Category: Pagan

Looking at the variety of candles available today – from sophisticated dining room tapers to multi-colored candles of all shapes and sizes, it is hard to imagine that candles are believed to have been first used by the Ancient Egyptians around 3000 years BC. At that time, however, they bore little resemblance to the candles…

Every once in awhile someone asks, “How do you get to be a High Priestess (Priest)?” If you are a very public person and seriously “out of the closet,” so to speak, you may even field a question such as: “Is that High Priestess stuff for real?” Got to love those folks! Talk about a…

April 19 to April 23 Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. It represents birth and the first realization of self. Taurus, the second sign of the Zodiac, moves beyond what is represented by Aries. Taurus begins to physically explore the world. Aries tend to display strong leadership, and their extroverted and assertive nature…

Five thousand years ago our ancestors (Indo-Europeans) surged across land and sea in a wave of conquest, trade, and exploration that has come down in story and in legend to stir our imagination even today. Asatru is essentially their cultural legacy, now worldwide, wherever their descendants roamed. Scandinavia is simply the last place this culture…

On this holiday we honor the Goddess for her blessing of the harvest. We also honor Mabon, the God who protects all that is wild and free- our human spirits and the animals of the earth. Prepare your circle with an altar which you place all kinds of animal symbols, statues, bones, feathers, drawings, and…

Neroli oil is derived from blossoms from the bitter orange tree and is named after the 17th Century Italian princess, Anne-Marie Orsini, Countess of Nerola. The scent of orange blossoms was her trademark in society as she had it imported to Italy specifically for use in her bathwater and gloves. In the language of flowers,…