Psychic Insight

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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Down the Rabbit Hole – A ‘Shamanic’ Look at Alice in Wonderland by Elige Stewart
Many of us are familiar with the Lewis Carol stories of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  With this Friday being the release of a movie based on the characters of these stories (which looks pretty good, by the [...]

This audio discussion addresses the role of Witch as Healer, from the archetypes of conjurer to herbalist-midwife.
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Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, and Belief by Elige Stewart

Spirituality is the way that sees/finds/knows the Universe/God/Goddess (and any other term that denotes Higher Power). Spiritual Practice would then be the method or mode that we use to experience spirituality. Faith is the knowledge that the Higher Powers are not only there, but guiding us and [...]

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
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This month’s discussion revolves around Fetchwork from traditional witchcraft and it’s parallels to Kundalini in yogic [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]