Writings on The Wheel of the Year, Tarot, Witchcraft, Spellcasting and other blasphemous topics.
The 2019 cycle of the Wheel of the Year continues with Beltane, also known as May Day or Walpurgisnacht in some traditions. This Cross-Quarter Day is a popular Fire Festival ushering in the deep heart of Spring, and for some places, Summer. Falling on April 30th/May 1st each year, the date of Beltane marks the … Read more
The Megalesia (in conjunction with another Spring Equinox festival called Hilaria) was the name the Romans gave to a week-long festival celebrating the Phrygian Goddess, Cybele and her eunuch Son/Lover Attis, a vegetation God that died at Winter and was resurrected at Spring. The rite was brought to Rome from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). There are … Read more
… The Emperor represents an archetypal Leader figure, but more specifically, a Pioneer. Not merely content to head off on already established pathways, The Emperor wants to blaze new trails to the top of never-before-seen mountain peaks. Vanguard, pathfinder, explorer are all great words for the Emperor. Many Emperor cards depict a figure sitting on … Read more
Did you feel that? The shift in the temperature? The shift in the energy? Ostara is here! Notice the daffodils, the forsythia, the tulips popping up? Spring is coming, and for many people in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara season marks the Earth’s return to life. This is expressed in hundreds of deities and archetypes, back … Read more
Time to roll one for the road… Hey, readers. A lot has changed in the world of cannabis in the past four years. We’ve seen medicinal cannabis legalization spread like wildfire over the United States, with more than 30 states now recognizing the plant’s healing properties, and many more states are poised to legalize this … Read more