Tag: Sabbat
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Litha: The Magick of Speaking Your Desire Aloud
Litha brings a heightened sense of life and magick, encouraging personal expression and connection to nature. As one reflects on desired feelings during this time, the invitation to embrace and articulate them leads to a reawakening of one’s true self, fostering a quiet belonging and a joyful mischief.
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Ostara: When the World Begins to Wake
If you live anywhere near Ottawa, you’ve probably spent this month feeling a little whiplashed. Warm days that tease us with spring, followed by snowstorms that remind us winter isn’t done. Gentle rains that melt the world into softness, followed by ice that snaps everything back into cold. It’s been a season of mixed signals,…
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Intention IS the Witchcraft: Why Big and Small Rituals Both Matter
Witches are often encouraged to “find their path” — kitchen witch, ritual witch, folk witch, green witch, solitary practitioner, coven member, ceremonial magician, intuitive witch, hearth witch, and so on. These labels can be helpful, but they can also create the illusion that once you choose a lane, you’re meant to stay in it forever.…
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Imbolc: The Quiet Return of Light
Imbolc is often described as the first whisper of spring, but it’s more than a seasonal marker. It’s a shift in the soul — a subtle awakening that reminds us that even in the coldest months, something within us is stirring, stretching, preparing to rise. If Samhain is the descent and Yule is the stillness,…
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Brigid the Healer: Fire, Wells, and the Art of Mending
As we discussed last week, Brigid is complex, with multiple aspects. We explored her as the crafter — the one who provides fertile ground for birthing new projects and creative sparks. This week, I’d like to speak to her healing aspect: the part of her that is supportive, nurturing, and profoundly human. Life is as…
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Imbolc Approaches
This week we focus on Brigid as Crafter at the Forge, the aspect of fertility and new beginnings. Imbolc is a time of intention‑setting: starting a project, joining a coven, or stepping into a new chapter of life.
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January’s Threshold of Renewal and Liminal Power
Is January 1st the “real” New Year? You may have seen social media posts questioning whether January 1st is truly the New Year. Let’s discuss.
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Carrying the Light Forward
Each Yule brings us back to the same place, but wiser, deeper, more ourselves. It gives us new insight that can help light our path for the coming year as we become the witches we want to be.
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Yule for the Baby Witch
Most modern witches celebrate Yule in ways so ingrained in society that few even notice: decorating with evergreens, holly, mistletoe, pinecones, and oranges; gathering for feasts; exchanging gifts; and making merry. The difference is that witches understand the deeper meaning—these symbols remind us that life endures, even through winter or death, and that every ending…
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Whispers Beneath the Snow
The word Yule traces its lineage back to Old Norse (Jól) and Old English (Geohol). While ancient, its traditions have stood the test of time.