Beltane Blessings!

Ostara is the Sabbat festival of the Vernal or Spring Equinox, the First day of Spring. The themes for this Sabbat are Balance or Equilibrium; Fertility and New Beginnings. Light and darkness are in perfect balance and the light is growing daily - This is a Solar Festival.
The symbols of Ostara are the Hare or [...]

Creating a Foundation for Your Spiritual Beliefs & Practices
by Raven Grimassi
This book is intended for those that are interested in creating their own Wiccan Path or Tradition. Eclectic Wicca is growing and Traditional Wiccan methods, ritual and practices are being changed to suit the individual. While all this is fine in a religion [...]

I admit that I was a Christian at one time. Prior to 1993 I said things like ‘Do unto Others as you would have them do unto you” but I’m not Christian anymore so I don’t say stuff like that anymore.
This doesn’t mean that what I said was false, just that it was said [...]

Wiccans celebrate a variation of Imbolc as one of four fire festivals, which make up half of the eight holidays (or sabbats), of the wheel of the year. Imbolc is defined as a cross-quarter day, midway between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara).
Among some traditions of Wicca, Imbolc is the traditional time [...]

SacredKiln.com wishes you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!
This is a good time to reflect on the past year and make plans for the coming year.
Make a plan so you can plant the seeds in the spring and nurture them over the summer. Without planning you have no crop to harvest in [...]

Many of the symbols and motifs associated with the modern holiday of Christmas are derived from traditional pagan northern European Yule celebrations. The burning of the Yule log, the decorating of Christmas trees, the eating of ham, the hanging of boughs, holly, mistletoe, etc. are all historical practices associated with Yule. Of course today [...]

The main purpose of Magickal ritual is to cause changes in consciousness. Magickal power comes from the person (or people), not from the superficial decorations of ritual.
The tools and symbols used in ritual, the pentagram, water, salt, incense, wand or athame have no Magickal power of their own, but are used in ritual to [...]

Among Wiccans there are varied beliefs about what happens after our time on Earth has come to
an end.
Some believe in reincarnation in a variety of types, from being reborn as a tree, or insect to being
reborn in another human form after a time in a higher plane of existence, returning to Earth to
learn more of [...]

Many people who are just starting down the path of Wicca are timid about casting a circle and
performing a ritual. They fear conjuring demons, insulting the gods or having the gods laugh or
scowl at them for doing something wrong.
The gods are nature itself, the Universe, the unlimited energy that surrounds and fills us. [...]

An it harm none, do as thou wilt
(If it harms no one, do as you will)
This is the law of Wicca. At fist glance this looks relatively simple. You can do as you like provided your actions don’t harm anyone. Is it really that simple? Let’s study it a little closer.
Is [...]