After spending the autumn equinox in Iceland last year and having an experience that clued me in to the importance of the Pleiades, I've been working on creating a structure and rituals to go with their cycle. It's become a key aspect of my spirituality. Read more
For me, Paganism is about connecting to something greater than our mortal lives. You don’t have to believe in deity to connect. We can connect to all sorts of things. Read more
Everyone has their own opinion about magickal names and the reasons to have (or not have) one. There are no right or wrong answers when it comes to taking a magickal name or deciding to stick with your own. Most of the time it is a matter of personal preference. Read more
I still carry around a complex, a muddy pool left unstudied. I fear that I am not a real Magician, that I am an imposter. Yet the deficiency lies not within my magic, but with the words by which I speak of it. For I am not a Magician; I’m a Priestess. Read more
I get a lot of questions from people who want to know what to do once they’ve received some kind of message or communication from a deity. Where do you take that initial connection further? How do you begin to deepen a relationship? Read more
Being “teachable” is an important skill to have if you practice the Craft. There is a lot I do not know about Hekate but I'm learning that she is so much more than what I've perceived of Her in the past as only a Dark Goddess. She has many more names and energies. Read more
As a young child, Melissa Alvarez was visited by a spiritual being who told her that an impending illness would activate spiritual gifts which would change the purpose of her life. Following that visitation, she fell sick with immense unattributed head pain and, after recovery, started to have intuitive impressions. Read more
What? I'd be performing half of the ritual. Myself! Yes. Fine. There was a binder with a whole script. But GREAT GODDESS! I'm not a member of the coven. A friend to the coven, yes. Absolutely. Maybe – coven adjacent? I don't know. But this? Was this even legal? Read more
Pop culture shouldn’t be your reference point for theology-building; go to the ancient sources like Sallustius which provide a proper authentic theology. Read more
It's meaningless to make a lot of effort to connect to spirits of exotic places and fairies more generally if you are neglecting the ones that are constantly around you. Read more
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