Category: Pagan

The Four Worlds Author: Phil Hansford The ancients described man as mind, body, and soul. Psychologists of the twentieth century added the subconscious to that definition. This produces a four-fold classification. The universe is also divided into four corresponding parts (‘worlds’), as shown below: WORLD BODY QUALITY spiritual world spiritual body (soul or kia) intuition…

go-la or Winter North is the keeper of winter. The North is associated to the colour blue and represents sadness, humility and defeat. Winter is the season of survival and waiting. The Cherokee word for North is u-yv-tlv and translates to cold. It is the direction of the Mental, and is the path of Quiet.…

Amber is not actually a crystal, but is fossilized tree resin which is many millions of years old. It is believed to be the first substance ever used by humans for decorative purposes, and archaeologists have found it in the form of talismans and amulets. Its origins suggest some of its spiritual properties. A tree…

One of the 4 major Sabbats, Imbolc, celebrates the banishing of Winter and welcomes the Spring. At the time of Imbolc, the newborn Sun God is seen as a small child nursing from his Mother. Imbolc is a time to swept away Winter and nuture new beginnings. This Sabbat also represents spiritual growth. Imbolc is…

You Call it Christmas, We Call it Yule by Peg Aloi Try though we might, it is not easy to escape the influence of Christmas in this country. It is easy to become jaded and cynical about it, wondering why it is not the magical time we all experienced as children, wondering how it ever…

The altar is adorned with evergreens such as pine, rosemary, bay, juniper and cedar, and the same can be laid to mark the Circle of Stones. Dried leaves can also be placed on the altar. The Cauldron, resting on the altar on a heat-proof surface 8or placed before it if too large), should be filled…