If you keep your eyes peeled, you can find examples of everyday transcendence from our physical reality on a street corner, down an alleyway, or through a door left open which has previously to now, always been found closed. By instinct we are drawn to examples of sympathetic magic, where objects found or created form…
Month: November 2016
“Don’t be a sheep” this Elder Moon – Making an Elderflower Old-Fashioned
I used to say that he’d outlive us all. My father-in-law was a ballsy guy. He knew just what to say to break down barriers, and make friends of enemies. And his humour could reach anyone. He lied about his age so that the army would let him fight in Korea. But it didn’t take…
Black Magic, or Supper at the Crossroads
November 16th is the Night of Hecate, which begins at sunset. Her ability to see into the Underworld, or the “Otherwhere” of the sleeping and the dead makes her sympathetic to those who would generally be shunned out of fear and misunderstanding. Other gods or goddesses might not feel at home roaming city streets at…
Supermoon lucky horoscopes for you
As we all take to the rooftops tonight, gazing anxiously through the clouds to see the supermoon at its closest point to the Earth in 69 years, what will be going through your mind? Will it be the question of the windchill factor up there? or whether the silvery rays of light will help you…
The Séance
The word “séance” has come to be most associated with a group of people gathering and sitting to attempt to contact spirits, either loved ones who have passed away, or other entities who roam the alternative planes of reality. These entities are generally held to comprise of remnants of the ancient gods and pagan spirits….
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 