Top of the morning to you! For St Patrick’s Day this year, let’s locate a leprechaun. Before you start arguing that you only find leprechauns in Ireland, consider that there are more Irish natives living in New York City than there are in Ireland. Naturally leprechauns will have emigrated along with the people and their…
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Psychic Night at the Three Hammers
In the 8th century, the priestess of the Oracle at Delphi was named the Pythoness. During rituals she would enter a frenzied state induced by poisonous vapours rising from the ground and speak gibberish, which was translated by the temple priests into the prophecies of the god Apollo. Her hair coiling loose around her like…
My Furry Valentine
If you’re looking for a different way to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day this year, why not indulge in a little light lycanthropy? The spirit of the wolf can help us all connect with our inner power and stamina. The festival of St Valentine took over from the previous Roman wolf-themed festival of Lupercalia, which had…
Gone gone gone
As humans, our track record of leaving things, people and places behind is very high. We do this for all kinds of reasons, often very good ones. And while change is healthy, and we must go ever onwards, it’s also tempting to look back from time to time.  There are places I remember All my…
A Gnome in Every Home
Who’s that knock knock knocking low down at your door? If you’re in South Africa, it will be the tokoloshe, but that’s another story for another time. If you’re in Scandinavia this year, why then it’s the nisse and his companions the Yule goat and the Friendly Pig, bringing gifts and looking forward to his…
Crown yourself with Candles
This would be a good night to wreath yourself with candles and lights, as it is Saint Lucia’s Day. Celebrated on 13th December in honour of a 3rd-century martyr who took food and aid to the persecuted as they hid in the catacombs, she wore a lighted headdress to leave her hands free to carry…
“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 SĂ©ance
The word “sĂ©ance” 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 