Don't wait ‘till the Sabbats—celebrate the Witchy life every day of the year! Fun-to-read and beautifully-designed, this day-by-day guide is filled with magical, practical, and spiritual ways to enhance your daily life.
All 366 days are represented in this entertaining and essential daily guide—now available for the first time in the United States! Uncover fascinating folklore and magical qualities of stones, flowers, herbs, animals, and colors, and how to use them wisely. There are helpful tips for making a wand, celebrating the Sabbats, gardening, healing, interpreting dreams, and predicting the weather. Also featured are spells for finding a partner, sticking to a diet, boosting self confidence, and deflecting negative energy.
Every so often in life something happens which makes you stop and take stock of life. An event, perhaps small, perhaps large, comes along and forces the mind to take a pause from daily concerns, to reassess priorities and to re-evaluate ourselves. Kate West, author of The Real Witches' Craft and The Real Witches' Handbook, discusses her journey of looking back and moving forward.
1. Wicca has become one of the fastest growing religions in the US and Europe. What do you see as driving this trend, and are there any misconceptions about what Wicca and Witchcraft may or may not be?I feel that the growth of Wicca over the last 20 or so years has come from two key directions: Firstly people have become disillusioned with orthodox spirituality and organised religions. As a...
Every so often in life something happens which makes you stop and take stock of life. An event, perhaps small, perhaps large, comes along and forces the mind to take a pause from daily concerns, to reassess priorities and to re-evaluate ourselves. The most recent of these pauses for me was not driven by one of those life-stopping events such as the death of a loved one, nor even my relatively...
We all have our own interpretations and honoring of the four elemental quadrants. Some of us enter our Circles in the East, direction of dawn and new beginnings. Others prefer to start in the North, that their working be well grounded and strong. At Samhain, we open a gate in the West, the direction of the Ancestors and of the Land Beyond, and we... read this article
