Author: A Solitary Pagan

A Goddess Meditation

You can use this to create your personal or group Charge of the Goddess.Find a quiet, safe place for meditation where you will not be disturbed and can fall asleep withoutcoming to any harm, if you naturally drift from a meditative to a sleep state. Choose a time when youare not too tired and before you begin, have a bath to which a few drops of sandalwood or ylang ylangoil are added for heightene...

Luna Goddess

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin Lūna). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess (diva triformis), along with Proserpina and Hecate. Luna is not always a distinct goddess, but sometimes rather an epithet that specializes a go...

A goddess chooses her God wisely

She enhances her intuition and spiritual discernment using her previous experiences to know what not to accept. She picks a God who has been disciplined in himself to heal the fragmented parts of his soul. She allows him to show how he will lead and surrender to her A goddess doesn’t settle for a man who only wants to please only one of her senses but all of them. A goddess picks a god of integrit...

A Witch’s God

The witch’s God has been denied! In His many masks He has been debased, despised, and relegated to a power of evil by a subjective regime that reviles passion and individuality. You see, our God’s presence in earlier cultures were such a threat to the wiles of the church, simply because of His potency, that they had to formulate their devil in His likeness in an attempt to staunch His influence an...

Lammas: Honoring the God Lugh

If your celebrations focus more on the god Lugh, observe the Sabbat from an artisan’s point of view. Place symbols of your craft or skill on the altar—a notebook, your special paints for artists, a pen for writers, other tools of your creativity.

Creed of the Green Witch

I Acknowledge the Unity of the Divine, symbolized by the Divine Androgyne, aspected as fe­ male and male, Goddess and God, form and energy, lunar and solar powers, honored during the Wheel of the Year at Esbats, Sabbats, and sacred days. I Acknowledge the immanence of the Divine, whose Spirit resides in all things and worlds creating a unity of All in Oneness and kinship through the Goddess and th...

Green Witchery and Mother Earth

The green witch is a naturalist. She or he harkens back to the old days of healing magick with herbs, spices, and such. The green witch has studied labouriously all their witchy lives to know their flowers, herbs, woods, leaves, spices and how they are to be gathered and used. Just like the healers in medieval times. But not only that, the green witch has always “worshipped” Mother Earth and has a...

Center and Ground

ties especially well into self-care. It’s a practice that can calm agitated personal energy, replenish low personal energy, and create a sense of belonging, connection, and reassurance. Center and Ground This is the first thing you should do before engaging in any kind of magical work, to ensure that you don’t drain your personal energy during the working. What to Do: 1. Close your eyes and take t...

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling

It is no great problem in ethnology or anthropology as to how gypsies- became fortune-tellers.We may find a very curious illustration of it in the wren.This is apparently as humble, modest, prosaic little fowl as exists, and as far from mystery and wickedness as an old hen.But the ornithologists of the olden time, and the myth-makers, and the gypsies who lurked and lived in the forest, knew better...

Gypsies

Gypsies Nomadic, are people who probably emerged out of northern India around the 10th century and spread throughout Europe, the British Isles and eventually America. Gypsy tradition has little in the way of its own religious beliefs but is steeped in magic and superstition. From their earliest known appearance in Europe in the 15th century, Gypsies have been renowned practitioners of magical arts...

Garden Themes For The Green Witch

A green witch will design her/his garden to what they hope to achieve and the available space they have to do it in. Also, look at your climate and altitude when planning your garden. You can plant what herbs, flowers, and plants you will use the most, or plants that are specifically associated with the magickal arts. For example, gardenia could be sown for spiritual awareness; rosemary and lily i...

Garden of Compassion

In this garden, you place a separate candle for each person who has asked you for magickal help. You use large candles for ongoing work, such as for someone with cancer or a heart condition, or for a child with special needs. You use smaller candles for people who are experiencing temporary challenges such as failed relationships, lost jobs, illnesses, or crossed conditions. Tea lights are good fo...