Everyday Enchantments

Welcome to the very glimmers of springtime!   Lore In traditional Wicca and a lot of Pagan traditions, this holiday is referred to as Imbolc. In my personal path, I have chosen to refer to it as Festival of Light, and I will explain why a bit further down. I suggest also checking into more traditional lore of the Sabbats in books on Wicca, this is the 'lore' from my personal path. In the UK, thing are still fairly cold, windy and wet around this time, but there are still signs that the Sun is returning and seeds are germinating! The flower of the sabbat is the humble snowdrop which might be poking through the frozen earth already at this time! Activities Good things to do on this day are spring cleaning and organising your home, I do it every year around this time. Also great are having a spa day (rejuvenate yourself), walking in the woods looking for the signs of spring, rooting around in your garden hanging protective amulets for the year ahead and giving your home a fac...

My Harvest altar This is one of the 8 festivals (Sabbats) of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, more commonly known as Lughnasadh or Lammas. In my personal path, I've chosen to call this the Festival of the Harvest instead as my path is not wholly Wiccan. It is a festival of the first harvest, not of fruit or vegetables but of grains; Mabon (or the Autumn Equinox) is considered the '2nd harvest', the harvest of fruit, vegetables and meat. As it is the festival of grain, bread is usually the main festival food offering! Lore I suggest also checking into more traditional lore of the Sabbats in books on Wicca, the below is the 'lore' from my personal path. Everything in Nature is now ripening from bud and blossom to fruit. Everywhere you look are fruits of the fertility sown earlier in the year. The golden fields of ripe grain are swaying in warm sunlight! Some soft fruits are also ripe, such as raspberries and blackberries. Make bread and sacrifice some of ...

Happy Halloween and hope you all have a fantastic Witches New Year! :) October 31st is known to Wiccans as the New Year; we call it Samhain and this is the end of our Wheel of the Year. The veil between us and the other planes of being is thin, and divination and spirit contact is much easier tonight than any other night of the year. As it is the New Year, spells for wishes and goals for the coming turn of the Wheel is appropriate at Samhain, as is contacting ancestral spirits. Many Witches believe that tonight spirits travel freely, and we therefor light their way with as many candles as we can spare and leave food out for them. Mostly these foods left out are mysteriously gone come the morning, but that may just be the ginger tom-cat cruising the neighbourhood at Witches' Hour... It has been suggested that lighting pumpkin lanterns with scary faces was a way to deter these wandering spirits to enter your home! I just love the feeling of spirits and ghouls the image of the Jack-o-...