Do you have a favourite black cat? Mr Mistoffelees from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats maybe or Behemoth from The Master & Margarita – perhaps Pluto from The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe? The Christmas or Yule Cat is a gigantic black cat that only appears at Christmas Eve when everybody is asleep…
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Super Strawberry Moon lucky horoscopes for you
There’s a full moon rising on Tuesday June 14th and it’s set to be one of the most significant lunar events of 2022. Gaze into the moon and see what Fate has in store for you! The moon rules over the subtle, subconscious and intuitive aspects of the self and its wax and wane reflect…
Season of the Brownie Witch Cult
When I was a child, I joined the Brownies, which turned out to be a huge mistake. Huge! Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides organization for girls aged 7-10, and its purpose is to turn grubby little brats into good little girls. If I’d realised that, I wouldn’t have touched it with a…
Old Ways in a New Town
What are you doing for Solstice this year? I’m in my old home town of Milton Keynes to watch the sunrise from the Light Pyramid, and see what’s up at the Medicine Circle and the Milton Keynes Henge. Milton Keynes always had a bad reputation, the kind of place people would say “urgh!” about when…
Drink the Rainbow for the Holi Festival
Did someone shoot you in the face with a gun full of green water today? Or startle you with a pink powder shower? You should be pleased! It’s just time for Holi – the festival of colours, new beginnings, the repayment of debts and the ending of conflicts. This Hindu festival is celebrated at the…
Find the Red Thread of Fate
The Red Thread of Fate is the method that Yue Lao or The Old Man Under The Moon uses to bind people together who are fated to meet and spend the rest of their lives together. Also known as the Matchmaker Deity, he travels at night with his bundle of red silk cords, connecting people…
How To Throw A Swedish Crayfish Party or Kräftskiva
Sweden is an unusual country. What happens there is this. Most of the year they exist in a black dark. A few months of the year the sun is out all the time, even at midnight. At this time all Swedes shut up shop and go to stay in little red box houses on the…
I’m Fondue You, or Cheese Saucery
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the natural birth of fondue was long ago in remote Alpine huts when, snow-bound and with only stale bread crusts and cheese rinds left to eat, some genius melted the cheese, added a dash of home-made kirsch to stave off the cold, and created one of the most…
The Thirteenth Sign ⛎
1970 was a big year. The first episode of soap opera All My Children was broadcast. Black Sabbath‘s eponymous debut album was released. The Beatles split up. Apollo 13 was launched.The first Glastonbury Festival was held. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both joined the 27 Club in death. I was born, which important fact I think…
A Ghost Story For Halloween
I maybe saw a ghost in the late 1990’s. Marshall and I were exploring a then abandoned church on Balls Pond Road in Islington. I found a small anteroom on the side of the building, and was peering through a crack in the boards which covered its windows, trying to see what might be stored…
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 