thestar wrote a new blog post: You Might Think It’s Funny but it’s Snot 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Are colds and flus finding their way into your house? It seems that when the little ones start back to school they invariably bring home the latest virus or bacteria that is floating around. It marks the beginning of the cold and flu season. Well, it doesn’t have to be so. There are a number [...]
thestar wrote a new blog post: Taking Care of our Herb Bed for the Winter 1 year, 11 months ago · View
It’s the time of year to put our herbs to rest for the winter. A few are still hanging in there and that’s great. We are cutting them and bringing them in to dry and make herbal vinegars,etc. Some, like basil, rosemary, sage, parsley, we leave some in the garden and pot some to bring [...]
thestar wrote a new blog post: Grow Your Health With Herbs 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Ask the average American to define herbs and he or she will tell you that herbs are green leaves that have some medicinal properties. Some may even add that herbs like Thyme and Sage are used for cooking. This is how most people define herbs; which is quite good knowledge considering that most folks are [...]
chatter wrote a new blog post: An Herbal Project dandelions 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Once the colder weather has sent in and the first signs of frost are ocurring it is time to think about gathering some herb roots to store and use during the winter. And excellent herb to choose would be the infamous dandelion. It is quite easy to find and not too difficult to obtain the [...]
Occult wrote a new blog post: A Basic Occult Vocabulary 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Adept a person highly skilled in magick Alexandrian Witches Traditional Witches who trace their line of initiatory descent from Alex and Maxine Sanders, through a line of Alexandrian High Priests and High Priestesses, according to the Alexandrian Book of Shadows, and who practice the Alexandrian Tradition of Wicca Alraun an artificial elemental embodied in an image made from rowan wood Altar a place, such [...]
Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit? Paganism Witchcraft Wicca Traditions Neo-Wicca What Else Is There? On Moral and Ethical Guides The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Threefold Law Karma Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? Color-Coding Your Magic Karma The original meaning of karma is not “If you do something bad, something bad will happen to you.” Karma is a belief that every action you take has its own consequence, but it does [...]
Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit? Paganism Witchcraft Wicca Traditions Neo-Wicca What Else Is There? On Moral and Ethical Guides The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Threefold Law Karma Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? Color-Coding Your Magic Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? All the above spellings apply. Before Aleister Crowley came along, most people were content to refer to magic as magic. For whatever reason, Mr. Crowley was not happy with this, and it was with [...]
Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit? Paganism Witchcraft Wicca Traditions Neo-Wicca What Else Is There? On Moral and Ethical Guides The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Threefold Law Karma Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? Color-Coding Your Magic The Threefold Law While the origins of a threefold principle are many, an actual “What you put out comes back to you times three” principle also comes from the Rede of the Wiccae, so again… [...]
Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit? Paganism Witchcraft Wicca Traditions Neo-Wicca What Else Is There? On Moral and Ethical Guides The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Threefold Law Karma Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? Color-Coding Your Magic The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Rede of the Wiccae (the original title of this poem) is NOT part of the Wiccan religion. Note “Wiccae” instead of “Wiccans” or “Wicca”? The lady [...]
Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit? Paganism Witchcraft Wicca Traditions Neo-Wicca What Else Is There? On Moral and Ethical Guides The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede) The Threefold Law Karma Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…? Color-Coding Your Magic On Moral and Ethical Guides The Threefold Law, the Rede, and all manner of other codes of conduct (the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments, the Roman Virtues, the Norse Code of Honor…) are all created [...]