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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 4 min
Lammas
July 22nd 2018 1st August marks the next festival on the Pagan wheel of the Year - Lammas, or the First Harvest. For modern witches who...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Midsummer Night's Dream
June 1st 2018 Midsummer is fast approaching, and it seems that the wheel of the year is turning faster than ever this year. As we...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 4 min
Beltane
April 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 7 min
The Worldview of the Hedgewitch
April 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Imbolc
January 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...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Yuletide Blessings and Midwinter Festivals
December 17th 2017 At this time of the year, you will probably speak to Pagans who are celebrating Yule on or around 22nd December. That...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 4 min
Samhain or Hallowe'en
October 20th 2017 Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, or Sow-ain) is the old Celtic name for Halloween – All Hallows’ Eve, which occurs on 31st...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
Autumn Equinox
24th September 2017 Autumn Equinox happens on or around the 22nd of September, and it is always met with mixed emotions. It is one of two...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
Wiccan Gods
September 24th 2017 In Wicca we recognise that the divine comes in many forms and in many different guises. One of my teachers once told...
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Rebecca Beattie
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Meaning of Home: Connecting to the Land in Disparate Places
25 March 2016 London has been home now for almost twenty years. I adore it. I love the bustle and the excitement of being in the capital,...
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