Pentacles and Pentagrams: What’s the Difference?
A pentagram is a five-pointed star, usually depicted as interwoven, or with the lines used to draw it overlapping. A pentacle is a pentagram with a circle around it. Pentagrams and pentacles have long been symbols of protection and warding off evil, and…
Suggested Book List
These are books I have liked myself and/or recommended to students. There might be editions other than those listed here, and some of these might be out of print, but if you use your Google fu, you should be able to find used…
Ill-Advised Party Discussion Topic #56: Science and Religion
I received this question recently: I am a scientist to the core. How would you advise someone who is trying to believe again that there’s more than science out there or that [science and religion] sometimes work hand-in-hand? Choosing to walk a spiritual…
Magical Timing with Astrology 101
You’ve taken the time to set up the perfect little money spell. You’ve consulted your books and collected the proper herbs and crystals, green candles, money-drawing incense, magical tools, and a couple of coins. You’ve set your will and visualized your goal. You’re…
What’s in a Name?
What’s a magical name? How do I get one? And why are so many Wiccans named Raven? A magical name—or craft name, as they are sometimes called—is a name you take on when you become a Wiccan, and it’s the name other Wiccans…
Fire in the Belly
Sergeant Howie: But they are…are naked! Lord Summerisle: Naturally! It’s much too dangerous to jump through fire with your clothes on! —The Wicker Man I’ve come to think of Imbolc not as a fire festival so much as the festival where we set…
