Magic Egg Spells

Mabon is a holiday of home and hearth, and really represents the whole season between Lammas and Samhain, for me. The young and not-so-young are back in school, and theres football, state fairs, Renaissance Festivals, homecomings, and other celebrations to keep happy as we watch the light slowly fade from the sky.

The God is dead, sacrificed at Lammas to ensure our prosperous harvest. We were not sad then, beca

Many continue to claim its accuracy (in whatever detailed form), so perhaps it is not so easy to dismiss. The Law, as mentioned above, is not a moral judgement or a social constraint. It is a principle of nature which has been observed and described. Action (karma) produces suffering based upon its nature and our evaluation of its r

I take the salt/water mixture and walk clockwise around the circle, sprinkling droplets off my fingers. Returning to the altar, I pick up the incense and the feather, and walk the circle again, wafting the incense smoke with the feather. While doing this, I visualize that my water droplets and smoke are building a physical circle. I then walk around a third time with my athame, visualizing a stream of energy coming out of the athame and into the circle, drawing it one last time. Then the circle is complete and I move on to my

Fair Weather Wicca
A group I work with occasionally had planned a weekend campout and ritual at a local Pagan-friendly retreat, but unfortunately the trip was cancelled due to a forecast of low temperatures, rain, and sleet. Far be it for me to question the fortitude of my friends for deciding against a little cold-weather camping, but by gods, if my ancestors could survive the Ice Age, I could last a few nights i.

Silly Muggles, Wizardry's For Children
I'd like to thank Laura Mallory for her courageous and self-effacing efforts to protect our children from the dangers of reading books. I mean, from the dangers of reading books like the Harry Potter series. Mallory makes an excellent point, which is that the concept of the supernatural, of forces in this world beyond our full understanding, some of which are good and some of which are - dar.

How to Include Physically Challenged People in Group Rituals
This article examines an important modern Wiccan/Pagan issue from both angles. Coven and group leaders can learn how to best accomodate members with disabilites, and the differently-abled are given some ideas for how to make their participation in group events easier for everyone..