It is scary to see what is normally tucked away inside, out in the open, using its voice. But it is liberating, too, to give space to that untamed, unsocialised nature. To let your wolf howl.
The Moon: All is not what it seems
Category: Magic and ritual
“I’m scared I’ll end up alone”: On boundaries and grief
Many of us struggle to set the boundaries we need because we are scared we'll upset people and end up alone. In this piece andi explores how grieving can help us move from shame and guilt towards authentic connection.
Witch’s brew: Make an Elder elixir for rituals (& fun)
This tree has so many food and medicinal uses, and is central to so much folklore, it is a true witch’s tree. Here's a simple recipe for a nourishing ritual drink!
INTERVIEW: Sarah Gottesdiener on the calling of the moon
Sarah Gottesdiener shares the journey that led her to create the phenomenally successful Many Moons Workbook.
What does ‘grounding’ mean? A community roundtable
Bringing myself home: New moon in Taurus
Taurus has me longing for a stable home. Perhaps I can manifest one under this new moon...
Thinking Inside the Box: Making a shrine to slutty queerness
[Guest Post] Instead of trying to fit yourself into a box, put your intentions into one - especially slutty queer intentions.
Brewcraft: Ways to combine tea rituals with spellwork
[Guest Post] Since you're already going through the motions, you might as well add some sparkling intention.
Ritual & Honey: For Casting Away
There are memories, pains, bonds, and habits that once broken, shed, and buried must be left where they are for the universe to transform, not us.
What is a witch? A roundtable
Everywhere I look, I see the word 'witch'. But what does it mean to hold this identity? Three active witches share their philosophy and practice.
Ritual & Honey: Seeking lineage in ancestral reverence
"Where do you return to in your spiritual practice? Where do you find space to begin again?" Asali shares some guidance and a simple ritual for ancestral work.
Why I follow the Wheel of the Year
The Wheel of the Year provides a framework for observing the connection (or sometimes disconnection) between my inner life and the world around me.
How to make a magic wand!
Acid Church: Using tarot as a container for therapeutic psychedelic exploration
Andi Grace shares their experiences of using psychedelics alongside tarot cards for personal exploration.
A ritual for saying goodbye
A framework for a ritual I created for saying goodbye to special friends, that you can adapt for your own ceremonies.
Coming out of the woo closet: Facing shame, stigma and historical trauma
"Consider it with me, what can you do to unspell capitalism, racism, patriarchy, cis-sexism, homophobia, ableism and colonisation? Cause I see you. And I believe you are powerful beyond measure."
Your tarot boxes, altars, bookshelves and reading spaces
What’s inside my tarot box?
I may move house a lot, but my tarot bits and pieces are always to hand. Here's a peek at the tarot decks, oracles, and ritual tools I keep in my tarot box!
A ritual for love in a painful time
I have to begin with me. I want to reassert my boundaries as a response to what just happened, and I want to reassert openness and find a channel through which to pour all this love inside me out into a world that is in pain.
INTERVIEW | Artist & priestess Rebekah Erev on queering ritual
"Being Jewish and identifying as Jewish are both really important to me. As are being feminist and queer. Being a priestess is completely intertwined with those identities. Magic exists. It just does. That's where the priestess part comes in."
Bleed right through me: moontimes as ritual
"Some people call this PMS; I like to think of this time as a period of heightened awareness."
Imbolc, awakening, Brigid, and an altar
This is the quickening of the year. I can feel something building, getting faster, as the sap rises in the bodies of trees.
Carving a path to belief: Tarot’s role in understanding my father’s death
Messages from the four directions: A compass tarot spread
Creativity, courage, commitment: a tarot spread for the new moon
For anyone who feels like they're losing touch with earth, who knows there's something inside that wants so badly to come out, who feels do goddam lost right now and wants to create change.
A Litany for the Many Dead – Rebecca Lynn Scott’s epic poem celebrates our ancestors
"I began it because I could not stop thinking about those who have gone before us, and how they connect to us, and connect us to each other. All those connections make a beautiful tapestry."
“draw a circle around me” – Danielle Perry’s poems are full of moon and shadow
A collection of ten poems exploring themes of ritual, growth, (non)belonging, shadows and secrecy through poems with names like ‘Gibbous’, ‘Last Quarter’ and ‘Rising’.
Dear Beth (full moon in Gemini)
Especially love, as hard as you can, until it feels like it’s all used up, then find that there are further layers, and further layers, and that the love is never used up.
How to make… a moonboard
[Guest post] Claire Sauer shares her monthly moonboard scrapbooking project, and explains how you can make your own lunar collages!
How to make… a tiny altar that will fit in your pocket
If you live in a small space or move around a lot, you can make this teeny tiny pocket altar which you can carry around and set up anywhere you please!