Volume 18 Issue 1
Samhain 2020

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Samhain 2020

Holy Days
Celebrating Samhain, Maeve MoonBird
Samhain and Yule, Ajna DreamsAwake

Southerly Sisters
Beltane and Litha, Ajna DreamsAwake

Witchy Writings
Divination Tools, Peace Whitehorse

Thou Art Goddess
New Moon Intentions, Emily Beatrice

Sacred Sites
Redwoods, Ajna DreamsAwake

OWM Awareness
OWM Happenings, Ajna DreamsAwake

The Bardic Soul: Poetry and Song for the Spirit
Blue Moon, Peace Whitehorse
The Web, Peace Whitehorse
The Witching Time, Peace Whitehorse
Yuletide's Here, Peace Whitehorse
Candles in the Dark, Mystic Amazon
Their Veil is of Woven Night, Ajna DreamsAwake

Recipes Fit for a Goddess
Burnt Sugar Caramel Pie, Dancing River

Holy Days

Celebrating Samhain, New Seasonal Year on the Wheel

As the Wheel of the Year turns and the days grow darker and colder Samhain is celebrated on October 31. This was the Celtic New Year and we can still honor this time of year as the ending of the Wheel on the Year and the beginning of a New Year.

This year Samhain falls on a Full Moon in Taurus which adds the energy of completion and manifestation as the monthly moon cycle ends and then begins again also. This is a rare second Full Moon in October called a Blue Moon which makes the moon energy extra powerful. You can tune into the full moon and Samhain energies and reflect on what is ending right now for you, what has been completed, what needs to be released this moon cycle and as the Wheel of the Year ends and begins again.

This is also a great time to reflect on dreams and wishes you would like to manifest and intentions you have this new seasonal year. Write them down and reflect on them as the Wheel of the Year turns.

You can do divination and pull a tarot card for each month from this November until next October 31 to have a Samhain reading of your year.

Samhain is also a day to honor the dead and one's ancestors. The veil between the living and dead was believed to be the thinnest by the Celts who first celebrated Samhain. This is also a time to reflect on death and endings as the year grows dark and the harvest has ended as we prepare for a new beginning of the seasonal cycles.

You can honor your ancestors by creating and altar for them with photos or items that represent them.

You could also honor your ancestors by doing a Dumb Supper in which you can prepare a seasonal meal or food that represents your ancestors leaving a plate for them at the table. Silently you can enjoy your meal and honor their memory and giving gratitude.

The aspects of the Goddess to work with on Samhain are the Crone Goddesses and the Dark Goddesses. The Full Moon also honors the Mother Goddesses. You can choose to honor any of these Goddesses on this day. Make an altar to honor one or more of these on Samhain. You could also choose a Goddess you would like to get to know and work with more this new Wheel of the Year.

Since Samhain is also Hallowe'en which is related to Samhain, you can also explore costume magic. You can honor one of these Crone, Dark, or Mother Goddesses by dressing up in a way that represents them and connects you to the Goddesses beauty, wisdom, and magic.

However you celebrate Samhain, may it be a special, magical day and a blessed new seasonal Year on the Wheel for you dear Sisters.

Bright Blessings

Maeve MoonBird

Maeve MoonBird is a High Priestess in OWM.

Samhain and Yule

Samhain

At Samhain, the Crone comes into Her own. As the dark of night noticeably lengthens, so too grows the power of the Dark Feminine principle. Crone is calling us to journey within, to a place of stillness. Though the path is dark, She will light the way. This is an ideal time for Solitary Magick, Divination, Communing with the Ancestors, and Dreamwork.

Ask yourself:
What is it that I choose to leave behind, and what is it that I will take with me as I move forward?
Whom do I need to forgive? From whom do I need to ask forgiveness?
How can I best honour the Crones in my life?

Yule

Yule marks the spiritual rebirth of the Maiden. She has resided with Crone since Samhain and is now preparing to emerge into the light. The Maiden recognizes Her own mortality as She honours Her part in the cycles of life‐death‐rebirth. This is a season of faith and hope, and of waiting patiently. In the darkest depths of the longest night, we trust that the light, though unseen, will return. Yule is an ideal time to look within, to reflect on one's own childhood. Revel in the innocent wonder of Yuletides past. Offer guidance, protection and healing to that younger self.

Ask yourself:
What am I envisioning and hoping for?
How do I nurture a state of awe and wonder?
What can I do to create space for Goddess in my community?

Thanks and gratitude to the following authors for their inspiration:
Ariadne's Thread by Shekhinah Mountainwater
Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries by Ruth Barrett

Southerly Sisters

OWM is a global organization, with Sisters in countries around the world, including the Southern Hemisphere. The Wheel of the Year is reversed for our Southerly Sisters. To ensure we remain inclusive, we would like to share some information about the Holy Days that pertain specifically to them.

Beltane and Litha

At Beltane the young Maiden dances into Her power. Her strength comes from the Womb, a place of raw potential, healing, letting go. She is the archetypal Virgin, whole unto Herself. She has no need of others in order to feel complete. She remakes Herself every month. She plants the seeds of transformation and sheds what is no longer needed, in an eternal cycle of regeneration and renewal.

Litha celebrates Mother Goddess in all Her sensual, sexual, and creative glory. She is empowered, assertive and determined. She carries within Her a desire to create and to seek Divine Union. She is the one who chooses the Lovers that She will take into Her embrace.

Witchy Writings

Divination Tools

Cards ‐ Tarot and Oracle

Tarot cards and Oracle decks are tools for divination. Traditional Tarot has a structure to the deck, including the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. Oracle cards are much less structured.

Tarot
A Tarot deck is made up of 78 cards divided into two Arcanas, or sections.
The Tarot Major Arcana is comprised of 22 cards beginning with The Fool and ending with The World. Some decks call these 22 cards by different names, but to be a traditional Tarot deck there must be 22 cards in the Major Arcana, numbered from zero (The Fool) to 21 (The World).
The Minor Arcana is made up of Pip cards and Court cards. Pip cards are the numbered cards in each suit. There are four suits, each with the 10 Pip cards and four Court cards. Those four suits are traditionally Wands (Fire), Swords (Air), Cups (Water) and Pentacles (Earth). Some decks may call these suits by different names, but there are always four suits corresponding to the four elements.
There are many different ways to lay out the Tarot cards. Called Spreads, they range from the very simple ‐ one or three cards ‐ to the complex, like the Celtic Cross spread.
The Rider‐Waite deck is the most well‐known Tarot deck that there is.
Each deck has a guide with it that helps you to interpret each card. However, experienced Tarot readers do not to use that guide to interpret the cards.
The cards are interpreted individually and also by where they fall within the spread. A simple example is the three‐card spread. Usually interpreted as the past, the present and the future, lined up from left to right. The cards are laid in these three spaces, and interpreted within the realms of past, present and future in addition to the individual card interpretations. Other spreads contain other realms of interpretation based on the position of the cards in the spread.

Lenormand Tarot
A lesser known type of Tarot is the Lenormand deck. The deck I have has 36 cards numbered from 1 to 36 and an instruction booklet, and is the size of a deck of playing cards. These cards go back to the fortune telling cards used by Marie‐Anne Lenormand. She was born in France in 1772, and was known as the "Sibyl of Paris". She died in Paris in 1843.
The Lenormand deck does not have suits or Arcanas.

Oracle Cards
There are more Oracle decks out there than you can shake a stick at! Each deck generally relates to a theme. There are usually around 45 cards (but there can be more, or less) with a booklet interpreting the cards. Oracle decks are only limited by the author's imagination.
There are no Arcanas or Suits in an Oracle deck, and no Pip or Court cards.

Both Tarot and Oracle decks are usually very beautifully illustrated cards. Most witches own at least one Tarot deck and probably multiple decks, as well as a selection of Oracle decks.

Scrying

scrying mirror

Here is a definition ‐ "To scry: to foretell the future using a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface." Personally, I think that this definition goes a little too far ‐ as in, foretell the future ‐ and does not go far enough ‐ in the listing of usable scrying tools or substances.
Scrying is an art probably as old as witchcraft itself. It is documented as far back as 3000 B.C. in China where the cracks in eggshells were used to scry and divine with. It is also known by other names, such as "seeing" or "peeping".
The word "scrying" means to reveal or to perceive. Witches scry to uncover truths about themselves or the world around them. Or sometimes, the scrying is done on the behalf of others seeking truths or awareness.
When scrying, the scryer moves into an alternate state of consciousness. Vision softens so that otherworldly things may be perceived when shown in the scrying surface, or when seen in the mind's eye.
The formal definition of scrying is this: "Scrying is the art of gazing into a dark mirror, water, crystal, or other surface or substance, going beyond the physical eyes and letting the inner psychic eye open, allowing us to receive visions and information." Now, that is a definition I can pretty much agree with.
Scrying tools are usually dark and reflective, such as a black mirror or a bowl/body of water. One can scry in a lake or pond, as long as the water is still. I don't know that scrying in a lake with waves, a moving stream, or the ocean would work very well, although there are probably scryers who would disagree with me! Almost anything familiar to a Witch could presumably be used for scrying. Even staring into flames can be considered scrying.
According to Wikipedia, the tools most commonly used in scrying are reflective, refractive, translucent, or luminescent. Surfaces or objects such as crystals, stones, or glass in various shapes such as crystal balls, mirrors, reflective black surfaces such as obsidian, water surfaces, fire, or smoke also work. Some may stare into the pitch dark, a clear sky, clouds, shadows, or light patterns against walls, ceilings, or pond beds. Some prefer glowing coals or shimmering mirages. Some simply close their eyes, staring at the insides of their own eyelids, and speak of "eyelid scrying". Scrying media generally either suggest images directly (such as figures in fire, fluid eddies or clouds), or else they distort or reflect the observer's vision confusingly, in the manner to be seen in crystals or transparent balls.
In the 2003 movie, "Cold Mountain", scrying was done with someone being held on their back over a well, and bending their head back so the water could be seen. Not very comfortable! But, whatever works, right?
There are probably as many ways to scry as there are those who scry. If there is something in which images may be seen ‐ like maybe even a shiny car door! ‐ I'm sure it has been used.

The Pendulum
The pendulum is a simple somewhat heavy object on the end of a chain or string. There are many kinds available at metaphysical shops. But you can even use a necklace. Most pendulum bobs are made of gemstone, but I also have seen them made of metal and wood. Some are made in layers representing the chakras. I have never seen one made of plastic and I would not use a plastic one anyway since it is not a natural material.
I love the pendulum and I have many, I collect them. My favorites open up and have a small chamber in which to place tiny stone chips, herbs or essential oil. I have a wooden one like that which I got in Provincetown that I filled with sand from the beach there. Most pendulums however are a simple bob on a chain.
Pendulum and chain should be no longer than the length from your fingers to your elbow, so when your elbow is placed on a surface, the bob swings freely. If the chain is too long, simply grasp the chain a little farther down.
Generally considered a yes/no divination tool, some people use a pendulum mat which is similar to a Ouija board to divine with. I don't use a mat because I prefer to ask yes/no questions only.
When you get a pendulum, you should cleanse, charge and consecrate it. I carry a pendulum in my pocket or my bra for a period of time before using it, to get close to it again.
I customize my pendulums. I adjust the chain to an appropriate length. Then I attach a ring to the top of the chain. When I use the pendulum, I simply slip my finger through the ring. However, most people just hold the chain between the thumb and forefinger.
Hold the pendulum chain so that the bob swings freely. Still your hand and be sure not to move your hand at all. When both you and the pendulum are still, ask the pendulum to move in a way that means "yes". Make note of how it moves. Then once still again, ask it to show you "no". Again, make note of how it moves. If you use more than one pendulum, you will need to ask each one these questions. Not all pendulums answer using the same movements. And it is good practice to ask these questions prior to each use to reconfirm. A pendulum's answer movements can change over time.
Pendulums are very easy to use, and with a little practice, you can get the hang of it quickly.

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Peace Whitehorse is a graduate of The Sacred Three Goddess School and a High Priestess in the Order of the White Moon, teacher at the Peace Grove School of the Goddess and facilitator and High Priestess of the Peace Grove Coven. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and her Shetland sheepdogs, and is active in Sheltie Rescue.

Thou Art Goddess

New Moon Intentions

The New Moon

We women have looked to Her for millennia. After all we're tied to her. We've whispered our secrets to Her. Our hopes and dreams. For generations we have sat under Her as She surreptitiously listens in to what we have to say. She reminds us of our set intentions throughout Her cycle, and She resets that cycle giving us a much needed do‐over in a sense. We're approaching the end of the year. The end of another life cycle. I associate this time of year with the New Moon, but I don't want to think of it as a do‐over. We have learned so much in 2020. Good and bad, but it's up to us to take up the torch and continue to grow from what we've learned. Not regress. Not to fall back into bad habits and make the same mistakes. 2020 was not canceled. Sure it did not go the way we may have wanted it to go, but do plans always work out the way we want? The Moon is compassionate and understanding. She would have to be listening to all of us night after night, year after year. What does the New Moon represent? New beginnings. A compassionate response in the Wheel of the Year. And in this season after so much disappointment, anger, and hate it is up to us to take up that compassionate torch and light up the world with it. The New Moon may be dark, but we are the lights.

Emily Beatrice is a Level III Adept in The Sacred Three Goddess School

Sacred Sites

Redwoods

Greg Sarris, Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, relates this indigenous story. At one time, all plants and animals were people. One of them was Coyote, who created the world from the top of Sonoma Mountain. His village elders became the Redwoods ‐ crimson‐coloured, to remind everyone that we are all of the same blood. One only had to look West, to the Redwoods, to remember.

More than 30 parks are home to the Redwoods of the West coast, including Muir Woods, Redwoods National and State Parks, Sequoia, and Big Basin. Redwoods (Sequoia) are some of the oldest and tallest trees in the world. The 'President' is one of the most famous of the Redwoods and at 3,2000 years old, it is the oldest known living giant sequoia. Another, named Hyperion, reaches a height of 379.7 feet (115.7 m), making it one of the tallest. There may be others, older or taller, but to protect them from vandalism, their locations have been kept secret.

You will rarely see a single tree on its own, they thrive in groves, sharing a root system. The younger trees sprout from the roots of the older ones, in a never‐ending cycle of regeneration, the roots never die. You will often come across what appears to be a ring of trees encircling an old stump, like Priestesses around an altar. These Fairy rings are a common sight, standing sentinel in a near‐perfect circle. The tree itself may no longer exist, but she continues on, Her children remain, to mark the place where She once stood.

A mist gently creeps in, barely noticeable, until, suddenly, you realize you are completely enveloped. You feel small and insignificant, amongst the giants. A sense of peace steals over you, the quiet surroundings lull you into a somnolent state. It may feel as if you truly are alone, the Redwoods your sole companions in the deep forest groves. This eerie feeling has a simple and mundane explanation. The great trees produce a tannin which protects their bark from insects, and, with nothing to feed on, birds are rarely present. Redwoods have out‐lived all but one of their predators. Due to excessive logging, only five percent of the original two million acres of Redwood forests remain. Indigenous women had long been the stewards of the Redwoods, but at the turn of the last century, it was women of diverse cultural backgrounds who led the charge to protect the Redwoods of California.

"The women of San Francisco have so willed. They will preserve the grove. They want to create a park in the picturesque canyon that shall particularly be for the edification of the people of this city." ‐ Marin Journal, December 1st 1904

The movement was led by the Forestry chapter of the California Club, a women's civic organization started by Laura Lyon White. They believed the natural world was an extension of the home, a place where children could learn about the environment and conservation. Wealth and privilege allowed them the time to organize nationally, while indigenous women and women of colour focused their attention on environmental issues that impacted their communities directly. They linked the health of their environment to the health of their communities. The nearby forests were a sanctuary for families, offering a refuge away from the city, the poverty, the racism. Many of the State and National Parks and Preserves along the West coast would not be here today if it wasn't for the diligence and hard work of women.

'Do not hate Fire; he is only doing his part for Gaia. Without him the whole forest would suffer' ~ Faerywillow, May 2008

The Redwoods are intimately connected to fire. Thick, fireproof bark envelops and protects them, and they produce very little resin or pitch, which prevents burning. And yet fire is necessary in order to clear the ground so that the trees can regenerate.

When the fires have burned out, when the smoke clears, we will see the death and devastation wrought by climate change. But we will see something else, something to give us hope. We will see, standing tall and majestic, the Redwoods, a reminder to us all that we will survive and thrive once more.

https://www.visittheusa.ca/experience/8-amazing-places-see-redwoods-california
http://www.thegoddesstree.com/trees/RedWood.htm
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/the-ancient-ones-redwoods-through-the-eyes-of-a-southern-pomo-and-coast-miwok-native/
http://traveltao.com/the-magic-of-the-redwood-trees/
https://www.nps.gov/articles/how-women-saved-muir-woods.htm
Cathedrals of the Spirit: The Message of Sacred Places ‐ T.C. McLuhan
The Once and Future Forest: California's Iconic Redwoods ‐ Greg Sarris

Ajna DreamsAwake is a High Priestess and founder of Dark Moon's Heart School. Her personal journey of self‐discovery continues as she supports and guides women along their own healing paths.

OWM Awareness

White Moon Happenings

OWM is proud to announce that Francesca Lucia of Rainbow Moon, has completed Level I to become an Initiate and Lifetime Member of the Order! Please also enjoy her amazing project on The Horned Goddess

OWM is proud to announce that Iaret HesetSekhmet, of Pyramid of Light Mystery School, has completed Level I to become an Initiate & Lifetime Member of the Order Please enjoy her gorgeous project on Goddess Tawaret

OWM is proud to announce that Muriel, formerly of Sisters of the Rising Moon, has completed Level II to become an Adept in the Order. Please enjoy her Final Project on Maaeama

Due to COVID‐19, we were not able to hold our Annual Gathering this year. Instead, HPs hosted a Virtual Annual Gathering online for all Sisters in the Order. Sisters were able to connect on Zoom for a day of communing, workshops, meditation and ritual. It was a huge success and was a wonderful way for Sisters around the world to come together and share their love of Goddess and celebrate each other.

HP Melita Moon has taken on the role of Prayer Ministry Coordinator. Click on the link if you would like to submit a Prayer Request.

We are saddened to share the news that one of our High Priestesses, HP Wahine Ka Ahi has closed Sisters of the Rising Moon School and left the Order. She will be missed. Her former students have been taken in by our other branch schools so they will be able to continue with their White Moon studies.

Pyramid of Light Mystery School is not accepting applications at this time. New students are welcome to enrol in one of our other OWM schools.

We are, of course, delighted to welcome our new students in Sacred Three, Peace Grove School, Pyramid of Light Mystery School , and Dark Moon's Heart from all over the world! We are always happy when sisters find their way to OWM!

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May the Peaceful, Compassionate and Healing Presence of the Goddess be with you now and always.

Ajna DreamsAwake is a High Priestess and founder of Dark Moon's Heart School. Her personal journey of self‐discovery continues as she supports and guides women along their own healing paths.

The Bardic Soul: Poetry and Song for the Spirit

Blue Moon

Blue moon, special moon, we salute thee!
Gift of the Gracious Goddess to the earth.
The phrase, "Once in a blue moon" means
Something fine, only occurring rarely,
And we treasure it.

This is a time of power, of magick!
A time to dance and to sing of the Goddess
And sing to the Goddess!
We sing Her praise and give Her our devotion,
And She showers Her blessings down upon us.

This is a time when the veil between the Worlds is thin,
A time when we may touch the past and the future.
May we find love and luck and prosperity,
Friendship and good memories. ]

Goddess, You Who are the Moon and the Earth,
Who sustains us with Your bounty and Your love,
We worship You in the manner that You deserve,
With revelry and high spirits, and food and drink!
For joy and love and happiness are Your rituals,
And those who practice them are Your children!

Let us then live in joy and let no one steal it away.
Let us live in happiness every single day.
And may we live in love every moment,
Remembering always that we are the children of the Great Goddess,
And She is Maiden, Mother and Crone to us forever.

The Web

Glittering, shimmering,
Sacred Circle in the air.
Standing in the center
At the ready, waiting there.
Perfect at the water's edge,
Shining dewdrops on a string.
Still in the evening damp,
Vibrations tell me everything.
Soon the celebrants arrive,
Walking on the dainty thread,
Excited in anticipation,
When they should be filled with dread.
Feet glued to where they stand,
They are caught, cannot break free.
The Circle is the death of them,
As I will, so mote it be.

The Witching Time

Leaves are changing color
And from the trees they fall.
Days are growing shorter
And cold winds chill us all.

The veil is getting thinner,
And growing thinner still.
The time is drawing nearer
When witches work their will.

Bare‐armed trees reach upward,
Frost is on the ground.
Final harvest now is here
With pumpkins all around.

Made into Jack‐O‐Lanterns,
The pumpkins light the night,
Ghosts and ghouls and scary things
Are seen, and give us fright.

Dark cauldrons boil and steam,
The witches brew to cook,
As the crackles and dances the fire,
And babbles and flows the brook.

Many strange things are seen
And witnessed at this time,
Across the face of the full moon
They fly, they dance, they climb.

Be careful in the dark of night,
For goblins are about!
Those who are the faint of heart
Should choose not to go out.

But if you are stout of heart,
If you are a brave one,
Then walk about with courage
And have some witchy fun.

Yuletide's Here

Yuletide, Yuletide!
Yuletide's here!
Pine and lights up,
Never a fear!

Old Saint Nicholas
Comes a‐calling
Leaving boys and girls
A train, a dolly.

Yule log burning
In the hearthfire.
Holly trimmings
And festive attire!

Snow has fallen,
Icicles hang.
Merry the carolers,
Carols they sang.

Magick is seen
In sparkle on snow,
In children's smiles,
In the hearthfire's glow!

Candles in the Dark

She was so afraid of the dark!
When her husband was on a trip,
She would look under the bed
And in the closets.

She was afraid for her hand to fall
Out from the covers,
For fear a panther or tiger
Would bite it right off.

When she was little she was braver
And would go sit in the closet
And talk to the monsters
To make friends of them.

Sometimes she saw ghosts travel
Across the ceiling and walls
And would hear them call her.
She didn't know what was worse,

The ghosts that could come in,
Or the ones that were already in.
Her fears created more and more
Monsters in the house.

Her fears were getting worse
And she was afraid to leave the house
Because the ghosts would come too.
She couldn't leave them.

One night she had enough.
She put on her prettiest floaty gown,
And lit white candles.
Then she meditated for awhile,

And then she prayed,
Pouring out her heart and soul
And everything she was scared of
And worried about.

She felt a sense of serenity,
And that she was in a safe place.
When she would get afraid,
She would come back,

Come back to that space,
Lighting her candles
And speaking prayers
From her heart and her spirit.

Then she was able to let
The monsters go and dissolve;
And whenever fears started,
She knew what she needed to do.

Mystic Amazon is a High Priestess of the Order of the White Moon and an Ordained Minister. Her hobbies include writing, folk art, folk magick, Reiki, and reading.

Their Veil is of Woven Night

Their veil is of woven night
In somber grace they dance
Upon the web of life

Slow spirals quickening
A spicy scent
Carried on the wind

Enveloped in shadow
Disembodied voices
Permeate the gloom

These Dark Crones
Wings of blackened silk
A feathered caress upon the cheek

Ajna DreamsAwake is a High Priestess and founder of Dark Moon's Heart School. Her personal journey of self‐discovery continues as she supports and guides women along their own healing paths.

Recipes Fit for a Goddess

Burnt Sugar Caramel Pie

Ingredients

5 egg yolks
2½ cups sugar
3 cups milk
2 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

5 egg whites
10 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Brown one cup of sugar in a skillet (I use my black iron skillet). Put milk in a large saucepan or a dutch oven and bring to a boil. When the sugar is browned and lovely, add it gradually to the hot milk, stirring continuously until dissolved.

To the remaining 1½ cups of sugar, add flour, corn starch and egg yolks and mix thoroughly. You may have to add a small amount of milk to mixture. Add this mixture to the hot sugary milk mixture gradually, and cook until thick. Add butter and vanilla. Use egg whites for meringue. This makes two pies or one large pie with some left over for custard cups. Makes a beautiful burnt orange pie, great for fall!

Meringue
Beat 5 egg whites with 10 tbsp sugar until stiff. Spread over cooled pie and put in oven and bake until browned or use a creme brulé torch to brown.

Dancing River is a Level II Initiate in Dark Moon's Heart School.

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Volume 18 Issue 1 Samhain 2020

Samhain 2020

Holy Days

Southerly Sisters

Beltane and Litha

Witchy Writings

Divination Tools

Thou Art Goddess

New Moon Intentions

Sacred Sites

OWM Awareness

The Bardic Soul: Poetry and Song for the Spirit

Recipes Fit for a Goddess

Burnt Sugar Caramel Pie

Volume 18 Issue 1
Samhain 2020