This time of year (especially between Imbolg and Ostara) is a great time to make blessed water from fallen snow.  The sun is growing in strength and light — a very positive energy thing! — and the clean cold air tends to make cleaner snowfall.
First of all, stop and think about how magickal snow is.  [...]

In a meeting today, someone discussed a smoking cessation workshop and how the program was designed for people who want to quit for themselves, not because someone or something else was impressing upon them to quit.  As the discussion went on around me, I thought about recent habits I am changing in my life and [...]

Winter is a wonderful time to be a Witch!  The rest season is upon us, the holiday frenzy is past.  It’s a time of crackling fires, warm mugs of goodness, books to be read, and getting ready for the active months ahead.
It’s also a great time to put your hands to good use doing decidedly [...]

Anger is an emotion that, put to good use, can actually be beneficial.  However, if you’re like me, perhaps you have a tendency to stuff your anger down until it eats at you, or maybe you let it get to you so badly that you blow up at innocent bystanders.  Here is a spell you [...]

This is more of an activity challenge instead of something to ponder.  Believe me, it may take all of your concentration and willpower to do it, though.
Find a picture, preferably a mandala picture or something with an obvious pattern.  Grab a box of crayons or markers or colored pencils.  Next, begin coloring the picture as [...]

This is actually a follow-up post to an earlier Q & A posted this week.  In addition to being asked if one can work magick when sick, I’ve also been asked if one can work healing magick for themselves when sick and how this process would potentially work.  It’s a common enough question that I [...]

How to make this talisman came about in conversation in Comments on another thread.  Because I know of several readers here who work with Hecate, I thought I would go ahead and post this bit of spellwork here for anyone interested.  Besides, today is the day the Greeks would make offerings to Hecate to ward [...]

We have the longest solar eclipse of the 21st Century occuring tonight (begins at 7:58 pm EDT, peaks between 8:56 pm and 9:02 pm EDT, and finishes 10:10 pm EDT — all calculations converting from Indian Standard Time to UST to EDT for East Coast observers).
Just because we cannot see the eclipse does not mean [...]