The P.U.R.E. Concept of Shamanism and ‘Crafting by Elige Stewart

For many of us, shamanism and witchcraft hold very situated ideas in our mind.  Shamanism seems to conjure a Native American medicine man with feathers in his hair, leather pouch of magic stones and herbs, and ceremonial pipe.  Witch conjures a different image of a hag with wild hair mixing potions and making ointments.  Neither [...]

April 2010 Energy Update

Energy Update
The New Moon on April 14th occurs around 7:30am in Aries.  The only aspect formed to the new moon is a sextile (opportunity) with Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius.  This is light influence, but positive aspect.  With the planets involved, this is an opportunity and a spurring for spiritual growth and innovation. Many [...]

Spirit Attachment

Spirit Attachment by Elige Stewart
Possession.  Hollywood has grabbed this concept and ran.  A spirit intrudes into a (usually young and pretty) person’s body causing all kinds of havoc – from killing boyfriends to puking split pea soup.  I don’t think I have to tell you that this is not at all usual. However, the underlying [...]

Podcast – Fey, Fairies and the Spirits of Fate

This audio discussion is about the Fair Folk of the Lower Realms, more commonly known as the Fey or Fairies.  The focus is on their role in Traditional Witchcraft and Hedgeriding, not on the Victorian image of fairies that we have come to know.
Fey, Fairies and Spirits of Fate Podcast Link
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March 2010 Energy Update

Energy Update
The New Moon on March 15th occurs conjunct Mercury and Uranus in Pisces brings in an incredibly rebellious and unpredictable quality. We can expect some good news on the financial and job fronts in the coming month for the nation, as the moon makes opportune aspects to the midheaven (ruling careers and public [...]

Everyday Magick: Knotting Your Intention

Everyday Magick: Knotting Your Intention by Elige Stewart
I had a lot of trouble learning to tie my shoes when I was younger.  My parents finally convinced me that I should learn to wear ‘big boy’ shoes for going to my kindergarten class.  I was less than delighted to have to learn to tie my shoes, [...]

House Corvus September Discussion – Fetchwork and Kundalini

House Corvus September Discussion – Fetchwork and Kundalini
To listen to the podcast, you can simply left click on the above link.  To download, right click on the link and click ’save as’ then choose where you want it to download.
This month’s discussion revolves around Fetchwork from traditional witchcraft and it’s parallels to Kundalini in yogic [...]

September 2009 Energy Update

Energy Update
The month begins with a full moon in Pisces at 11:03 am on Friday September 4th eastern time.  This chart is characterized by a loose inconjunct to Venus (in the 9th house of travel and higher education) and the Midheaven (career and public persona).  Jupiter (growth and expansion) is also opposing the Midheaven.  [...]

August Podcast – Hedgeriding

Here is a link to the August Podcast about Hedgeriding.  This one is a much better quality than the one posted in June.  (Personally, I think it was well worth the wait to get to the new microphone.)  The link will take you to a new screen with an mp3 player on it.  To download [...]

Dancing in the Dark, Part 2 (July 2009)

Article: Dancing in the Dark Part 2: Shadow Puppets
Last month, we talked a lot about some of the ‘big and scaries’.  This month, let’s talk about some more of the big bads and where they came from.  Specifically, let’s talk about some of the old Mystery Traditions. We’ll start with an oldie but goodie – [...]