Elizabethan Flower Magic: Oberon’s Trick in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”—Oberon...
The Quest
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
You watch from the forest path as she emerges from the heavy oak door of her cottage and ventures straight...
Father Christmas and the Tomten
Written and Illustrated by Charles Vess
From Issue #29 - digital // print
Come closer and listen well, for I have a tale to tell. For...
Nine Types of Ice
Garden Ice
I was alone when the cold began. Ice fell onto the gar-den like rain, only it was a pale green, so pale you...
The Witch in Spring
Photograph by Ellen Tyn
Wake up, wake up! say the first snowdrops. Their green stems poke through the snow, and their delicate hanging bells quiver...
The Autumn Queen
Step into the world of the Autumn Queen with Margaret Sofia Marangione as your guide. Explore the vibrant hues and inner power of the season, celebrating the wisdom and abundance that autumn brings. Discover the strength and authority of women throughout history who ruled their lives and kingdoms with grace. Join us on this journey through the autumn of life, where the harvest is rich, and the spirit thrives. Embrace the warmth of bonfires, the call of the King Stag, and the comforting embrace of a crackling woodstove. Let the autumn chill usher you into a season of reflection, gratitude, and inner fire
Amulet
In the village where they lived everyone knew there was only one way for whomever went to meet the beast in the woods to...
The Caged Moon
Feature Image:
Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo
If you plan to travel to Mexico City, you will likely be cautioned, both by the internet and...
Mary Anning, Monster Hunter
Posthumous painting of Mary Anning (1847) by B. J. Donne
IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo
Oh, Mary Anning. That stubborn young spinster gave us the...
The Constant Deep
Early morning. Sea mist still hovers over the water, and the bracken-covered dunes that furl out beneath my feet like a green carpet are...