Ceremonies

Mother Goose protection spell

Mother Goose rides through the air on a very fine gander. Today, Mother Goose is limited to the nursery, her rhymes intended to entertain only children, yet Mother Goose’s namesake bird links her to a host of powerful spirits: Aphrodite, too, rides through the air on...

Simple ritual to find your true love

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

On mid-summers eve, set a plate of flour under a rosemary bush at midnight. In the morning, you may find the initials of your true love traced in the flour.

Rituals for marriage

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

Because marriage, hand fasting, or any ritualized union is one of the major thresholds of life, it’s perceived as a time of tremendous power, promise, and vulnerability. The entire marriage ceremony, the arrangements preceding it, and postnuptial celebrations may be...

Bride’s Anti-Evil Eye Spell

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

One of the psychic dangers inherent on the Wedding Day is that so much celebration and happiness will inevitably attract the envious eyes of jealous spirits, or the Evil Eye. Among those perceived as vulnerable to the Evil Eye, brides rank highest, right alongside...

Activate an Engagement Ring

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

When choosing your engagement rings, emerald is by far the best choice for promoting and preserving love and long-term relationships. However the following ritual transforms any ring into an enchanted ring of love. Once you have obtained your ring, tie it to a red...

Bouquet spells

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

Presenting someone with a bouquet of flowers was once a method of delivering a spell right into your target’s hands. The “Language of Flowers,” whereby each type of flower represents a specific message, originated in the harems of the Middle East, where secrecy regarding romantic intrigues was crucial.

The Triple Goddess: 7 ways to connect the Mother aspect.

Mother, Ritual & Sacred Living

Mother’s Day. A day for all mothers, a day to celebrate the mother we have, the mothers we are, the mother we want to be, the mother that taught us, the mother that loved us, the shadow mother, the bearer of fruit, of creativity, of love and of joy. What does it...

How do I love the?

Story Telling, Weddings

Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806–1861 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet...

Pagan love doll spells to use in your wedding

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

Dolls are used for hexing but they’re also used for healing, protection, fertility, and romantic spells.

Spring boquets

Weddings

I love weddings, I love spring flowers – So it’s the perfect time to share with you my 10 most favourite spring flowers for your bouquet.

Finding the perfect bridesmaids dress

Weddings

For decades, bridesmaids around the world have forcibly agreed to wear hideously tacky dresses in awful colours against their will…all for their bridezillas. I imagine each of these bridesmaids has faced herself in the mirror, taken a big swallow of pride, forced an...

Funerals and beliefs

Funeral

I believe that funeral ceremonies, for those who want one, must offer greater emotional and, where appropriate, spiritual value. I believer that a funeral ceremony must reflect the person who has died and those that are grieving.

5 Things the Dying Want Us to Know

Ceremonies, Funeral, Ritual & Sacred Living

I originally read about this book Opening Heaven’s Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death, and What Comes After by journalist Patricia Pearson and thought it was quite interesting. I want to clearly state that I do not agree with all that Pearson states,...

Reading for a second marriage

Same Sex ceremonies, Weddings

They wanted their ceremony to demonstrate their belief that even though they had already lived full lives with their first partners, they still believed in the sacredness of marriage, and that they took their vows very seriously.

5 steps to secure your boutonniere

Weddings

I love seeing a groom’s boutonniere match the brides and bridesmaids bouquets. But have you ever thought about how you get them pinned on the suit lapel – it’s a bit tricky – but here are 5 quick steps to guide you. 1. Position the boutonniere...