Cats have a lot in common with witches. Unlike excitable dogs, they are hard to train. They choose to gift you their time and aren’t so tame. Just like witches, they seem to have a sixth sense for who is and isn’t safe. Read more
February 19, 2021
Why Witches Love Cats (And Cats Love Witches?) Plus, Competition Result
February 19, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
February 16, 2021
Working With The Hagalaz Rune During The Winter Lockdown
February 16, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
The Hagalaz (or Hagel) rune is given the description of hail in both the Anglo Saxon and Norwegian rune poems. Whilst in lockdown this winter, I’ve spent a little time considering this rune and how it plays out in our lives. In the UK we’ve been in hard lockdown since just after Christmas. The schools are closed, as are all non-essential shops, and it’s illegal to meet anyone from outside your immediate intimate circle indoors, or more than one socially… Read more
February 10, 2021
Audiobook Giveaway, Seidr: The Gate Is Open By Katie Gerrard
February 10, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
Win a free Audio copy of “Seidr: The Gate is Open” by Katie Gerrard to celebrate the new audiobook version and a decade in print. Read more
January 30, 2021
Thinking About Ritual Nudity (I Just Feel More Powerful With My Pants On)
January 30, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
Not all Wiccans regularly engage in ritual nudity but pants off magical practise is something which is mostly associated with Wicca. Read more
January 21, 2021
Please Internet Giants, Stop Painstakingly Curating My Life!
January 21, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
Everything I see online has been chosen for me based on my previous decisions. I’ve not felt so limited by bad choices since school. Read more
January 12, 2021
This Is How It Feels To Be Depressed And Recover
January 12, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
I can’t tell you the moment I woke up and realised I’d had more good days than bad recently. But it happened. This is my journey through Cyclothymia. Read more
January 8, 2021
2021 Reborn From the Flames: Resilience And Goal Setting In A Changing World
January 8, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
The hardest thing for a person or culture to do is change. Use resilience and spiritual life laundry to refocus your goals this January. Read more
January 7, 2021
My Gods Are Not Vehicles For Hate!
January 7, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
We’ve all seen the scenes from Washington, a self-titled shaman prancing about in animal skin and buffalo horns in the name of Trumpism. I won’t repeat the commentary from people who know far more about the politics and situation than I do. Instead, I’ll say my thoughts are with you America and I’m as shocked and disturbed by the images as you are. And I’ll turn my attention to what I do know about, heathen religion and Nordic deities. I… Read more
January 4, 2021
There Are Too Many Words for Fat In My Vocabulary
January 4, 2021 By Katie Gerrard
I know all the words to say “I feel fat” in a kinder, more gentle way. I’m a little chunky, I’m slightly chubbier than I once was. I have mum-spread. Yet the “than I once was” just happens to have been in my early twenties and for the best part of two decades I’ve bounced between only two dress sizes. Today I’m “slim” This means I’m maybe 1.5 inches smaller all over than I was six weeks ago. As someone… Read more
December 23, 2020
Little Lights – Why Community Matters to Manston Right Now
December 23, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
As I write an undetermined number of lorries sit stationary at Manston Airfield, near the port of Dover. Currently the port remains closed with the hope of re-opening as soon as possible once it has been deemed safe to do so. Manston sits within the parish of Thanet, a small borough mostly known for its seaside towns of Margate, Broadstairs, and Ramsgate. Once a fashionable holiday hotspot, particularly loved by those escaping the London smog, its tourist numbers aren’t enough… Read more
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