Category: Pagan

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. Ask Your Mama, The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, Rain dance. Rain dance. There is no such thing as drought. Our lack of consciousness and our scarcity [...]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. Ask Your Mama, the What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A Question of Precipitation Dear Mama Donna, It is raining again. For months now it has rained just about every day. [...]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. *Ask Your MamaTM The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, This is a prayer. This is a cry for help. The suffering in the air from the onslaught [...]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. Ask Your MamaTM The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by©Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, I am anticipating my granddaughter celebrating her first menstrual cycle in the not too distant future. I would like [...]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. *Ask Your Mama™, The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by ©Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, Now this may get complicated! I have been wanting “a relationship” (no specific person in mind) for some [...]

by Michelle Doherty I remember the first time I visited Southard’s Pond. It was the same day I told my parents I was Pagan. When I was thirteen, I felt misunderstood by everyone – my peers, my parents – just about anyone that didn’t understand me or the new direction my life had taken. I [...]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. Ask Your Mama, The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, I have noticed that when you refer to the new and full moons, you call them by very [...]

by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman The summer cross-quarter day was celebrated by the Saxons as Hlaf Mass, *Feast of Bread,* and by the Celts as Lughnasadh, *Commemoration of Lugh.* Lugh was the grain god, son of Mother Earth. Every August he was sacrificed with the reaping of the corn only to be born again [...]

Ask Your Mama, the What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman Dear Mama Donna, I have always felt drawn to the full moon and would like to have some kind of ritual in its honor. The problem is that I don’t know anybody else in [...]

Telling People You Are A Witch (How To Deal With Intolerance) by Rose Ariadne Whatever path you choose in witchcraft will be padded with challenges (like in everything). One of these challenges may happen early on – people are going to ask questions about your beliefs, and it’s important to know how to “put it” [...]

Christmas – Discover Little Known Secrets of Christmas Related to An Amazing Ancient World! by Bernadette Dimitrov Discover the ancient world relationship to Christmas through magic mushrooms, the Pole Star and the World Tree! There is research that suggests that many of our modern-day Christmas symbols and icons are actually derived from the Shamanistic traditions [...]

by Simon Mitchell Once again the Earth turns around the sun and we come to the shortest day, conspiratorially hidden right next to Christmas – on Dec 21st. The Longest Night is an opportunity to make ‘Deamon Fire’ – find out how. In pre-Christian times the solstice was an important time when the sun miraculously [...]