Podcast Episode One: Who am I, and what is Wicca?

I've decided to re-vamp my podcast and do these instead of YouTube for multiple reasons. So, here's episode one! Podcast Breakdown My name is Megan, and I'm your host! Enjoy a brief introduction of myself, my path, and why I'm doing this.The basic beliefs of WiccaFor exclusive access to Podcast episodes and more before they're …

Creating a Consistent Practice

SOURCE: FLICRK, CREATIVE COMMONS We've all been there, in the time when you have no time. When life gets too hectic for you to keep your wits about you, let alone practice your faith. When each tick of the second hand on the clock is a reminder that you're running out of time, and your to-do …

A Beginner’s Guide to Crystal Healing

Crystals and natural stones have been used in the art of healing for thousands of years. Some of the oldest amulets from a natural source date back 30,000 years and are made of baltic amber. Humans have an affinity for pretty things, and stones and crystals are no exception. These healing and protective crystals were …

I Need to Say Something

I don't have a passion in life. Simply put. This might not be Wicca related, or it might be. I don't know at this point. I'm basically writing this to get it off my chest because it is something that weighs very heavily on me most days. With my 27th birthday coming up in the …

Tarot: The Fool’s Journey

The Major Arcana in tarot can be seen as a metaphor for life, with each of the 22 cards representing a major event/person/situation that we may experience on the physical plane. There's a reason that the major arcana cards are called trump cards, and that's because when they are pulled in a reading, they are given extra attention due to their importance in the deck. They don't just stand alone. Each one leads to the next, either forwards or back, depending on your movement in life and the direction that your soul needs to take in this life to achieve its goals.

Tarot: Top 5 Things to Know

If you've grown up with any amount of pop-culture in your life, you're probably familiar with the image of the g*psy woman dressed to the nines, headscarf and all, sitting behind a little wooden table with her crystal ball and tarot cards. Let me be honest with you. That's so far from the truth of …

Balancing Act: Making Time when Life gets Chaotic

It's part of modern life, running out of time. Sometimes it seems like we have a million things to do every single day and never enough time to do it. I'll use myself as an example. I work a "typical" job with a schedule from 8am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. I get two 15 minute breaks …

Book Review: Witch by Lisa Lister

I'm really on the fence about this book. Some parts of it are written well with good information, but others are full of exclusive and extreme feminism. Lisa Lister makes note in the "About This Book" section that this book will probably piss off traditional witches, Pagans, men, and the transgender community. And she's not wrong. Even as a cisgender woman and feminist, I found a lot of the feminism-focused writing to be hard to read because of how exclusive it is. She talks of things like "pussy power" and "womb breathing", centering the entirety of her feminism around those people who have vaginas, wombs, and a capability to menstruate. She calls these people women, but not all women have vaginas or wombs, and not all women want them or feel the "power" in their monthly cycle. 

Crystal Mini-Series: Amethyst

Amethyst is a beautiful purple crystal in the quartz family that gets its color for irradiation (typically exposure to the sun, but in this case it is from the iron taking place of the silicon) and trace iron and minerals found within the crystal.  Amethyst can change colors when heat-treated, and if left in the …

Book Review: Wicca for Beginners by Sophia Silvervine

I have to say, I didn't like this book at all. It is written in very plain language, with a lot of summarizing and not much detail. Also, if you've read my other reviews, you know how I am about sources and misinformation. This book is full of it. I'd like to start off with some quotes that I've pulled that I 100% disagree with, along with some brief notes and explanations of why I disagree. The quotes below are numbered, and my comments are in brackets.