Author Archives: Via Hedera

Sacred Baking, Sacred Bread

Sacred altar, sacred bread
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Dark Moon Gifts From The Forest

Forest gifts for the witch of the weald

I wove a strand of enchanter’s nightshade through my frizzy hair, blessed my sharp boline and Airmid’s cloak as I waded through thick ivy and thinning trees in the cold sunlight.  The …

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Pacific Northwest Magic II

Taken about five minutes driving distance from my home.

Welcome to the Evergreen State, and the Rainy City.

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Turn of the Wheel

My halloween altar getting ready

The Wheel of the Year is not the same for all witches, and it would be ridiculous to think it is a universal idea.  How …

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Aphrodite, Pandemos

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Samhain and Halloween Prep

On samhain, I’ll celebrate by having some good old fashion secular Halloween fun by dressing up and getting drunk at a club with Andrew and my mom.  But when the night calms down, and I somber and sober up, I’ll return home to light the candles on my altar, set out the prepared food for the beloved dead, open my windows to let the cold autumn winds carry in the spirits and all their wisdom.  

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Seaside Work

Walked down to the coast on Sunday, found at the end of a forest.  The grey waters of the Puget Sound were silent and still.

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Banish and Return


the altar for charging and purification of materials

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Charm of the Day

A healing and health offering; a friend dealing with spiritual imbalance helped me with a charm, but of course, we needed to leave a small offering for the Green Woman and The Lady of the Sea.

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These Days

With the Bone-Man’s Staff completed and ready to be put to good use on Samhain, The Wild Rade and on Hag’s Night, another new wand lies in wait for creation, and this one may be for sale!  Because Andrew will be the primary worker of this design by me, I’ve left it up to him to decide what to do with it if I don’t fall in love with it.  He says that if it turns out as good as we hope, it will be for sale over my blog.  It is going to be made of greenheart wood or Lignum Vitae- …

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