A favourite nature spirit.

Kokopelli I realize he’s technically a deity, but he’s always seemed more…nature spirity to me, if that makes sense. I’ll walk past a bush, or something, and it’ll rustle and he’ll be in there, part of the bush, and then he’ll be gone, to be part of something else. He moves through the natural world …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 39: Something that inspires you.

The Anticraft. (Maaaay not be safe for work, depending on where you work.) I mean, it quite literally inspires me to do things. I’ve made their Swamp Witch shawl and the Life and Death backpack already, and have a huge list of other things I want to try. All filed away in my Witch / …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 37: A famous pagan or witch!

Starhawk. She’s definitely my favourite pagan author. I ID as Reclaiming-esque so this shouldn’t be a huge surprise. I love Dreaming the Dark and The Fifth Sacred Thing, and I’m working on reading through a number of her other books currently. When I read the Reclaiming Principles of Unity, it was like someone had reached …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 35: Something that I think people who don’t know much about paganism/witchcraft should know.

That they’re not the same damn thing. Actually, I think people who do know a bit about paganism and/or witchcraft should know this as well. Paganism = large umbrella term for non-JCI religions that self-identify as such. Witchcraft = the craft of being a witch; the practice of magic. Big difference there.

44 Days of Witchery, Day 34: Rune of your choice.

Algiz Protection, sedge or rushes, an elk. From The Book of Runes, by Ralph Blum: Algiz serves as a mirror for the Spiritual Warrior, the one whose battle is always with the self. The protection of the Warrior is like the curved horns of the elk, or like the sedge grass, for both serve to …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 33: Faerie of your choice.

I’m going to use one of the fairies of Amy Brown’s art, as I like her art style. My fondness of Amy Brown’s art style really has nothing to do with my feelings regarding the good folk. There’s a separation in my head between pop culture fairies and the fair folk. Pop culture fairies are …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 32: A pagan/witchy artwork.

One of my favourite artists, Autumn Skye Morrison, who also happens to be a friend of mine, does a lot of pagan-y artwork. I own one of her paintings, “Grounded”, which is a dual canvas piece with ravens flying in the top canvas, and one standing with the image of a woman sitting overlaid in …

44 Days of Witchery, Day 31: A favourite pagan/witchy movie.

Practical Magic. It’s not uber-hollywood with the magic — I mean, sure, there are special effects, but they’re far more subtle than one expects from witchy films. Far different from the book, but in a good, standalone way. I can see each thing as a separate entity. And a great story about the true magic …