The Moon Her Mirror
Full Moon Names
Southern Hemisphere full moon names by month: January: Hay Moon, Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Mead Moon February: Grain Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Wyrt Moon, Corn Moon, Dog Moon, Barley Moon March: Harvest Moon, Corn Moon April: Harvest Moon, Hunter’s…
Witchcraft Today: Chapter 1
Notes made while reading “Witchcraft Today” by G.B.G. Skyclad – “only in that way can we obtain power” If clothing impedes the release of power, perhaps you’re not raising it right! GBG sees aura only on bare flesh, but projection…
Why Wicca? Why Witchcraft? Why Witch?
These are the things that make sense to me: the Divine is immanent in all things reality is not either/or but and~more polarity is important not just for the extremes of the spectrum but for the infinite in between in…
Wicca’s Core Tenets and Beliefs
As discussed by members of The Thicket and compiled by Brock & Elfwreck in Autumn 2003 Wicca is a mystery religion. Wiccans believe that Divinity is made manifest in both masculine and feminine Forms. Wiccans believe that the world was…
1.4 My Personal Timeline
Notes made while reading “Towards the Wiccan Circle” by Sorita d’Este. 1992 – I have an intense mental experience (daydream?) that convinces me God is female and magic is real. I begin to concentrate really hard on things I want…
Wiccan Ceremony Structure
Notes made while reading “Towards the Wiccan Circle” by Sorita d’Este. Purification of the Ritual Space This is usually done through the blessing of Salt & Water, with which the space which the ceremony will be performed is sprinkled. It…
1.1 Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism
Notes made while reading “Towards the Wiccan Circle” by Sorita d’Este. Witchcraft is a folk magic practice that utilises spells of various forms to make manifest one’s Will. Paganism is term used to describe a range of pre-Christian religious beliefs…
Differences Between Witches and Non-Witches
Notes made while reading “A Deed Without a Name” by Lee Morgan. Shamanic, ecstatic practice blurs the lines between physical, “in the body”, experiences and spiritual, “in spirit”, experiences. Extension of the senses leading to Other ways of being. Thus…
Shamanic, Ecstatic
Notes made while reading “A Deed Without a Name” by Lee Morgan. An ‘ecstatic’ is a type of mystic who leaves or transcends the flesh in powerful visions and has congress with another world. But a ‘shaman’ is one who…