All are invited to a Samhain commemoration on Saturday, October 29 at Ardantane, south of Jemez Springs. Samhain, pronounced "SOW-en," is the Celtic equivalent of the Day of the Dead, a time to remember those who have passed and honor our ancestors. Though it officially takes place on October 31st, we will gather on Saturday […]
November 4, @ 7-9 PM Mountain Time Some of us are Witches, and often associated with the night. Daylight is fine, but why not DOUBLE the realm you inhabit by making friends with night and darkness? We'll list goddesses and gods who rule these dark realms, look at Witches and darkness in history and myth, […]
In Paganism we have no Devil on which to blame the world’s ills, and yet humanity faces war, death, disease, violence, sorrow and grief, darkness/night, fear and terror, storms and destruction. We can look only to our own deities to comprehend these things. Who are the Dark Goddesses, and should we run screaming in fear, […]
Imagine walking down a forest path and discovering that the Goddess calling you is considered a child-eating hag? KareIsis will disclose her journey to her patron Goddess BabaYaga and the discovery of the power of the light of the fierce and fiery truth. The power to discern the truth of a Goddess or God calling […]
Long ago, people chose new names to disguise their identities and be safe from persecution. Even today, some Pagans choose or are given special magickal names for use within their spiritual family, or among the Pagan community generally, or everywhere. Yet special, secret names can also be part of an alchemical journey of self-exploration and […]
If you've been active in the Craft for more than 15 minutes, you are familiar with the myth of Demeter and Prosephone. Their story is often used as the basis for equinox rituals at Ostara and Mabon. But this ancient goddess has many other faces and indeed, Persephone was not her only child. She was […]
Join Rowan and Lora for a discussion of The Broom Closet To kick things off, Rowan will share a fun quiz to help you determine if you are in or out of the Broom Closet, and discuss where you want to be on the delicate issue of how, or if, to be a public witch. […]
This tool illuminates the heart of magick and the qualities every Witch needs to practice: “Knowledge as a base of stone. Will to call the thing my own.Imagination helps to see. Faith to know that it will be. Silence knows what’s best to hide. Love will fill the space inside. Spirit binds them all as […]
Join us for an introduction to Magickal Alphabets, including Egyptian heiroglyphics, gematria, runes, ogham, Theban, Enochian, Celestial, Passing the River, and many more, including ones like the Voynich Manuscript that has never been deciphered. We will discuss why we use them and how we use them. Lora Jackson Legare has been a practicing Wiccan for […]
Is the modern religion of Wicca related to ancient magickal practices? How? Were the women and men executed for Witchcraft during the burning times really practicing witchcraft? Why were they accused? Do we know what they actually did? Answers to these questions and more in this Ardantane class. History is far from the dull recitation […]
