Dr. Rebecca Beattie

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As Tutankhamun’s ancestor, Hatshepsut amassed much of the wealth that he was to inherit. She ruled Egypt, the largest kingdom of the...

April 1st 2018 The Burney Relief, named after a former owner, is the common term for an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC)...

At 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...

April 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...

March 4th 2018 Spring Equinox, on March 21st brings out all that lovely symbolism we have come to associate with the Pagan paths, and as...

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...

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...

October 20th 2017 Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, or Sow-ain) is the old Celtic name for Halloween – All Hallows’ Eve, which occurs on 31st...

October 20th 2017 Wicca (or Modern Pagan Witchcraft as Ronald Hutton calls it) is one of the religions that sits beneath the umbrella of...