I recently sat down with Rachel Patterson from the Pagan Portal Podcast where we talked about the mystical world of witchcraft, Dark Goddesses, and the Magic of the Moon.

Commencing on Tuesday, 29 April, step into a witch’s circle and experience why traditional witchcraft still resonates today as it did nearly 100 years ago.

Mabon is not an alternative name for the autumn equinox - instead he is an actual character from Welsh mythology and traditional myth.

In this episode, I sit down with Jack Chanek, author of several books on witchcraft and tarot, including the forthcoming "Tarot for the Magically Inclined" that explores how to use tarot within magical practices and much more (release date July 2025). He is also Gardnerian Wiccan and tarot reader living in Salt Lake City, USA with a wonderful YouTube channel where he shares all things with respect to traditional wicca.

This Friday, 14 March 2025, we will have a full moon lunar eclipse in the astrological sign of Virgo at 23ᵒ 56’(24ᵒ). Here in Adelaide, South Australia, the moon will be full at 5:24pm ACDT with the eclipse starting at 7:35 pm. Opposite the moon we still have a stellium of planets and points in Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, enhancing any sensations or desires to release what is no longer working, or even to fine tune the minute details (Virgo) if change is required.

As magic, and indeed witchcraft, has changed a great deal since I first stepped upon this path, and indeed over the last 10 or so years there has been an increase of “do-it-yourself” without any true foundation being first established, I have been sitting down with magical people from all around the world to find out more about the magic in them.

Join me as part of the world’s largest on line magical event that will be held from 8 to 10 February 2025. With presentations from over 100 witches and conjurers from across the globe, you can attend classes live and then watch all sessions on-demand whenever you like and for as long as you like!

A spontaneous decision to undertake a spiritual pilgrimage to the spiritual centre of Australia where the old year was released and the new welcomed in under the guidance of Sirius close to the mid-heaven.

Of all the solar sabbats, the summer solstice is the one that marks the greater glory of the sun.  Taking inspiration from ancient times, there are a number of ways in which the glory of the sun can be honoured today within contemporary witchcraft as well as other earth-centric practices.

On 21 December this year, Sol, the sun, will reach its southern most point in its journey, that of the Tropic of Capricorn. This will mark the time of the summer solstice for those of us south of the equator, the time of abundance and joy, as well as the peak of the Solar God's power.

A new year is fast approaching and there is magic afoot. The themes for the Gathering Around the Cauldron meetups in 2025 are now available as well as applications for a study group being taken for any witch who is drawn to contemporary witchcraft.

With a visiting witch in town, we headed to the Art Gallery of South Australia to catch up amongst J.W. Waterhouse’s Circe Invidiosa (1892) and John Collier’s Priestess of Delphi (1891). Unbeknownst to us, the Reimagining the Renaissance exhibition was on show, that focused around the profound artistic and cultural change that emerged from the ‘Dark Ages’.

Written by an independent journalist who then became an initiate, What Witches Do continues to be a highly recommended classic text when it comes to learning more about contemporary witchcraft.

The first known references to a fir tree decorated specifically for Christmas was in Latvia around 1510. Evergreen trees decorated with artificial roses were burned in the squares of Riga and Reval by local guilds as an entertainment on Christmas Eve.

Do not miss out on this FREE online summit that is commencing on Sunday evening, 24 November 2024 (America & Europe) or Monday morning, 25 November 2024 (Australia & New Zealand). Over 27 presentations about the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, Mother Nature and so much more. Even after the conference has ended, Lifetime Access to all presentations can be purchased.

Back in 2008, having already established public full moon gatherings in a central city park as part of supporting the local community, I felt a rising need to offer something down at the water’s edge.  After all, there is something extremely hypnotic about the ebb and flow of the waves that gently lap the shore.

Reading about the eight seasonal festivals, the sabbats, does not reflect what insights can be gained when you align yourself with them. Nor does it truly give credit as to the context behind why the Wheel was formed in the first place.