witchcraft

Blessings of Ostara!

by Beth on March 20, 2013

A Seed for Spring Equinox ©Annie Finch Thrusting through the season where I’d waited for spring, tucking up my head, I felt the slanted weight of clouds pressing through the sky above me down towards this grave, till I feel the earth around the place my head has lain under winter’s touch, and it crumbles. [...]

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April 12-13, 2013 in Columbia, SC In today’s post-modern, urbanized world, where everything is a commodity, how and where do Pagans find their sacred places?  How should we protect and maintain these sites?  In colonized worlds, how do we avoid the appropriation of these lands? If Goddess is immanent in nature, what makes some places [...]

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The Burning Times

by Beth on February 8, 2013

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. ~ Pat Robertson (whose media power, political influence, and global business interests are not a joke) I have been increasingly dismayed by some of the Witchcraft-focused tripe coming out in recent books, TV, and films.  But I’ve been [...]

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Wishing You a Most Blessed Imbolc!

by Beth on February 2, 2013

Brighid of the mantle, encompass us; Lady of the lambs, protect us; Keeper of the hearth, kindle us; Beneath your mantle, gather us; And restore us to memory. ~ Caitlín Matthews, A Blessing for Hearth Keepers Today we celebrate the great Sabbat called Imbolc, Oimelc, or Brigid, or the more Christianized name of Candlemas. By [...]

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Wishing You a Merry Yule! Solstice Blessings!

by Beth on December 21, 2012

Join together beneath the mistletoe, By the holy oak whereon it grows. Seven Druids dance in seven time. Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming. Ring out these bells. Ring out, ring Solstice bells. Ring Solstice bells. — Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull ©1977 Ring the bells of joy and blessings! Throw open the Gates [...]

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Blessings to Hecate

by Beth on November 30, 2012

Today is the last day of the month, and so is sacred to the great Triple Goddess, Hecate. Although Her day was once the last day of the lunar calendar, I believe it is still appropriate to honor Her at this time as Queen of the Night and the Goddess of Witches. Hecate is a [...]

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Day 29 of My Month of Thanksgivings: CHS

by Beth on November 29, 2012

Today, I give overflowing thanks that I live in a place and a time when an institution like Cherry Hill Seminary exists. If you don’t already know, Cherry Hill Seminary is the leading provider of education and practical training in leadership, ministry, and personal growth in Pagan and Nature-Based spiritualities. I am especially grateful and honored to [...]

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A Prayer Spell for the Election

by Beth on November 6, 2012

This was put together as a group effort by the global web of Reclaiming Witches. Feel free to wield it today, as ye will, an it harm none. May our leaders have the support they need for acts of true 
integrity that will support the 
health of the planet and its creatures, and be held [...]

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Samhain Blessings to All! Today is the Great Festival of Samhain (pronounced SAH-wen, or SOW-wen), which marks the third and final harvest and summer’s end. This is the ancient Celtic New Year and also the New Year for many traditions of modern Pagans and Witches. This is the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice [...]

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A Samhain Remembrance of the Ancestors

by Beth on October 30, 2012

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. – Exodus 22:18 On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have specifically barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, only fourteen years ago, the Vatican finally took [...]

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