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Groundhog's Day is American for Imbolc [BellaDonna Saberhagen]

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

One of my favorite pod-casters once mentioned that one of the holidays in the Wheel of the Year that she just cant seem to get is Imbolc. She doesnt raise sheep, so the milk-giving aspect is beyond her and where she lives, its still the middle of cold-as-Hel winter in early February. Having a hard time connecting to a holiday makes it very hard to want to celebrate it. If you dont feel it, youre just going through the motions because to be a good Pagan, youre supposed to. (Dont feel y

Solitary Spirituality [Jess]

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

Being a solitary Witch does not mean that you have to do everything alone. I myself have been a member of a coven and practiced on my own as well, finding that not everyone is meant to perform rituals and works of magic with others. Sure, sometimes it is nice to be joined with others of your own faith. But being a part of a coven is not for everyone.I found my path about ten years ago. A friend in high school introduced paganism to me. Mind you, this was also during a time when the movie

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

There are days in which I find myself feeling as if I have forgotten that I am, indeed, a Witch.When I walk past the living room, I spare a glance with brown eyes at the small altar my partner Lore and I have crafted together using beautiful objects I have collected over the year of us being together. Our first chalice of red and clear glass, the miniature cast iron cauldron, and the brass lantern I had acquired years ago when I was thirteen. I still had it in my possession, even after o

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

I just recently read Peg Alois article Leaves of Gold: Finding Those Rare Occult Books here on the Witches Voice again, and theres always one statement she makes that pops out to me: Pagans like books. Well, I cant really deny that that statement definitely applies to me. Even before I came to Wicca, I loved books. Id always beg my parents for a trip to Barnes and Noble or whatever bookstore we happened to be close to. I kept flashlights and little book lights in my room and would

Prayers in the Wind [Verda Smedley]

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

The Ancient Ones clearly saw what was coming and with complete devotion and love made prayers for us. Their words were sent out into the cosmos so that someday we would catch up to them.I found this to be a surprisingly common theme throughout hunter-gatherer shamanism. Those old spirit handlers seemed to have an extraordinary reach into what we call the future. They seemed to have uncanny foresight into the demise of their own people and the impending doom of our planet. I cant imagi

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

**I feel the need to preface this, as others have done, with what should be obvious: these are my personal experiences and personal opinions and truths, and should hold absolutely no threat to those with differing opinions or truths. There are portions of my life where Wicca was not a good experience; that does not mean it cannot be a good, fulfilling, and safe experience for others, if provided the right spiritual seeds. Aside from the academic and historical honesty portion of this essay, ever

Our True 'Magical Tools' [Solonius]

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

Our magical items are only mundane objects without inherent power! After much deliberation, Ive decided that I must toss that match into the gasoline can. I feel that there is an undue amount of romanticism attached to what are only supposed to be the tools of the witchs trade. We are supposed to be wise enough to know that it is our minds, through our focused thoughts, that perform our spells and ceremonies, not our tools.Wren composed a very thorough and thoughtful essay on the typ

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:36 +0200

When you ask your average neo-Pagan or Wiccan what tools are on their altar (or are important to their craft) , you typically get the following list: athame, wand, pentacle, chalice, besom, cauldron, candles, incense, sometimes herbs and stones, sometimes a white-handled knife or boline. Thats about it though. A great number of the tools are things that would have been common household implements during the early-Modern Witchcraft trials. Every household needed a cup, a knife, a pot, a broom

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Exploring a Crystal

For this visualization exercise, choose one of your favorite crystals, one you already know quite well. A good place to hold the crystal for this exercise is at the solar plexus.

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Echinacea

Echinacea is more well known in medical literature than it is in magical. Almost all references to it magically say that carrying it will provide inner strength in stressful or trying times. I also found multiple references to it as being of benefit in intensifying other magick rituals or spells, and as being appropriate for spirit offerings, but I can find no specifics otherwise.

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The Home Study approach to Reiki training

According to Mikao Usui’s surviving students, when you trained with Usui Sensei you did not follow a day course, or a two-day course, or a three-day course, in the way that Reiki is taught in the West. Training in Usui’s system was an ongoing process and would have been spread out over a considerable period. Usui would visit you and give you some energy work to carry out and then you would not see him for a while. You would do the prescribed work, keep notes on your experiences and then when you visited Usui, or when he visited you, you would review your progress. You would be given additional work to carry out, and again this was reviewed some time later.

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A Crystal Healing Kit

A basic healing kit consists of one tumbled stone or cabochon for each chakra, plus two clear quartz crystals, one piece of calcite and two black stones such as hematite or black tourmaline. The stones I will talk about here are easy to find and will serve you well. They are the stones I generally recommend for the color meditation which will be added later. However, if you cannot find one of the stones in this section, substitute it with another stone from the list below each chakra. I have tried to include only stones which are readily available in most crystal stores. The specific metaphysical and healing properties of these stones can be found in either volume 1 or 2 of The Crystal Workbook.

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Dandelion

The cheery yellow flowers and airy white puffs of dandelions seed heads have lent themselves to many uses in magick and folklore over the centuries, mostly in the areas of divination, wishes, good luck, communicating with spirits, and dreams. In magick, Dandelions are bound to fire and Jupiter.

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