Your Winter Witch Initiation Ritual
On the full moon, you receive a tea-stained scroll wrapped in red silk ribbon on your doorstep.
You tug the ribbon and the cream-colored page...
A New Twist On An Old Ritual
Now that you have your new tree or shrub firmly planted in your garden, why not bless it with a new twist on an...
Glinda the Good Witch
Feature Image:
The Wizard of Oz 1939 MGM film with Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch of the North. Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo
When...
The Hags’ Tapers
Feature Image:
The Silent Voice (1898), by Gerald Moira
There once was a village so small that the tall conifers that surrounded it kept it hidden...
Animals And Plants To Bring Inside Now For Good Fortune
• Spiders: Encourage your friendly household spiders. They bring good luck—and sometimes money. According to French tradition, spiders seen in the afternoon are harbingers...
Homage To The Green Witch
PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE WITCHING HOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
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Photographer Joy Marshall, model (and wingmaker) Tatiana Pimentel, and jeweler artiste Jen Parrish-Hill of...
Dark Moon Decadence
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“The Moon” from the Divine Feminine Tarot by Corina Nika.
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You can tell a new tale from an old one by the...
“For Their Sorceries”: The Sirens of Folklore and Literature
by Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
Feature Image:
Detail from Sirin and Alkonost: The Birds of Joy and Sorrow (1896), by Viktor Vasnetsov
“First to the Sirens...
A Celebration of the Modern Mermaid
Photography by Marketa Novak | Model: Marie Kružíková Renčová
Temptresses from the deep, with beautiful faces and seductive voices, luring sailors to their death. Wicked...
Back in the Water
Feature Image:
Ulysses and the Sirens (1891), by John William Waterhouse
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When people ask me which of the many beautiful Pre-Raphaelite paintings is my favorite, I...