Instead of Candle Spells, Try…a Cup of Tea
Aren’t those all-day candle spells great? If you can stay home with it all day, which I can’t. Or if you can burn a candle at work, which in my case is highly frowned…
Look! I’m Manifesting Elephants!
Once you get pretty good at understanding how the Law of Attraction works–or how magick works–or how prayer works, it can be a little amusing to see your desires given to you so soon after…
Delegating: the Hardest Part of Prayer, Magick, and the Law of Attraction
Photo by ehpien; creative commons license. I’ve always had a hard time delegating, and that probably explains problems I’ve had with both Christian prayer, Wiccan magick, and the Law of Attraction. Among those who practice…
A Time and a Place for Magick
Amazing Photo by Stephen Poff, creative commons license, at http://flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/2761284719/ Many a false step was made by standing still. -Fortune Cookie Sometimes you have to pull yourself out of the Ether to make things happen. Sometimes…
A Breakthrough: "For the Highest Good of All" and Other Caveats
It’s important that we as both seekers and teachers don’t become so secure in our own little universes that we fail to sample the knowledge of another universe. I have made some of the greatest…
Better to Rush Upon this Blade
Beautiful dagger– Photo by inhisgrace; creative commons license Oh, the power of words! Especially when said in a ritual circle. As my Circle grows, I find it helpful to discuss situations with other High Priests…
Spiritual Tools and Forging Your Own Meaning
Not everyone keeps a Book of Shadows in the “traditional” way. You know, the hardback tome of paper, perhaps even wrapped in some kind of animal hide or decorated with all sorts of magickal symbols….
Sending Energy: Maybe You Shouldn’t
Photo from anomalous4 at http://flickr.com/photos/31333486@N00/; creative commons license. Pagans and New Agers just loooooove to “send energy.” Me included. It makes me feel a little less powerless when someone else is in trouble, and if…
I Curse Your Name: the Blackest of Magicks
Theatrical photo by arbron; creative commons license I have a house full of company this summer, but it’s oh-so-pleasant and has settled into a nice pattern of incense wafting upward from the countertop, couscous on the…
A Wonderful Summer Solstice
Photo by littlesprite; used with permission; all rights reserved. With rain on the horizon, a lot of local Solstice rituals were cancelled because they were weather dependent. Or because it was just way too hot…
