Bodies of water
As late summer gives way to autumn, I find myself reflecting on my relationship with bodies of water (both my own and external ones)....
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 10, 2021
- 6 min
What do I put on a Wiccan Altar?
In these articles I am working through the questions I most commonly get asked about Wiccan practice, either during classes or afterwards...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 3, 2021
- 6 min
I want to join a coven...
I get an awful lot of messages from folks through this website, saying that they want to join a coven, and can I tell them how to go...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Apr 18, 2021
- 8 min
Meeting the Gods, a.k.a. how do I find my deity?
One of the more recent classes I have been teaching at Treadwells-London is a series we've called Meeting the Gods. Each session I focus...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
A Spell for Letting Go
This is one of my favourite spells for when you need to let go of something. You know - destructive behaviours, influences in your life...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Jan 18, 2021
- 10 min
How to approach a coven to ask for training
Since I wrote the article on finding your coven, I get quite a lot of questions from people about how to go about accessing training....
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Rebecca Beattie
- Jan 17, 2021
- 7 min
Creating Elemental Magic
I often find I have a significant river in my life. Growing up it was the Dart, in London it was mama Thames, and here it is the Walkham....
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Rebecca Beattie
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
Walking Notes with the River
This landscape is littered with remnants of its industrial past. On the high moor, there are tin mines – old ruined buildings, filled in...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
Signs and Portents, Therapy, and Full Moon Madness
Katie Gerard recently posted a fabulous blog article on Patheos about the difficulties of navigating between clairsentience (when your...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
What Witchcraft Is
I’ve self identified as a witch for 20 years now, but practised it for much longer without knowing (in the early days there were a few...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
Magic runs like a river
Magic runs like a river through our lives, if we just get out of our heads and let it run freely. And it never ceases to leave me...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
When the day does not yet belong to man
Part of my daily spiritual practice is going walking in nature, particularly in the morning. I’ve always been a morning walker – from...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
The importance of a daily spiritual practice
Often when I’m teaching, I talk about the importance of having a daily spiritual practice, particularly if you are working with a...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Being in Flow, or How to Make Your Magic Work Better
This is really a continuation of my last blog article where I looked at why didn’t that spell work? I’ve been thinking further on why my...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
What 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Devotional Walks
Walking in the woods this morning along a path veined with tree roots, I was reminded of my favourite devotional prayer. It’s written by...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 8 min
Finding Your Coven
May 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
What 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
A Suitcase Full of Boiled Eggs
March 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
John Barleycorn
July 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...
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