For this episode, let's look at the basics of designing a ritual. In fact, let's get to the most basic of basics in how a ritual is put together. Whether it is your wake-up devotions in the morning, the Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram, or a lar

When you or someone you love needs healing, healing becomes the most important thing to you. So, we need to take some time to speak about healing. And if it's that important (and it is), then it would be a good idea to look at what is the most important

If you are spiritual at all, there are times when you want nothing more than a place to be alone with The Divine, no matter what name you use to address The Divine. And it would be wonderful if we could each have a private chapel for such a purpose, but

Where Isaac Bonewits is concerned, those who do not know who he is will come to know who he was. Simply put, we have not seen or heard the last of that man. Even if he crossed over on August 12, 2010, he inspired and encouraged so many people in so many

This is a personal and sensitive subject. Many people will claim that it's your own business, and then add the "but" which is their fair warning to you that they are going to make it their business. But it is indeed your business. There is a verse in t

I'm using something I found written by an advice columnist, and using that as a jumping-off point. I never was a particular fan of hers, and for a reason, but this time she found something that I actually found useful. And, it brought to life a saying t

In the Havamal, there is a passage warning about harvesting a field too soon or trusting a son too early. And, isn't that something we see today? Wee see iussues of children not allowed to be children because of parents' focus on over-achievmanet as but

For this third of three, I'm going to discuss depth. You've heard me mention depth before, and it's importabt in divination? What is depth? In the case of making food, it's the difference between the person who cooks hamburgers at a fast-food burger pl

This has to do with divination, and it also has to do with almost everything else you might want to do. When you set out to learn something, one if the first things you need to do is to find out who to learn from. Unfortunately, this is a field of endea

Betwixt Litha and Lammas, a lesson from all of the Sabbats. Technical issues prevented a Litha celebration, but here is a celebration to make up for that and perhaps even more. And there is a lesson to offer here which applies to all Sabbats and to li