Happy Vernal Equinox! One of the things that I really love about Wicca is that it is so life-affirming. Every holiday is about new beginnings! Spring Equinox exemplifies that best of that consciousness. This is a great time of year to go out to the fields and enjoy the wildflowers in bloom all over the […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – Macbeth 2
Macbeth 2 In the Good Wiccan Guide Part One I go into quite some detail about William Shakespeare’s famous play Macbeth. It is to show you that all the conspiracies and charlatans that you you are brand new have been going since time immortal. I have broken this idea up into three separate posts. The […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – Macbeth 1
Macbeth 1 In the Good Wiccan Guide Part One I go into quite some detail about William Shakespeare’s famous play Macbeth. It is to show you that all the conspiracies and charlatans that you you are brand new have been going since time immortal. I am going to break this idea up into three separate […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – We Are Not All Old Hags
We Are Not All Old Hags! An excerpt from The Good Wiccan Guide – Part One: Introduction and Popular Mythology. Age Why are witches often shown as old hags? Well, those versed in magic may live longer so will show signs of aging more. Some familiar signs of age include wrinkled skin, grey hair, being what […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – Turn Up the Light
Turn Up the Light An excerpt from The Good Wiccan Guide – Part One: Introduction and Popular Mythology. So let’s talk about the lessons learned by reviewing all the history, mythology, stereotypes, and media’s portrayals of witchcraft that have gone before this now moment in time. Stories throughout time have told us things like stealing, dishonesty, […]
Happy Valentine’s Day – Part Two
Happy Valentine’s Day – Part Two I think that it’s a nice idea for Wiccans to celebrate the season of love. Because Valentine’s Day goes far back before the Modern Christian ‘official’ holiday. This is the second of two installments on this topic. If you want the older history, check out last week’s post. http://www.goodwiccan.com/happy-valentines-day-part-one […]
Happy Valentine’s Day – Part One
Happy Valentine’s Day – Part One I think that it’s a nice idea for Wiccans to celebrate the season of love. Because Valentine’s Day goes far back before the Modern Christian ‘official’ holiday. Valentines Ancient History Did you know that Februa was an earlier-origin spring cleansing pagan ritual, which gave the month of February its […]
Candlemas
Candlemas Candlemas is a very important holiday to me. It’s actually the most important one. On February 2, 1992, I had just finished reading Star Signs by Linda Goodman and had decided to become vegetarian. I had many other signs and coincidences pointing me towards a blood-free diet. But it was not until a few […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – Bewitched
Bewitched An excerpt from The Good Wiccan Guide – Part One: Introduction and Popular Mythology. Bewitched (1964-1972 and 2005 movie) I bless the day that William Asher, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Executive Producer Harry Ackerman came up with the idea to do a show about a good suburban housewife witch. The show made folks love witches and […]
The Good Wiccan – Part One Excerpt – Bell, Book and Candle
Bell, Book and Candle This is a wonderful play and film that got renewed interest when the popular Canadian TV series the Good Witch named the main location store after it. Here’s an excerpt from The Good Wiccan Guide – Part One: Introduction and Popular Mythology. Bell Book and Candle (1958) This was a popular Broadway […]
