It's almost March, which means my mailbox is already overflowing with catalogs from my favorite garden supply companies. It's the time of year when I pull out graph paper and ... Read More

I'm normally not someone who concerns herself with the exploits of celebrities, but the recent case involving singer Rihanna is something that has been all over the news lately. While ... Read More

This has nothing at all to do with Paganism or Wicca, but I know a lot of you are as fascinated with language as I am, so I wanted to ... Read More

Recently a group of Native Americans had to move an annual sacred ceremony from their tradtional home in Illinois to Iowa. They didn't move because they hate Illinois or anything... ... Read More

I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on the Seven Day Sabbat e-classes, so I wanted to let folks know the Ostara one is up and ready! In this seven-day ... Read More

© Getty Images Reader StitchinWitch says, "I recently watched that show about the family with eighteen kids, and they homeschool. I've only got four of my own, but was thinking about ... Read More

© Getty Images Spring Equinox Around the World Naturally Colored Ostara Eggs Spring Rebirthing Ritual More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home Blog.

Hard to believe it's almost March, but it's true -- spring is rapidly approaching! In ancient Rome, March 1 was known as the Matronalia. It was an early version of ... Read More

This is an interesting one for the church-n-state files. It seems that the city of Hammond, Indiana, recently was considering closing the Calumet Area Warming Shelter due to budget cuts. ... Read More

In Southwell, Nottingham, there's been an interesting find. Archaeologists have been excavating a wall dating back to the Roman occupation, and believe it may actually be part of a larger ... Read More

Oklahoma may be where the wind goes sweepin' down the plains, but it appears that right now another storm is brewing. A state representative named Mike Ritze wants to donate ... Read More

Reader Starwind writes in, "I cast my first spell yesterday. It doesn't seem to be working. What did I do wrong?"

Here's an interesting one from the magical Pagan/Wiccan mailbag. Reader X writes, "I've just started reading books on Wicca, and I keep seeing references made to The Goddess, but I ... Read More

© Patti Wigington 2008 Setting and Achieving Goals How to Get Started in Wicca Why Do People Become Wiccan? More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home Blog.

The city of Manitou Springs, Colorado, is trying to fix a century-old mistake by renaming the goddess statue that stands above their town clock. Since the statue was donated in ... Read More

So it's Valentine's Day, which is one of those holidays that make many of us stop and wonder what the big deal is -- I mean, after all, if you ... Read More

Every time one of these rolls around, people get weirded out, and for the life of me I don't know why. The fear of Friday the 13th is called Paraskevidekatriaphobia. ... Read More

I was recently on a message board somewhere on Teh Interwebs where some well-meaning soul asked everyone to do some magical workings towards unleashing torrential downpours on Australia, ostensibly in ... Read More

Chocolate has long been associated with early Mesoamerican cultures, but now it looks like the practice of enjoying chocolate -- in ritual, no less -- at some point migrated north ... Read More

About a year ago, we talked about the case of Wally Rogers, an Irasberg, VT, middle school teacher who presented his students with handy little pamphlets like, "Why Jesus is ... Read More

Just a quick update here, on the case of the proposed gold mine on Nevada's Mt. Tenabo. Members of the Western Shoshone tribe and an environmental group have filed an ... Read More

© Patti Wigington 2008 Spirit Guides and Archetypes What is meditation? Creating sacred space of your own More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home Blog.

From the Discovery News network, there's a neat piece about the use of the color green in Egyptian funerary ritual. A mummified child was found with an amulet of green ... Read More

It's still the middle of winter, and this month's full moon is known as the Quickening Moon. It's the time of year when new life may be beginning, but it ... Read More

Public Pagan events are always a double-edged sword. On the plus side, they allow people to network with like-minded individuals, and give us Pagany folk a chance to show the ... Read More

The Washington Times has an advice columnist named Miss Vicki, and recently she received a note from a Wiccan mom about some problems at her child's school, which you can ... Read More

Interesting piece here from the Canadian Press. An archaeologist named Gordon Freeman has written a new book claiming that a prehistoric site in Alberta is far more than experts originally ... Read More

Over the past few months, I've gotten the occasional email from someone who's so broke that they can't afford any books or other tidbits for ritual. A few have even ... Read More

A reader writes in with an email that says, "My second-grader has started asking questions about Jesus, and how come we don't go to church like all his friends do. ... Read More

Larry Harris, the man charged with murdering his two young stepdaughters, has been found guilty. We've been following this case closely around here, because a big part of the media ... Read More

© Getty Images What's special about a circle? How to cast a circle The magic of stone circles More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home Blog.

A huge thanks to Leisl for sending this one in - archaeologists have unearthed a large mosaic floor depicting Pagan rituals and gods about 14 feet below the floor of ... Read More

In Arkansas, a federal court upheld a ruling that a prison inmate has to check out his Tarot cards from the prison chaplain, and can't keep them with him in ... Read More

Today, February 2, is the day that those of us above the equator typically celebrate Imbolc (if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, it's Lammas or Lughnasadh). I spent yesterday celebrating ... Read More

Got pretty pics of your Imbolc altar? Take a photo and send it in, and I'll add it to the Imbolc Altar Gallery! For information on how you can submit ... Read More