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Who were the Druids

The British Isles were once home to a mysterious caste of learned men and women who possessed a deep fund of lore, and their successors are still with us.

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Weight Loss Spells

Witchcraft doesn't usually cover such things, but it can if you add a healthy dash of ancient Weatherwaxian lore.

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The Meaning Behind Wiccan and Pagan Jewelry

Buying Wiccan or Pagan jewelry means entering a world of symbolism. Are you giving the right message to the witches around you?

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Pagan and Wiccan Calendars for 2015

Yearly calendars are useful anyway for recording all of your important appointments and birthdays. Those created for Wiccans also include the Sabbats and the phases of the moon!

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Ostara: Celebrating the Wiccan Spring Equinox

With the day and night of equal length, this is the time of the greening. The Goddess Eostre is free of the cold Earth and all is fertile.

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Imbolc: Celebrating the Quickening in the Wiccan Wheel of the Year

In every pregnancy there is a moment when the new life is felt. When this happens to Mother Earth, we call it Imbolc.

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Wicca: The Wheel of the Year

Eight Sabbats and 13 moons make up the Wiccan Wheel of the Year. They each carry a spiritual and practical significance.

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Ynys Môn: The Ancestral Home of the Druids

Anglesey lies off the Gwynedd coastline of North Wales. Its ancient credentials, as the headquarters for Celtic Druids, lives on in its Christianized landmarks.

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Initiation: How to be a Witch

Many initiates come seeking a world of witchcraft and spells. The reality of the Wiccan religion may not be the right path for all.

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'Dark Mother Always Gliding Near...' - Death and Wicca

Wiccan funerals are all about honoring the dead, but not in a way that assumes that they've gone. In fact, a place is set there for them.

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St Tydecho and St Tegfedd: Druidic Deities as Welsh Saints

What happened to the Celtic Gods and Goddesses after coming of Christianity? Some staggered on in fairy tales, others were lost and a few were incorporated.

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The Mother: Three-in-One Goddess of the Witches

The Triple Goddess is a major deity in Wicca. She is a single being, who is viewed as three divine women: Maiden, Mother and Crone.

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How to Raise the Tower of Light as Psychic Protection in Wicca

Frightened by a supernatural presence? Feeling overwhelmed by other people's emotions? Or drained by a psychic vampire? Wiccans might raise the Tower of Light.

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A Wiccan Responds to True Blood Season Four

A television drama is not the best source for learning about any religion, but it's probably the one with the biggest reach. This was my creed, and its people were murderous.

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Blessed Be! The Wiccan Five-fold Kiss

Five kisses are part of the initiation ceremony for witches. 'Blessed be' became a code for Wiccans to identify each other in everyday life.

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Samhain: Celebrating the Arrival of Winter in Wicca

Samhain is a time of Otherworldly incursions. It's between the end of the light and the beginning of the darkness; and it's been popularized as Halloween.

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Beltane: Celebrating the Arrival of Summer in Wicca

Beltane is a time of fertility, renewal and fire. It's between the end of darkness and the beginning of light. The veil is very thin.

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Full Moon Magic: What is an Esbat in Wicca?

There are thirteen Esbats in the Wiccan Wheel of the Year. It's the night of the full moon. There are twelve Esbats in any Western calendar. They're all moon-ths or months.

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