Everything Under the Moon

You might look for a post bound journal. They have the look of a traditional journal, but the pages can be re-arraigned so you can add to topics, or organize things as you go. They can sometimes be a bit expensive, though. (They also make miniature three ring binders if you just want something small...

The truth is there are no universally accepted magical laws. Different traditions and individual practitioners will have their own rules, belief on how magic works, etc. These different views may often contradict each other. As an example, the rede is Wiccan, it is less than 100 years old, and many ...

Yeah, I’ve read a few articles on Hellenic polytheism. Are there any books you would recommend? Hellenic Polytheism : Household Worship, put out by Labrys Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored, as well as Komos: Celebrating Festivals in Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism, both Sarah Kate Istra Winter ...

Depends a lot on your personal preference, or the structure of your tradition, if you follow a specific one. In some pagan paths new year is quite important, though usually not the calendar new year we use today... for example, Egyptian new year is sometime in July/August these days, and is very sig...

Wait, for fire, or for earth? Quite a few for either, but if you're asking for gods of fire you might look at the Greek Adranus, Hephaestus, or the Roman Vulcan. The Etruscans had a similar deity to Hephaestus, named Sethlans. Japan has Kagu-tsuchi, Kojin, and I believe a few others. In Hinduism the...

We need to remember that gender and sexuality are not the same. Never said they were, it's why I listed them separately in my last post... Many have LBGT+ friendly rituals now and there is an inclusive Wicca group where we have discussed this very thing. And that's great, truly. But there are also ...

Wicca is less heteronormative than outer court material makes it out to be. ... People don't know about this because they don't tend to read Valiente or Gardner, they go for New Agey preachy authors who weren't ever initiates such as Silver Ravenwolf. So everyone keeps spreading this disinfo about ...

I second the suggestion of looking into Hellenism. You might also look into broader Greco-Roman polytheism, or Alexandrian polytheism. But Hellenic polytheism would be a good starting place. You seem primarily focused on worship of deity, which fits in, the Hellenic calendar is lunar based, which mi...

So, I'm going to give a slightly different perspective when it comes to Wicca and some traditions of witchcraft - they may welcome people who are not straight, but that doesn't necessarily mean the tradition is going to click with you. I never felt excluded by the people of Wicca for not being strai...

Thanks! Does Aphrodite have any special days/festivals dedicated to her? I know there’s Aphrodisia but I’m unclear when that is celebrated? The fourth of every lunar month (which begins with the new crescent moon) is sacred to Aphrodite, according to the Athenian Greek calendar. The trouble with Gr...

But isn’t it considered wrong to not celebrate the sabbats? Unless you have been initiated into a group practice where it's been very clearly established that the sabbats are a necessary part of the tradition, then no, it's not wrong at all. The eight sabbats aren't an ancient/universal practice. T...

Are there any devotional/prayer books for Aphrodite? Laurelei Black has two, 'Aphrodite's Priestess' and 'Cult of Aphrodite: Rites and Festivals of the Golden One.' Neos Alexandria/Bibliotheca Alexandrina has also published an anthology style devotional called Blood and Roses . It's by many differe...

Just wondering if any wiccans, witches, or pagans who don’t celebrate the sabbats and why? If we're speaking broadly, there are some pagan recon groups that don't celebrate the sabbats, since they're a more modern construct semi-based on Celtic and Norse holidays, and other pagan cultures had their...

If you're worried about karma coming back to you, it will, because your subconscious will manifest that. Are you having to do a new jar every few months for the same person, or is this on a different person each time? Can you elaborate a little bit on that? Spell timing doesn't have to be set in sto...

If you lean toward Wiccan practice at all, you might find the book "Wicca: A Year and A Day: 366 Days of Spiritual Practice in the Craft of the Wise" by Timothy Roderick, to be a helpful guide. It actually gives 366 day by day lessons for beginners, that will teach you the basics of energy...