Where’s the Fire?

There’s no snow this year, but it’s still time for warm sweaters, hot chocolate, and fire pits. We’ve celebrated Imbolc, and we’re in that time of waiting for spring. Fire is our favorite element right now. We can engage with it through divination or…

Goodbye, sunflowers!

The wheel turns. Lughnasad’s big, beautiful sunflowers have been picked over by the goldfinches, and now the squirrels have started biting them off and carrying them away. The plants are struggling to keep making flowers, but the wheel of the year keeps turning. Their…

Why do we do what we do?

How do you do ritual? How do you walk your path? There’s a lot of variation among traditions. There’s no single right way to be a witch. There are some less-than-totally-advisable ways, and what many of them have in common is incomplete mindfulness. My…