Tag Archives: wicca
Starting the New Year with Ancient Alpine Traditions – 12th Night
We have arrived at the last night of the Rauhnächte as we call the 12 nights after the Winter Solstice in the German speaking greater Alpine region. Look out for Mother Percht and the Wild Hunt Continue reading
Starting the New Year with Ancient Alpine Traditions – 4th Night
Night number four of the Rauhnächte is coming up fast, and for that one we do need a little more preparation. It’s an important night in the 12-night cycle, and again you will need pen and paper, but this time … Continue reading
Old Spells – Weather Magic
Onwards we go with the collection of magical practices from witch trials between 1455 and 1850 in Austria recorded in “Anthropology from Criminal Proceedings of the Austrian Alpine Provinces With Special Consideration of the Magic and Witch Trials 1455 to … Continue reading
Old Magic – Spells on Love and Marriage
Here is the first collection of magical practices from witch trials between 1455 and 1850 in Austria recorded in “Anthropology from Criminal Proceedings of the Austrian Alpine Provinces With Special Consideration of the Magic and Witch Trials 1455 to 1850”. … Continue reading
Cooking Can Be Rather Pagan
When scanning through my social media feeds, one of the questions with which many fellow pagans — especially those newer to this world– struggle is how to define what they are doing — or just embarked upon. Interestingly enough, from … Continue reading
The Bloody Business of Sacrifice
When the topic of sacrifice, especially that of animals, flared up on pagan social media sites recently (and only the Gods old and new know why), posters and commenters immediately formed two camps, categorial opposition versus “but the ancestors”. As … Continue reading
Apple Trees Are Queer
Two completely unrelated festivities have somewhat converged within a month now. One was Beltane (in the northern hemisphere), a fire festivals on the Pagan Wheel of the Year, and the other ones are the many LBTQ+ pride days and parades and balls that are … Continue reading
Hexing the Cheater
If you are like me a member of social media groups, particularly those into witchcraft, you have probably read, or even answered to, inquiries about spells for all kinds of things. Lately, it seems, the requests for spells to deal … Continue reading
Listen! To everyone!
When my Druid Grove prepared for the recent Beltane celebration, a discussion broke loose about the accessibility of sites where we typically hold or rituals. We, the Mystic River Grove of the Most Ancient Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids … Continue reading
The Most Pagan Thing I Do…
Defining paganism as a “thing” — I like the term “movement” — is quite difficult. You get easily caught in a vicious circle of needing a definition so you and other people know what you and they hold dear and have … Continue reading
The Weekly Druid 