I’m reading a cute book called The Love Almanac. It is full of poems, recipes, and stories about love. I was very surprised when I came across a bit of Wiccan “bad history.” Page 43 of this book there is a piece entitled “Love Spell Bottle.” It reads in part: If you’re on the lookout […]

Calling oneself a “Witch” does not make a Witch – but neither does the heredity itself, nor the collection of titles, degrees and initiations. A Witch seeks to control the forces within her/himself that make life possible in order to live wisely and well without harm to others and in harmony with Nature. (from the […]

Building off my entry from the other day, I am hoping to form a more homegrown and integrated from of spirituality for myself. A sort of kitchen-witchery, with spontaneous rituals and a personalized correspondence and symbol set. Essentially, I want to bring Wicca into my everyday life where I can learn spiritual lessons from everything […]

I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later. Scrapbooking and Wicca have combined to bring you The Create-a-Grimoire(TM) system. Yes, apparently it has been trade marked. Okay, maybe it isn’t so bad. I am overreacting a little bit, since I was planning on using a few scrapbooking techniques in my Book of Shadows. […]

This link, It’s a Mystery (Part I): Dysfunctional Behaviour and the Pagan Scene, made an appearance on one of the mailing lists I belong to. It is a really interesting look at why so many Pagan groups are dysfunctional, and reinforces all my reasons for being as solitary as I am. This articles bring up […]

Being “green” is supposed to be a big part of being Wiccan, but sometimes I’m not really sure what is enough. I recycle nearly all of my paper, cans and plastic. I also try to not use too much power or water, but I am not overly conservative. (I also have no desire to go […]

Sometimes I am so very, very frustrated by what I see when I go looking at pagan websites. The internet is supposed to have been this wonderful social revolution, yet everything is the same no matter where you look. It seems like every site has the same collection of spells, blinking graphics, and plagiarized material […]

I am very well aware that Wicca is not a perfect religion. Our history is a little questionable when it comes to Gardner, who claimed he had rediscovered an ancient Goddess religion. There are also many contradictory views about our gods: are They male and female?, do They have names?, are we Them?, etc. Lately, […]

I’ve spent the last week or so going through my collection of books. It is part of my plan to reduce the amount of books on my poor, groaning bookshelf, and so far I’ve made a pretty good dent in my collection. Choosing which fiction books to get rid of was pretty easy. It more […]