HowTos Index
How To Honor the Ancestors at Samhain
For many Wiccans and Pagans, the honoring of the ancestors is a key part of their spirituality. This ceremony can be held by itself or as part of a group of Samhain rituals.
How To Host a Drum Circle
A drum circle is a great way to celebrate a Sabbat -- it's a chance to bring friends together, let off some steam, and raise some amazing energy. Here are some tips on how to have a successful 9and fun!) drum circle.
How To Hold a Hearth and Home Rite for Mabon
Mabon is a time of balance, and a good time to celebrate the stability of the hearth and home. This ritual is a simple one designed to place a barrier of harmony and protection around your property. You can do this as a family group, as a coven, or even as a solitary.
How To Make a Mabon Cleansing Wash
Brew up a batch of this cleansing wash using herbs from your fall garden -- you can use it as a facial cleanse, or to purify your ritual space.
How To Dispose of Ritual Tools
Wondering what to do with magical items you no longer need or want? Here are some ideas on how to get rid of them properly.
How To Prepare for a Tarot Reading
Ready to read Tarot cards for a friend, family member, or even a total stranger? There are a few things you should know ahead of time.
How To Hold a Tool Recharging Ritual
Sometimes, our magical tools may seem as though their power and energy has diminished with use. This simple ritual can be performed at Litha, and uses the sun's power to give magical tools a little extra boost.
How To Make a Book of Shadows
In Wicca and Paganism, it's traditional to create a Book of Shadows, which is a notebook containing information regarding your tradition, gods and goddesses, correspondence tables, sabbat and esbat rites and rituals, magical recipes, and more. Learn how to make your own BOS here.
How To Celebrate Beltane with a Maypole Dance
The tradition of the Maypole Dance has been around for a long time -- it's a celebration of the fertility of the season. If you have a big group of friends and a lot of ribbon, you can easily hold your own Maypole Dance as part of your Beltane festivities.
How To Find a Coven
What is a coven, and what are some of the benefits and pitfalls of joining one? Learn about coven dynamics, and most importantly, where to meet the people whose groups you want to join.
How To Spring Full Moon Ritual
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a seasonal full moon. Welcome spring with a water-themed ritual adaptable for either groups or solitaries.
How To Hold a Lammas Bread Sacrifice Ritual
Lammas is a time of celebrating the beginning of the harvest, a theme seen often in the sacrifice of the grain god. Make a sacrifice of your own this Lammas, with this bread ritual that celebrates the beginning of the harvest.
How To Hold a Handfasting Ceremony (Sample)
Thinking about having a handfasting instead of a traditional wedding? Here's a sample ceremony that you can use and tweak to fit your own needs and beliefs.
How To Make Magical Crystal Ostara Eggs
These Ostara eggs are super-easy to make, and are a real treat for little ones. Make them in advance, put them out for your family's egg hunt, and let your kids crack them open to find a special treasure inside!
How To Hold an Ostara Ritual for Solitaries
Are you welcomging Spring in by yourself? No worries -- here's a simple yet beautiful rite you can perform alone to celebrate the balance of light and dark at Ostara.
How To Celebrate Ostara with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Chocolate Rabbit
Ostara is a good time to unleash a bit of Spring silliness, so why not get your kids involves in a fun and easy celebration of the season? Welcome Ostara with a ritual involving jelly beans, Peeps and chocolate bunnies.
How To Hold a Rebirthing Ritual for Ostara
Ostara is the spring equinox, and so is considered a time of rebirth. New life is appearing all around, and so for many Wiccans and Pagans, it's also a time of symbolic rebirth. This ritual
How To Create a Daily Plan of Study
For many Wiccans and Pagans, it's hard to set aside time for reading and learning... and this can be a problem, if you're someone who wants to continue to grow spiritually! Here are some tips on how to create a daily plan of study for learning more about Wicca and Paganism.
How To Make a Pagan Nativity Scene For Yule - Pagan Nativity Scene
Feeling left out because all your neighbors have three Wise Men and a plastic baby Jesus? Don't worry -- you can still incorporate your Pagan or Wiccan beliefs into a nativity scene of your own!
How To Honor the Dark Mother at Mabon
Mabon is a time when the earth is dying a little each day, and as we welcome the harvest, we also realize that the long nights of winter aren't far off. Honor the darker aspects of the Goddess as the autumn equinox arrives.
How To Celebrate an Autumn Full Moon - Group Ceremony
Instead of a regular Esbat rite, some Wiccan and Pagan groups tailor their full moon celebrations to the season. This ceremony is designed for a group of at least four people, and can be held during any of the autumn harvest months.
How To Celebrate the Cycle of Life and Death
Samhain is known as the witch's new year. It is a time to think about the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth. With this ritual, you can celebrate all three aspects either with a group or as a solitary.
How To Draw Down the Moon
This beautiful and powerful ritual is one in which the practitioner invokes the Goddess directly into herself (or himself, as the case may be). In some variations of this ritual, a High Priestess (HPs) may go into a trancelike state and speak the words of the Goddess, and in others, it may be a formal monologue calling upon the Goddess in her many forms.
How To Write Your Own Spell
There are hundreds of books available on how to write your own Wiccan and Pagan spells, and thousands of spells available on the Internet. But what if you want to write your own spell? Do you need to have decades of experience? You might be surprised to learn that by following a few easy steps, anyone can write an effective spell.
How To Celebrate the New Moon
In some traditions, the appearance of the New Moon each month is even more important than the night of the Full Moon. This ritual is a very basic one that can be done either as a solitary or as part of a group. The welcoming theme makes it a good one to use if you're teaching young children about Pagan and Wiccan spirituality.