It is Friday the 13th and the Harvest Full Moon. Tonight watch the full moon rise, or go out and greet the moon, the symbol of your intuition, while it is at its zenith. While you are outside, you can do a Full Moon Releasing Ritual. You will need: candle matches or lighter paper pen […]
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Little Red Riding Hood – Magic
An excerpt from issue 30 of Hag Stone Journal: In some versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Red’s encounter with the wolf is so transformative that she becomes a werewolf– a human that transforms into a wolf, or a human-wolf hybrid. In some stories, Little Red escapes the wolf, kills it, and trades in her […]
Read More...Spiral Snow Spell
This winter ritual can work in the snow, but if you’re in a sunny climate like Southern California, you can practice it just as easily. Gather some stones– at least twelve, to arrange in a spiral– a candle, and matches or a lighter. With the stones gathered, hold your hand, palm down, over the stones, […]
Read More...Ritual for Morning
How do you begin each month, each week, each day? Do you have a ritual, a prayer, or an intention to mark all the new possibilities before you? Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, has this gatha, or poem, ritual for morning: “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I […]
Read More...New Moon Ritual
This coming January 5th and 6th are the nights of the new moon, which is a good time for setting intentions. You can look over your New Year’s resolutions for the coming year, or set an intention about anything else you are inspired to bring to your life. Supplies: Candles Lighter Objects that are meaningful […]
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