For your magickal pleasure, I present below an integrated Solar and Lunar astrological calendar 2020. For Imbolc Rites, I'd suggest the weekend of February 1-2, or anytime up until Tuesday, Feb 4th at 3:55 am EST. The sweetest spot for High Winter Magick will be Monday night of Feb 3rd. Read more
Within the ancient pagan religion of nature known as Hermetic Philosophy, we have a cosmology known as The Pymander. It is the first book of the Corpus Hermeticum texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, and its answers to the existential questions are Divine Love, evolution through learning, and reunion. Read more
Hermetic Philosophy forms the warp strings upon which the tapestry of Modern Witchcraft are woven; it is impossible to extract those threads without our entire magickal paradigm unraveling. Hermetic philosophy is a perennial wisdom, which describes the metaphysical mechanics of our divine cosmos. Read more
The Witch's Wheel of the Year in 2020 has 13 full moons, but none of them are "blue moons," according to astrological timing. I've included a handy chart with all the dates, times and signs for the coming year! Read more
Among witches, the name Hermes Trismegistus should be equally recognizable to us as the names of Jesus or Buddha. This name is often cited as the source of the Hermetic Principles, but rarely with adequate historical context, and remains significantly misunderstood. In this series of articles, I aim to correct this problem. Read more
I may be a Heather, but I've tried to change the world I inherited from my Boomer parents, into a better inheritance for those generations who follow in my wake; service is my love language. Name-calling is beneath my dignity. Read more
While I am not surprised that the site is shutting down, I'm more than a twinge sad to see the ending of an important era for our Witchcraft Community. I am also grateful for the important work done by the creators and managers of The Witches' Voice website, lo these last 22 years. Read more
I offer these Samhain evocations as seeds of thought, or for inclusion in your own Samhain rites with a group, or in crafting a personal, solitary rite. Read more
I also know my praxis and religious paradigm are very different from both Cunningham's and Gardner's Wicca at this point. So I choose a different name for what I do. This inevitably leads to the question, what is the difference between British Traditional Wicca and what I call Modern Witchcraft? Read more
Don't you hate it when group witchcraft becomes a boring, tiresome slog? If you're in a magickal rite, but you can't wait for it to be over, then I call that chur-cle, or "church-in-a-circle" Here are some ritual techniques for engaging everyone! Read more
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