History and Meaning of the Word Fairy

This is a question from social media, and also a topic I see a lot of misinformation floating around about so it seems like a good topic to dive into today. What exactly are the origins of the word fairy and fae? How do they relate to each other and what do they mean?Fae – also spelled fay* – is from the 12th century old French, likely from the older Latin Fata, meaning spirits of fate, and…

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Lughnasadh, Pandemic, economy, garden – SSDD

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Now, back to life during Coronavirus.  And now a rapidly weakening hurricane.  And protests continuing.  And the President talking about delaying elections. This is the Irish holiday of … Continue reading…

Witchy Wellness part LAST. Finally.

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Here we are, at #25, Devotionals.  Welp, around there HERE parts – as I keep saying – Witchcraft isn’t a religion.  It’s a skill set.  Just . like . knitting .   You don’t have any devotionals to do to be great at knitting. … Continue reading…

Witchy Wellness, Part 8. The bullshit goes on and on.

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Yes, this does feel like it’s going on for ever.  The meme had you doing things every day for a 31 day month.  If you think that my commenting on it is overwhelming – … Continue reading…

Ashiness is not spiritual: Witchy wellness, part 7.

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Side note – we finally got some rain this morning.  Might get more tomorrow.  Today was very hot and nasty humid.  Tomorrow might be cooler.  One hopes. Now, back to our regularly scheduled rant!

#15 and #16 – Herbalism and sound healing. … Continue reading…

CATH MAIGE MUCRAMA

Full title: Cath Maige Mucrama – The Battle of Mag Mucrama (Volume # 50)
Pages: 157 pages, includes Introduction, Appendix, Notes, Index to Notes, Names of Persons, Names of Peoples, and Names of Places.

As usual with these books I’m not going to review the content of the myth rather I’m going to comment on the Introduction and the way the book is put together. The Introduction starts by telling the reader that none of the texts that will appear in the book is appearing for the first time. … Continue reading…

Witchy Wellness, more BS More … typing.

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We’re at least half way done with the meme, let’s keep going on kicking it to the curb!

Massage:  I adore massages. … Continue reading…

General catching up

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On top of the attention that I’ve been giving that latest ‘list’, life has been busy around here.  A lot of extra money came IN for a change, instead of going OUT, which is always nice.    I’ve been spending lots of time dealing with the garden – I’m being buried in … Continue reading…

Witchy wellness bullshit, part 5

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I’m going to lump a lot of stuff together from that meme today.  Because all the exercise things – stretching, cardio, sun salutation, and moon salutation fall under ‘exercise’ and the last two are ‘exercise plus mindfulness’, mindfulness being yet another bullet point. … Continue reading…

Witchy Wellness part 4

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Welcome to day four of trashing that ’31 days of witchy wellness’ meme!  And … Continue reading…