Because growing older doesn’t mean becoming invisible. And being a witch doesn’t mean you have to feel magical every day. There comes a point in many women’s lives when something begins to shift. Perhaps it’s the first hot flush that arrives without warning. Perhaps it’s lying awake at three in the morning, wondering why sleep
As October draws towards its end, the nights lengthen. Leaves gather beneath the trees. The last warmth of summer has disappeared, fires are lit earlier, and Halloween decorations begin appearing in windows. But for many witches and Pagans, the end of October marks something older and deeper than modern Halloween. Samhain. Pronounced roughly “SOW-en” (with
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A Tarot card turns over. A pendulum begins to swing. Runes tumble onto a cloth. Shapes slowly appear in the dark surface of a scrying mirror. For centuries, people have looked for ways to seek guidance, interpret signs and explore questions about things they cannot easily know. We call this divination. Today, divination is strongly
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You’ve gathered your candles. Your herbs are ready. Perhaps your Tarot cards are sitting beside you, or you’ve written the intention for your spell in your Book of Shadows. Then the instructions say: “Cast your circle.” And if you’re new to witchcraft, you might reasonably wonder: What circle? Do you need to draw one on
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You finish a ritual and somehow feel slightly… odd. Perhaps you’re restless. Distracted. Overstimulated. Or you’ve spent so long meditating, reading Tarot or concentrating on spellwork that you feel as though your mind hasn’t quite returned to the room. This is when a witch might say: “You need to ground.” Grounding is one of those
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A strange symbol drawn in the corner of a journal. A tiny mark carved into a candle. An intricate design tucked beneath an altar cloth. To anyone else, it might look like nothing more than a collection of lines and shapes. But to the person who created it, that symbol may contain an entire intention.
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