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  • January 29, 2023

    Pagan Wedding Colors Cheat Sheet

    In the last couple of years, there’s been a move away from correspondences in the Tumblr pagan community. I mostly think that’s a good thing. Correspondence lists tend to be oversimplifications and to only highlight a single trait of a given plant, crystal, color, or whatever — and yes, you tend to lose a lot…

    paganism, witchcraft
    color magic, correspondences, handfasting, pagan wedding, the great handfasting project, wedding, wedding planning
  • January 21, 2023

    Mushroom Broth Recipe

    There’s a pretty simple backstory here: I wanted to make soup, but when I went to buy groceries the store was out of both vegetable broth and bouillon, but had mushrooms on sale. I did some Internet searching and learned that making your own broth is pretty simple and easy, so I decided to try…

    All Posts, witchcraft
    cottagecore, green witch, green witchcraft, kitchen witch, kitchen witchcraft, mushrooms, recipes, vegan, vegetarian
  • January 14, 2023

    Pagan Wedding Planning (Part 1)

    If you’re like the vast majority of pagans, you probably have friends, family, or other people you care about who are not pagan. It’s highly likely that you will have guests at your wedding who do not share your beliefs. We can only hope that our non-pagan loved ones are open-minded, understanding, and supportive of…

    All Posts, paganism
    handfasting, pagan wedding, the great handfasting project, wedding, wedding planning
  • January 7, 2023

    The Great Handfasting Project: Secular Wedding Planning Books

    While historical sources about pre-Christian weddings and books written by modern pagans can give you a lot of good ideas for your ceremony, many of them don’t cover the most stressful part of getting married: planning, budgeting, scheduling, and managing a modern wedding. My fiance and I decided in December to move our wedding date…

    All Posts, paganism
    book review, Books, handfasting, the great handfasting project, wedding, wedding planning
  • January 1, 2023

    The Great Handfasting Project: Pagan Wedding Planning Books

    In February, my partner and I will be celebrating our third anniversary. Like many people who have been dating for a while, we’ve decided to get married. Because we’re both pagan, we’ve always known that we wanted a pagan wedding. But because neither of us is Wiccan (I’m a Heathen and he’s a Roman pagan),…

    Books, paganism
    anna franklin, handfasting, kendra vaughan hovey, liz williams, llewellyn publications, marriage, the great handfasting project, wedding
  • December 25, 2022

    The Bizarre World of “Cozy” Murder Mysteries

    Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on January 1, 2021. When I think of murder, I don’t typically think of warm, fuzzy feelings. If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’m a fan of all things gritty…

    Books
    Books, cozy mystery, fiction, mystery books, mystery novels
  • December 11, 2022

    Let’s talk about urban fantasy.

    Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on October 25, 2020. Last week, I was hit with the dreaded condition that plagues all readers at some point. That’s right — I hit a reading slump. I was in the middle…

    Books
    Books, fiction, guild hunter series, nalini singh, paranormal romance, urban fantasy
  • November 28, 2022

    The Viking Spirit by Daniel McCoy: A Mini-Review

    Note: This was originally posted in a reblog of an anonymous ask to @skaldish on Tumblr. The anon had recently purchased this book and asked for help in making sure it wasn’t based on white supremacist misinterpretations. This was actually one of my first books on Heathenry! Like Zan mentioned, it’s an okay resource and…

    All Posts, Books, paganism
    daniel mccoy, heathenry, history, inclusive heathenry, norse mythology, norse paganism
  • November 27, 2022

    In the Dark by Loreth Ann White Review and Analysis

    Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on September 13, 2020. Spoiler-Free Review I bought this book on a whim because the Amazon blurb reminded me of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The similarities are no mistake — In…

    Books
    agatha christie, Books, fiction, loreth ann white, mystery books, mystery novels
  • November 19, 2022

    Herbalism in Times of Turmoil

    I’ve recently returned to my roots (pun intended) in folk herbalism to supplement the work I’m doing with my therapist. It wasn’t an intentional thing — in our current round of EMDR, we’ve uncovered some deeply buried trauma, and bringing that trauma to the surface has shaken the foundations of how I see myself and…

    paganism, witchcraft
    animism, ashwagandha, cannabis, green witchcraft, herbalism, kitchen witchcraft, meadowsweet, rose, tulsi
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