As of this month, I am now embarking on my 61st trip around the sun. If I were an astronaut I would find this to be quite an achievement. But I am not. I am simply here on our blue planet with the rest of you, doing my best to stay on this side of […]
The Attic
The farm house we lived in while I was growing up was two and a half stories. That last story was considered a half story because the roof was slanted on all four sides, but the center of it, which was at least 12X12 feet, you could not only stand up in but you could […]
Witchy Tools: Altar
As a witch develops their connection to their inner strength and natural gifts, eventually they will find themselves wanting a place in which to work their magic. Some prefer to go out into the woods, or to a beach, or to a circle of stones. Some prefer a table surface indoors for more privacy. In […]
Witchy Tools: Censer
One of the things that is highly important for many witches and shamans is the use of sacred smoke. This can be smoke from sage, cedar, sandalwood, pine, sweet grass, and any number of incenses. Smoke represents the element of Air, and that is the element that not only prepares one for the encounter with […]
Witchy Tools: Medicine Staff
There is a common image that people have in their minds of the wizard or witch of days of old, wondering through a misty forest, singing to the trees and carrying a long walking staff. Said wizard or witch is often in a hooded cloak and a long robe. Sometimes a wolf accompanies this magical […]