting ceremony, with the help of Anna Franklin.

Today is the new moon, a time when many--even witches-- say that magic and meditative activity should be forgone. Instead, bravely travel inward and find what the darkness is hiding from you. Revel in this harvest season and commune with the darkness.

The autumnal equinox as well as what we now call the first of August have both been celebrated as festival days of the harvest season across Europe and North America. As August first approaches, we must reflect on what what these harvest celebrations mean and what they mean to us.

With the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, being released soon, much interest is growing in the media and public concerning magick, witchcraft and wizardry. With the huge buzz brewing, one has to wonder: how real, how accurate, is the magick being presented in the Harry Potter series?