The Thorn Hedge
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The Thorn Hedge

has gone Rose Red for May Day. I have been wanting to update our site and design for a while. I’ve slowly been plugging along with my previous design, and while it worked, it didn’t quite represent what I wanted for us. I’ve been playing at this one for two days pretty much straight through,…

Study Topics
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Study Topics

30 Study Topics For Beginner (or Any) Witch to Research This is only an overview, and a place to get started. Let it spark your research. I often will take a moon cycle to do an in depth study of a topic (ie. chakras) and see where is takes me. No topic is in isolation….

Happy Candlemas!
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Happy Candlemas!

Happy Imbolc, Groundhog’s Day, Brigid’s Day, or whatever you celebrate. I call this holiday Candlemas, which is a call back to my Christian/Catholic roots, I suppose, but I don’t feel comfortable with Irish/Celtic holiday designations, since I am Hellenic. Candlemas itself is an “adaptation” of a pagan goddess holiday by the church, where people light…

Harvest Home

Harvest Home

Mabon History and Loreby Mike Nichols There were three men came out of the West,Their fortunes for to try,And these three men made a solemn vow,John Barleycorn must die… Despite the bad publicity generated by Thomas Tryon’s novel, Harvest Home is the pleasantest of holidays. Admittedly, it does involve the concept of sacrifice, but one…