Leafy Virtue
Over a decade ago, in light of many, many years of harassment, I underwent a dramatic transformation. Prior to this point, I was considered...
Manifest Your Personal Renaissance: A Powerful New Year Spell
Photography: Amanda Valentine
Makeup: Jessica Saint
Louis Armstrong’s soulful voice vibrates through the barge-board wood of my old 1898 Creole cottage as he sings “What a...
Silent No More: Rediscovering Black Presence in the Renaissance
Stephanie Levi-John as Lina from Starz’s The Spanish Princess.
Courtesy of Starz
Why are you going to the Renaissance Faire?” I’ve lost count of how many...
When Women Painted the Renaissance
They had names like Sofonisba and Lavinia and most of all Artemisia. They were brilliant and gifted and (sometimes)
ferocious—because they had to be, sure,...
The Good Housewife’s and Husbandman’s Guide to Faeries
It is my purpose to tell you about our English fairies so that you may appropriately honor them and avoid angering the Fair Folk,...
Warrior Queen
ELIZABETH EBSWORTH PHOTOGRAPHY
Her oath unbroken, sacrifice unspoken,
She hails the coming of winter.
The rule was golden, the summer beholden,
Until the green began to redden...
Night Magic: Interview with Author Leigh Ann Henion
Featured Image:
From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
The Night-Blowing Cereus (1807), by Robert Dunkarton
When we saw that New York Times best-selling writer Leigh...
Long Live the Queen!
If any Pre-Raphaelite woman ever became the image that she portrayed, it was Jane Burden Morris. Although she was a stable hand’s daughter from...
Pillow Talk
Medb, the queen of Ireland’s western province of Connacht, and her husband,
Ailill, are in bed, having a bit of pillow talk. Perhaps a long...
Awaken Your Wild Self: Mindset Spells to Embrace Your Magick and...
In the autumn, as the leaves begin to reveal their exquisite colors, can you give yourself permission to reveal and recognize your own most...