Rebecca BeattieOct 234 minWhat to do when your magic doesn’t turn out how you expected, or why didn’t that spell work?Magic hasn’t really been considered a science since the Middle Ages. When we study the Grimoire tradition, it’s clear to see that the lin...
Rebecca BeattieJun 141 minDevotional WalksWalking in the woods this morning along a path veined with tree roots, I was reminded of my favourite devotional prayer. It’s written by ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 308 minFinding Your CovenMay 7th 2020 Many of my students often talk about joining or setting up a coven. A coven is a big commitment, and as navigating the proce...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minWhat is Gardnerian Wicca? (A Brief Potted History) May 7th 2020 Wicca was developed in late 1940s by a man called Gerald Brousseau Gardner, a man who spent many years overseas in the diplo...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minA Suitcase Full of Boiled EggsMarch 8th 2020 For those of you that are connected to me on Facebook or Instagram, this post will come as no surprise. I have a personal ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minJohn BarleycornJuly 22nd 2018 There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minLammasJuly 22nd 2018 1st August marks the next festival on the Pagan wheel of the Year - Lammas, or the First Harvest. For modern witches who a...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minMidsummer Night's DreamJune 1st 2018 Midsummer is fast approaching, and it seems that the wheel of the year is turning faster than ever this year. As we approac...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minBeltaneApril 27th 2018 If you are keeping an eye on what is going on in Nature at the moment, you may have noticed that the world has just explo...
Rebecca BeattieMay 307 minThe Worldview of the HedgewitchApril 7th 2018 I have been digging through some of my old writing, and dusting it off. It's no use sitting on my hard drive, is it? This ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 305 minForgotten Women: HatshepsutAs Tutankhamun’s ancestor, Hatshepsut amassed much of the wealth that he was to inherit. She ruled Egypt, the largest kingdom of the anci...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minForgotten Women: The Queen of the NightApril 1st 2018 The Burney Relief, named after a former owner, is the common term for an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC) Mesopotamia...
Rebecca BeattieMay 308 minForgotten Women - LilithAt a women’s event I attended a few years ago, a woman got up to speak about how men have oppressed women throughout history. “I am going...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minForgotten WomenApril 1st 2018 Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a bit of a mission in life to give a voice to some of the forgotten women of h...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minSpring EquinoxMarch 4th 2018 Spring Equinox, on March 21st brings out all that lovely symbolism we have come to associate with the Pagan paths, and as ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minImbolcJanuary 28th 2018 Imbolc gives us a moment to pause and reflect on the winter just passing, and the season yet to come. It is not yet spr...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minYuletide Blessings and Midwinter FestivalsDecember 17th 2017 At this time of the year, you will probably speak to Pagans who are celebrating Yule on or around 22nd December. That ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minSamhain or Hallowe'enOctober 20th 2017 Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, or Sow-ain) is the old Celtic name for Halloween – All Hallows’ Eve, which occurs on 31st O...
Rebecca BeattieMay 301 minWicca or Witchcraft? What's the Difference? October 20th 2017 Wicca (or Modern Pagan Witchcraft as Ronald Hutton calls it) is one of the religions that sits beneath the umbrella of ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 301 minWhat is Paganism? October 20th 2017 You hear me talking (or writing) about Paganism a lot, but what actually is it? It’s probably easier to define what Pag...
