Author: A Solitary Pagan
Aphrodite
Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty & Eternal Youth Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love and Beauty and according to Hesiod’s THEOGONY, she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. She supposedly arose from the foam when the Titan Cronus slew his father Uranus and threw his genitals into the sea. However, according to Homer, in Iliad, Aphrodite may instead be the daughter...
Anjea
ANJEA is an Australian Aboriginal fertility Goddess. She is an animistic spirit known to the tribesman of the Pennefather River, Queensland, Australia that is located on the Western Cape York Peninsula. Not much is known about this Goddess or spirit. I happened to come across her when researching Australian Aboriginal Mother Earth Goddesses. I followed up with numerous inquiries including a member...
Amunet Goddess – Egyptian
In Egyptian mythology, Amunet was a primordial goddess. She preceded the great gods and goddesses of Egypt and had connections with the creator god Amun. Her myth was important not only in Egypt but also in Thebes. Here’s a closer look. Who was Amunet? In Ancient Egypt, there was a group of deities known as the Ogdoad. People worshipped them as the deities of chaos in Hermopolis, a major city at t...
Spellwork Aligning Conscious with Subconscious
Welcome, seeker, to the enchanting world of witchcraft—a path as ancient as the whispering woods and as personal as your own heartbeat. Witchcraft is not just about casting spells or brewing potions; it is a journey of self-discovery, connection, and transformation. For centuries, people from all walks of life have turned to magick to find meaning, empowerment, and harmony with the universe. Wheth...
Aker
Aker is an earth god who also presided over the western and eastern boarders of the Underworld. In early representations, Aker is shown as a narrow strip of land with a human or lion head at both ends But later he was shown as the foreparts of two opposing lions, sometimes with human heads, facing away from each other. One lion faces west while the other faces east. In between them is the sign of ...
Magick & Socioeconomic Elitism
Like the rest of society, however, magick also suffers from a bit of socioeconomic elitism. The magick familiar to many of us today developed centuries ago, as educated people sought an ultimate truth, or vast treasure, or nubile partners for lecherous exploits. These literate sorcerers worked with grimoires and other texts, writing and rewriting them until they had developed what would ultimately...
Magick is Magick
Essentially, magick is magick. It isn’t black or white. It is not wholly good and it is certainly not intrinsically evil. If a color could convey magick’s true character, it would most assuredly be gray—a color devoid of any ethical intention or moral implication. Every religion employs magick in some manner or another, whether in blessings, cleansings, holy water, or other practices. ...
Christmas Tree
One of the first references to the fir tree in association with the Christmas tree comes from the Alsatian town of Strasbourg in 1604: “On Christmas, they put fir trees in the rooms in Strasbourg, they hang red roses cut from many-colored paper, apples, offerings, gold tinsel, sugar. It is the custom to make a four-cornered frame around it” (Kronfeld 1906, 149). Today, depending on family traditio...
Mothers Night
The darkest night of the year was called mothers’ night, because now the sun god, lover of the goddess, is reborn in the lap of the Earth. With him, the light of life is renewed. It is the moment of quietness, of contemplation. The cosmic tree (shamanic tree, ladder to heaven) sparkles in the starry brightness under which the child of light is born, reveals itself in an inner vision. Fir greens de...
Soon Christmas Comes
Soon Christmas Comes Melody: Hans Helmut; Lyrics: Karola Wilke Soon Christmas comes Now Father Christmas is not far away Listen, the old man is knocking on the gate. With his white horse, he is waiting . . . I am putting hay in front of the house And Ruprecht, Santa’s helper, is taking the sack out Ginger nut, little apples, almonds, and currants All that he gives to the good child . . .
THE CHRISTMAS CALENDAR
The usual dates supplied for the traditional Christmas season start with November 11 and end on February 2. Here is a small survey of the most important dates in the Christmas calendar. November 11. Martini or St. Martin’s Day Old start of winter; first slaughter feast after harvest time 25. St. Catherine’s Day Time to start Christmas baking 30. St. Andrew’s Day and Night Start of the new church y...
Stange Beings in the Forest
The forest is a theater of strange beings, friendly and unfriendly. What are those creatures crawling around underneath the elder tree? It is the old one and her troop of mandrakes, woodruffs, goblins, and wights? Are these ministering angels or threatening demons? The friendly and unfriendly dance merrily beneath the witches’ weed; they smoke devil’s tobacco and light up the underworld with the m...