- Sabbat rituals and resources
- Rituals and spells
- Tarot
- Tools and techniques
- Materia magica: minerals, stones, crystals, plants, herbs, oils, and more
- Book reviews
Sabbat rituals and resources
Samhain
Article: Samhain – Learning to Listen
Yule
Article: Yule – Sustaining Rebirth
Imbolc
Making a Brigid’s Cross Ritual
Stories of Brigid
Brigid and the Apple Trees
Article: Imbolc – Poesis
Ostara
Article: Ostara – Seeds of Love
Article: Ostara – Element of Air
Ostara Ritual To Find the Sun
Ostara Ritual of Planting Seeds
Ostara Salt Scrub
Beltane
Article: Beltane – In My Hands
Article: Beltane – Sacred Sex
Litha
Article: Litha – Destruction Averted
Article: Litha – Element of Fire
Lunasa
Article: Lunasa – John BarleycornArticle: Lunasa – Sacred Work
Mabon
Article: Mabon – The Myth of Progress
Guided meditation: Jewels and Fruit
Rituals
Article: Home Warding
Rituals using Tarot cards
Seven of Swords – Problem solving
Four of Wands – Gathering energy
Eight of Wands – Assisting transformation
Three of Cups – Honoring triple Goddess
Four of Pentacles – Creating stability
Eight of Pentacles – Committing to practice
Ten of Pentacles – Understanding inheritance
Tarot
Elemental interactions in Tarot, and examples of Elemental dignities
Kore and the Eleusinian Mysteries: a Tarot spread to encounter Persephone
Temperance, Temperance and the Star, The Wheel of Fortune
What happens during a Tarot reading?
Celtic Cross spread, positions seven and eight
Legal limitations on reading Tarot
The Foolish Student’s Journey through Calculus
Divination and critical thinking
Mathematical investigations of Tarot:
How many different Tarot readings are (mathematically) possible?
How many reversed cards to expect
How reversals create more Tarot arrangements
How many major arcana to expect in a Tarot spread?
Humor: Catarot
Tools and techniques
Expanded version of the chakra system
See also: Stones for Chakras and clear and dark stones
Deep breathing (see also the breathing exercises in the Two of Swords ritual above)
Grounding and centering with the tree visualization, Grounding and centering with the Omphalos visualization
Meditation: Establishing a meditation practice, Marking time, The opposite of multitasking, Connection and context, Bringing the outdoors in, The skill of forgetting, Mindfulness in motion, Washed away, A practical and magical skill, Staying in the feeling
Element associations: an exercise
Divination: Scrying, Animal signs
Materia magica – Minerals, stones, crystals, plants, herbs, oils, and more
Clearing stones for magical purposes
Stones for chakras: clear and dark stones
Calendula and chamomile for healing skin
Book reviews
Nonfiction
Bonewits, Isaac. Real Magic.
— Real Energy. (joint review with above, in two parts)
Carson, Jo. Celebrate Wildness.
Cunningham, Scott, and David Harrington. The Magical Household.
Dugan, Ellen. Elements of Witchcraft: Natural Magick for Teens.
Farrar, Janet, and Stewart Farrar. Eight Sabbats for Witches.
Firefox, LaSara. Sexy Witch.
Gadon, Elinor. The Once and Future Goddess.
Gillotte, Galen. Sacred Stones of the Goddess.
Grimassi, Raven. Crafting Wiccan Traditions.
Horne, Fiona. Witch: A magickal journey a hip guide to modern witchcraft. (Combined edition of two previous works)
Kynes, Sandra. Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Correspondences: A Comprehensive & Cross-Referenced Resource for Pagans & Wiccans.
Lale, Erin. Asatru for Beginners.
McCoy, Edain. If You Want to be a Witch. (includes commentary on her previous book Witta as well)
Moura, Ann (Aoumiel). Green Witchcraft I and III. (joint review)
Nock, Judy Ann. The Provenance Press Guide to the Wiccan Year: Spells, Rituals, and Holiday Celebrations.
O’Gaea, Asheleen. Family Wicca.
Rajchel, Diana. Divorcing a Real Witch.
Renee, Janina. Tarot Spells.
Starhawk, The Earth Path.
Starhawk, M. Macha Nightmare, and the Reclaiming Collective. The Pagan Book of Living and Dying.
Telesco, Patricia. 365 Goddess.
Fiction
Edghill, Rosemary. Bell, Book, and Murder: The Bast Novels. (Collection of works previously published as Speak Daggers to Her, Book of Moons, and The Bowl of Night.)
Fortune, Dion. Sea Priestess.
— Moon Magic. (joint review with above)
Gardner, Gerald. High Magic’s Aid.
