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…
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Out Of Your Skull
Wonât somebody think of the worms? Time was, a worm in a bottle of tequila was all the rage, everybody loved the tequila worms. They proved it was all natural and made of agave plant, not something brewed up in a lab. Some said they were aphrodisiacs. Some said they were hallucinogenic. Agave farms needed…
The Time of the Singing Moon
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel â Mabon is here again, a time when light and dark balance before the winter draws in. The late harvest festival, it coincides with the Chinese Moon festival or the Time of the Singing Moon. Â To celebrate Mabon at home, you should gather…
Searching For The Blue Flower
âThis intense longing for things transcendent⌠make me a votary of the Blue Flowerâ â C.S. Lewis  âI used to think I was a romantic, always looking for the Blue Flowerâ â John Le Carre âA Small Town In Germanyâ  âItâs one of Coleâs Blue Rose casesâ â David Lynch âFire Walk With Meâ  A…
Bread & Salt
Now that the festival of Lammas is here, we can plan a Bread & Salt rite which you can integrate into any picnic or summer social gathering to celebrate the harvest with your friends and family. This is the traditional time to make and eat Lammas Loaves which represent the body of the earth Goddess…
Dream A Little Dream of Me
“Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?” – Edgar Allan Poe “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” – Ernest Hemingway Hey there all you cool cats and kittens – let’s make a Love Dream! This is a spell to…
Death in the Afternoon
At the Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris, there is a small booth built of black-stained wood. Â If you pass through its door, you can descend 130 steps down a narrow stone circular staircase, then follow low dank concrete tunnels until you arrive at your destination: The Worldâs Largest Grave. Â This is fantastically popular as a tourist…
Revels with the devils on Walpurgis Night
Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? At Samhain AKA Halloween every October, the boundary between our world and that of the spirits becomes thinner and often breaks, allowing supernatural forces to hold sway for the night. At the exact opposite side of the year, on April 30th, the same is true of…
Throw a Wicker Man Party for Beltane!
Beltane is one of the best festivals of the year in my opinion – a celebration of fire, flowers and creativity! It’s also the backdrop for the 1973 Christopher Lee gem The Wicker Man, the film about a hapless policeman investigating a missing child on the mysterious Scottish island of Summerisle. If you’ve never seen…
Flora & Faunus
Sex! Now that I have your attention, we can explore the festival of Floralia, which is held between April 28th and May 3rd, symbolizing the renewal of the cycle of life, and kicking off our Beltane celebrations. Â It is celebrated with flowers, drinking, hunting, games, and sex. See, it didnât take me long to get…
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 