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  • Finding your Local Quarters

    I know there are a lot of traditionalists out there, and I am by no means one of them. When I first began on this path, there was very little online. Each website said you HAD to be in a… Continue reading

  • Organised Events

    I cannot organise a house warming party, let alone a major event. Organising my handfasting was stressful enough. I really just wanted to use this post to thank the Pagan Awareness Network (PAN Inc), in particular the wonderful Pete, for… Continue reading

  • What’s normal?

    Last week I mentioned working on a novel. The 26,000 words (so far) have been printed, and I’ve since re-read through the story for the first time since 2012. I would love some completely fresh eyes to read over this.… Continue reading

  • Morning Ritual

    In public ritual I have witnessed Circle casters call in the Quarters, or the Watchtowers, often DEMANDING!! that its presence be known to them. I have stood in public ritual while the Quarters are being called, and more than once… Continue reading

  • Love Thyself

    Love thyself, I write as I finish munching into a Snickers. Last week when I thought of this post, I was going to write, “it really is easier than it seems!” But today is a bad PMDD day. Outside of… Continue reading

  • When I met the Lady

    One night I met her. It was completely unplanned, unexpected, and utterly amazing. It was November, 2012. We were in a valley, hiking up a steep, rocky hill. I made a joke to Herne about him being behind me and… Continue reading

  • Kings of Oak and Holly

    We all come from the Horned One And to Him we shall return Like a flash of light Shining from a fiery storm Hoof and Horn! Hoof and Horn! All that dies shall be reborn! Fire and rain! Fire and… Continue reading

  • Kick up the arse

    As you can tell, I’m struggling to come up with a topic for this week’s Pagan Blog Project that isn’t about karma. No offence, I just don’t like writing about topics others have already chosen as it loses focus on their… Continue reading

  • Jumping the Broom

    Jumping the Broom is both a Celtic/European tradition, as well as an African tradition. After the bride and groom have been proclaimed married, a broom/besom is laid at the pairs feet, and the jump over it. Seems like a simple ritual,… Continue reading

  • Importance of Daily Ritual

    This post is in honour of my Opa, Herman deKok, who died 5 May 1945, serving his country as a Member of the Resistance against Nazi Germany. May 5 is known as the ‘Day of Liberation’ in the Netherlands. Daily… Continue reading

  • Inner Darkness (Insane in the Membrane)

    I find that I can only talk about mental illness when I’m in the episode of a Dive. Like today. It’s waxed and waned a few times, but it just won’t let go. It’s really crippling. One moment you’re fine,… Continue reading

  • To Hear, to See, to Know

    When I was a teenager, I heard voices. They were malicious, and terrifying, and took me down to a level below the depths that I had been to before. Twelve years on, I’m not entirely sure if they were voices… Continue reading