The Original Curvy Goddess – Venus of Willendorf

Venus of Willendorf by Matthias Kabel

Being more on the voluptuous than waif side, I’m always pleased to see that art usually, until relatively modern times, reflects a more fuller figured woman.  I can recall walking around the National Gallery in London realising that I too could have been an artist’s model, if only I’d been born several hundred years ago.  [...]

Witch’s Forecast – 16th November 2011

Four of Swords - Spiral Tarot

Card of the day:  Four of Swords The card of the day is Four of Swords from the Spiral Tarot. My keywords for the card are rest, solitude and preparation. Wouldn’t it be lovely if, in the middle of the week, we could curl up under a warm duvet and take a well deserved nap? If you [...]

Witch’s Forecast – 11th November 2011

Sarasvati - Goddess Guidance Oracle

Card of the day:  Sarasvati The card of the day is Sarasvati from the Goddess Guidance oracle cards. The keywords are ‘The Arts” and the message is, “Express yourself through creative activities”. This week there seems to be a bit of an artistic theme going on because our witch’s forecast gave us a similar message [...]

Witch’s Forecast – 9th November 2011

Ancient Feminine Wisdom - Charities

Card of the day:  Charities The card of the day is Charities from the Ancient Feminine Wisdom oracle  and the keyword is grace. The Charities - Euphrosyne, Thalia and Aglaea – personify the attributes of beauty, charm and grace. This card is hinting that today we might just need to take on the attributes of the charities because it will [...]

‘The Book of Goddesses ‘ Halloween Giveaway

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The Book of Goddesses is a celebration of the Divine Feminine. Drawing inspiration from the many goddesses honoured throughout history, this visually stunning book exquisitely presents one hundred goddesses from traditions and cultures all over the world, along with their stories and symbolic significance. This expanded anniversary edition is structured around the important feminine rites [...]

‘Goddess Tarot App’ Halloween Giveaway

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The Goddess Tarot was created by award-winning author and artist Kris Waldherr to celebrate the beauty and power of the Divine Feminine. Featuring 22 goddesses from around the world, it emphasizes personal empowerment and creativity to help you take charge of your destiny. The Goddess Tarot uses goddess stories and imagery to update traditional tarot symbolism, addressing [...]

Updating Deities

Modern Day Crone by Pedrosimoes7 'Flickr

One of the great things about Paganism is the multitude of gods and goddesses, one for every flavour, you can choose to work with.  One of the bad things about Paganism is that most of the deities are old.  Like, really old. Ancient. Obviously the world and the creation of the universe happened a long, [...]

U is for Uzume

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. no wait, that’s Star Wars.  Let’s start again. A long time ago in the beautiful lands of Japan the sun goddess Amaterasu gave daylight to the Earth.  One day she quarrelled with her brother, a storm god, who tore down her sacred temples and killed [...]

Night & Day With Cailleach

Cailleach

Last night I drew the Cailleach, a Goddess as old as time itself. She’s as excited as I am about October because on Samhain she rules the Earth for 6 months.  With her blue skin, one eye and hair of brushwood she takes away all that’s old and protects all things that are needed for [...]

Blog Giveaway

Wendy at eWitch is having a fantastic giveaway to mark the launch of her new blog, The Year of The Cats. Just pop on over to eWitch and you could win this fantastic giveaway:

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