Gather 'round, my lovelies, and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a Witch's Come to Goddess tale...or as they say in the Southern Baptist church, let me !TESTIFY! about my "burning bush" moment, how I was "saved" and accepted my sacred mission to be an agent of Divine Love. Read more
The broomstick is the iconic symbol of the witch even more so than the pentagram both in legend, but it is also important in our own lore and rites. Like many of the witches tools, the broom is a common household item made of bound twigs or grasses on a straight handle. Making your own broom can be a simple! Read more
Wandering the worlds is all fine and good but I rather enjoy having a home from which to depart and to which I may return. Home has taken on many forms over the years and it is from that place of self-knowledge and security that I step forth into the worlds. Read more
If you’re a member of any kind of linage, formal or informal, please ask more questions of those who’ve preceded you. How did this get in our Lore? What does it mean? How did you, dear teacher, get involved in all this, and why, and what was it like then? Who did you know and what were they like? Any idea they are now? Read more
It is a seasonal thing. It comes and goes with the changing of shop window decorations. Now 'tis the season of skimpy costumes and parties celebrating the dead and not quite gone: the last harvest. Read more
How do we determine if someone is Pagan? Do they join our events and participate in our communities? Do they support our rights to practice and believe as we think that Pagans should? Then I'll say that they are Pagan. Read more
Facebook quizzes that tell you if you're a Bear or a Beaver person are hokey and we all know it. But how do you actually interact with the spirits? Get some ideas for working with the animals and environment around you in your own unique way. Read more
We really gain nothing as a community, even a very loosely based and held together community, by judging and excluding each other for our differences. Our diversity should be a strength, not a weakness. Read more
Jean Shinoda Bolen writes, “If we are living in a spiritual wasteland of depression, despair, fears, anger, meaninglessness, emptiness, or addictions, an understanding of the [Grail] legend can teach us something about what ails us and what can heal us.” She goes on to say, “I realized that ‘what ailed me’ was directly related to what could heal me.” Read more
Life is about more than just being terribly clever and easily dissatisfied primates who happen to have a penchant for television and microwaveable snacks. Our lives have purpose, and meaning. Part of being spiritually aware is coming to a deeper knowledge of ourselves. Read more
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