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The Strega Strikes Back
My mother has quit going to mass.
Two weeks ago, I paid a visit to the parish I once belonged to in Chicago. I put on my Facebook status that I was headed for mass, and my mother responded, “pray for me.” I found it odd, but she’s given to cantankerous outbursts. They run in the family. I didn’t think much of it, until she called me today to thank ( Read more... ) -
Back to the present
Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Uprising of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendor at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night!
--Liber Resh ( Read more... ) -
!אױ װײ'ז מיר
I haven't posted anything in ages, but today seemed auspicious, so here it goes.
As part of my daily spiritual practice, I usually ask both Freyr and Freyja for their counsel for the day. Today Freyja's was the rune Hagalaz and Freyr's was Isa. In addition, I also drew an ally of the day from the Tarot: Nine of Swords.
It may be quite a day. ( Read more... ) -
a strega strikes again
On Monday night I went to a class on making magical teas and tinctures and had another realization about my mother, the strega: she's been making tinctures for years ( Read more... ) -
A shard
“Well, no, I would never date you, but I would like to still be f*$# buddies.”
Oh yes, dear ones, the apple of my eye for the last year and a half or so really said that to me the other day. Before anyone gasps, clutches their pearls and reaches for the black salt, this is something I have suspected for a quite a while, but he’s never really had the ( Read more... ) -
ORD: A glimpse of purgatory, if you believe in that sort of thing.
I am fortunate to be home in Michigan this week, eating my mother's cooking and digging for dirt on her treguenda. I could almost have driven a car in reverse and gotten here in less time than it took me on United Airlines, which, by the way, is the very worst airline in the world now that TWA has been subsumed into American.
ORD, for those who ( Read more... ) -
Salve, strega!
So, here's an IM conversation between my mother and me:
me: Very good.
What's new with you?
Sent at 9:18 PM on Wednesday
Pam: nothing I guess. I found a source for orris root powder and much cheaper cardamom than Meijer's so it made my day
Sent at 9:20 PM on Wednesday
I thought she might be making me a love spell for . . . er . . . Christmas . . . ( Read more... ) -
Om gam ganapataye namaha!
So I got up this morning and made it to Ganesh Puja at Chitown Shakti. http://chi-townshakti.com/page4/page4.html
It was time. The moon was right and even my own sleep cycle was right. A Ganesh Puja is an offering to Ganesh, the Breaker of Obstacles. http://indopaganproject.tripod.com/id22.html
Although the whole ritual was in Sanskrit, it was ( Read more... ) -
from the desk of the school witch
I had at least fifteen students lined up (literally) for Tarot readings today. I found it most enjoyable ( Read more... )
