The Myth of the Introverted Empath

Something I see a lot is the idea that spiritual awareness has a direct relationship with empathy and introversion. The more spiritually aware you are, the more introverted and the more of an empath you are. Today, I’d like to…

MY Type of Witch

My type of witch is complex. I don’t fit into a mold – never really have, to be honest. It seems to me that a witch like this is often dubbed “eclectic.” I like the idea of the word eclectic…

Finding The Heart Tree

The first time I found a heart tree, I was walking in a patch of preserved ancient woodland near to my home, on the edge of London. I had come across this particular place while out wandering and was surprised…

Summer Solstice: a Pictish Approach

We’re getting closer and closer to the longest day of the year, but here the celebrations have already started. However, before we get started on ideas to celebrate it with Pictish spirits, I would like to give you a very…

Woad, Celts and Picts

Perhaps the most popular assumption about the Picts is that they “stained themselves with woad”. If it’s true, why? Is woad good for the skin?Well, today as you can see I brought some of it, so you can judge for…

Lyko, Nykhia and my Familiar

Alright well, it’s been not even a solid year that I have honestly identified as a witch. From the very beginning I got tight with my goddess Hekate. We were talking daily. Really I did all the talking and like…

Magic of the Mystai

There are as many paths of witchcraft as there are witches. Ask ten practioners what the path of the Wise One means, and you’ll likely get ten different definitions. Still, as we find our footing along the way, various terms…

Hekate the Distant One

‘Distant’ doesn’t have entirely positive connotations. We might take distant to mean detached, cold, uncaring. We might wonder, how to connect with Hekate, when her very name,  ‘distant one’ suggests a state of not being ‘with’ her at all?I think…

Ergatis the Energizer

First things first I enjoy giving credit where credit is due. One of the first conversations I had with my mentor Niki almost a year ago was about the Epithets of Hekate. I was newer than I am now and…

Would the Picts Ban Abortion?

Abortion in Pictland isn’t a topic I come across too often, but regardless, I’m feeling this uneasiness inside my chest which I always feel when a spirit wants to talk through me. The words are still mine, of course, for…