So I’m playing catch up as it’s been a busy week. Ceridwen and Cernunnos are my patron deities as everyone who’s symbl’d with me will doubtless know. When I first decided to become a Wiccan I worked my way through Hedgewitch quite seriously, using it as essentially a workbook for each Esbat (I use Esbat … Read More
I would feel incredibly uncomfortable as a Pagan and a Wicca in celebrating Candlemas. The very name, to me, sounds Christian and I am emphatically not Christian. I celebrate Imbolc, whic has much the same meanings as Candlemas in that it is about strengthening the sun and welcoming back the light into the world (ok, … Read More
Today was Imbolc. I used to have problems with how I felt about Imbolc, I don’t really have much to do with Brigid – who’s festival it’s accounted by most modern pagans and as a Wiccan I had issues with Candlemas…but I’m going to write about Candlemas tomorrow. I only really ‘got’ Imbolc, the beginning … Read More
I just had the Lancaster Women’s Circle round for magical purposes, it was my first Imbolc ritual of this year. (I’ll be blogging about Imbolc later on this week for the Blog Project.) Now I’m waiting for the Jellicle to get back and complain about the soy beans all over the house… I was quite … Read More
Five years ago Rat introduced me to a certain tradition, that of Father Valentine. Now every year since I’ve blogged about this and the only sites of relevance that come up on google are the BBC one and some memory shares. As many of you will know there is a facebook group, ‘Friends of Father … Read More