Candlemas, or Imbolc as it is more commonly called, is a pagan festival of light. Themes of purification, initiation, and virginity dominate this sabbat. In the wheel of the year myth, the Goddess is recovering from her birth and seeing the “light at the end of the tunnel” at last, and the God is a… View more
There are two reasonably consistent themes throughout Wicca: One is that the Greater Sabbats of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain are associated with agriculture and the bearing cycles of animals; hailing from a time when people lived close to and worked with the land or they died. The second is that Wiccans are custodians of… View more
Her law is love unto all beings. That right there is enough to have me sold on Valentine’s Day. But, if I needed more… All acts of love and pleasure are rituals to the Goddess. You know even if the state of the world didn’t make me lose sleep at night, it’s likely I would… View more
Somewhere in the transition from the sacred Celtic festival of Samhain to its modern incarnation, Halloween has become a sugar holiday. Instead of showing our brave faces to the creatures of the night and giving death a respectful but strong ‘not this winter, mate,’ we invite ill health and early death to step a bit… View more
When I cast a circle I like to take a moment to reflect on and honour the traditional inhabitants of this land. I reach out to those spirits whom I know little about and the ancestors that my people have wronged. I grew up in Wiradjuri country, and though I know embarrassingly little about a… View more
Back before Bast was even a tiny seed stuck in the jelly sandwich of my uterus, Dear Hart and I discussed long and hard about what holidays our future family would or would not celebrate and I was absolutely adamant that Christian Easter was not going to be one of them. As an adult I was no longer willing to suffer though that shit for anyone.
