Shannon Soimes
Blue Mead Full Moon
The second full moon on the Capricorn-Cancer axis occurs on Sunday, July 21st at 6:17 am EDT. This Blue Mead Full Moon shines from the...
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Shannon Soimes
Jun 219 min read
Litha’s Full Honey Moon
Yesterday, the June Solstice marked the Witch’s Sabbat of Litha—the beginning of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and Yule—the...
Shannon Soimes
Apr 267 min read
The Blaze Star: A Recurrent Guiding Light
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” — Martin Luther King Jr. This year, 2024, has seen some incredible and historic...
Shannon Soimes
Mar 257 min read
Winds of Change: Libra Lunar Eclipse
The full moon illuminates the Libra-Aries axis between March 24th and 25th. At 2:59 am EDT on March 25th, the WInds of Change rustled...
Shannon Soimes
Feb 263 min read
Magick of Fiction
Humans have gathered to tell stories and tales for time immemorial. We are a species of playful, pattern-seeking storytellers, and within...
Shannon Soimes
Jan 249 min read
Wisdom of the Owl Moon
The story and power of this month’s Full Owl Moon started days ago. On Saturday, January 20th, the Sun entered into Aquarius according to...
Megan Shoop-Volz
Aug 25, 20215 min read
Avoiding Cultural Appropriation
As most pagans know, it’s impossible to get very far in your practice without encountering the issue of cultural appropriation. It’s...
Megan Shoop-Volz
May 19, 20211 min read
Is Hemp the Perfect Plant?
Hemp may be the ultimate embodiment of magick, in all its forms. Hemp is an ancient resource used for both the magickal and the mundane....
Megan Shoop-Volz
May 5, 20212 min read
Finding Joy in Our World
Lately, I’ve felt like a bit of a wrung-out sponge. Social media is a hellscape of scary news and drama. Quarantine has been isolating...
Megan Shoop-Volz
Apr 19, 20217 min read
Using Time Travel in Shadow Work
Did you know that we’re all capable of time travel? What’s more, did you know that we can use it to heal? Time is a spiral. The walls of...
Megan Shoop-Volz
Apr 7, 20214 min read
The Sacred Art of Play
In the pursuit of maturity, we can forget how to play just for fun, without the aim of winning anything or having a tangible outcome to show
Megan Shoop-Volz
Jan 7, 20211 min read
The Secret of Mushrooms
Okay, so I’ve been a bit “mushroom mad,” lately. I never used to think about mushrooms much. Like many people, I avoided them in the wild...
Megan Shoop-Volz
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Thinking with Your Heart, Literally
The heart and brain demonstrate parallel responses to emotional and physical stimuli...and both are capable of learning and thinking.
Megan Shoop-Volz
Aug 7, 20201 min read
Is the Third Eye Real?
Though this may sound like a purely spiritual concept, the third eye isn’t just a metaphor.
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