Ireland has a long history of shapeshifters.
One of the earliest was Fintan, husband of Cessair, grand-daughter of Noah. Cessair and her family fled the approaching Deluge and settled in Ireland, but only Fintan survived.
Fintan changed shape several times, first becoming a salmon, then an eagle, and then a falcon.
Another early Irish tale describes the long [...]

Today, we often think of “Yule” as synonymous with “Christmas,” and in a way, that’s true.
However, today’s Pagans celebrate Yule as the pre-Christian holiday, when the Sun appears to be reborn.
Winter Solstice
Traditionally, Yule is celebrated around December 22nd at the Winter Solstice. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is celebrated on June 22nd.
The word “solstice” [...]

There’s a number of reasons why the “Wiccan” wheel of the year and the Christian Calendar don’t match. The most important is all too often overlooked.
The Christian Calendar is derived from both the solar Roman year and the lunar Jewish calendar.
This leads to “movable” feasts, whose dating depends on Easter which in the Latin Rite [...]

Isn’t that Star of Bethlehem a Pentagram?
Well, of course it is.
Just as the Saxon Eostra (or whatever spelling catches your fancy) lent her rabbit and name in English to Pasch, also, the day of Christ’s Mass is actually the festival of the birthday of Mithra. Many of the honorifics bestowed on Mother Mary were originally [...]

This is a chant derived from very early Syrian Christians and reworked to be a consecration and charging chant for a jar of honey that I use as a prime ingredient some of my medicines.
An Evocation of the Sun to empower a substance (in this case a jar of honey) with healing virtue
AVE, DOMINUS!
AVE, SOL [...]