Archives: August2009
- What is it Like to be a Faery Witch?
My Very First Video Ever — No laughing Please!
It is with great humility, bordering on embarrassment, that I post this video. I was talked into it!
It is my very first video. I want you all to see that I wasn’t just being lazy with my posting to the blog this month. I was working hard [...] - Kirk! Official Trailer
Wow! there is so much amazing stuff coming out of the U.K. lately! This is official trailer for Kirk! about the 17th century Scottish seer, Reverend Robert Kirk, and his visits with the Siddhe.
The Director, Michael Ferns, agreed to an interview with me about the story behind the film, and her interest in the subject [...] - The Bonny Swans by Loreena McKennitt
After writing that last article, I couldn’t resist posting this video. Enjoy!
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- Witches Familiars: The Witchery of Birds
Flight has always belonged to Witches, therefore we share a kinship with the birds.
There are as many different types of Witches and there are of birds as well. Each have their own qualities, abilities and traditions.
Here I will list a three birds that have been special to me: the Swan, the Crow, and the Owl.
I [...] - Two Magical New Operas
I am not usually so newsy, but my friend Michel Parry sent me this in an email from London.
Of course, I love fairy tales and they have provided many great subjects for operas through history. But the one about John Dee seems like one of those wonderful artistic breakthroughs into the magical consciousness that intrigues [...] - My Sufi Initiation and Nigel Jackson’s Rumi Tarot
My Sufi Initiation: Companions of the Musavir
Song of the Reed by Rumi
This poem is very hard to find in translation. My dance Director, Elizabeth Dickinson owned a vast library of rare books and I think it came from there. Click the button to stream it from the blog. It’s very short.
[Audio clip: view full post [...] - A Film About Faery Seer, Rev. Robert Kirk
The Secret Commonwealth
in 1692, Reverend Robert Kirk hand wrote a notebook about on Scottish folkloric Faery Tradition not long before his mysterious death. The notebook was called “The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies.”
Legend has it that Robert Kirk walked between the worlds and had finally entered into Faery and was never seen again. [...] - Who Are the Faeries? How Did They Come to Be?
Faery Teachings
For those who wish to understand the Faery teachings that are the core of the Winterspells School of Faery Witchcraft. some understanding of the Faery race that I work with might be helpful. This is especially so if you are still under the influence of Christian viewpoints regarding Above and Below. Heaven and Hell [...] - August Eclipse and How to Let Go of What No Longer Works
August 5, 2009:
An eclipse of the moon at 13 degrees Aquarius.
This was the day I lost my J.O.B. This was also the day my dream of being a full time writer began in earnest.
Eclipses are about endings, especially the series of eclipses we have had this summer. Once Pluto goes direct in Capricorn on September [...] - Babalon Diaries #10. Podcast Interview with Author Paul A. Green
Babalon Diaries # 10. The Author: Paul A. Green
This is Part 10 to a series of posts about my adventures during 2005, leading up to the performance of Paul Green’s play Babalon. The story is full of cloak and dagger, initiatory strangeness, chaos, and hysteria. It shows what can happen on the Magical path if [...]
