Author: Mandrake Windwillow If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow Circle Etiquette is something that both new seekers and seasoned pagans could benefit from learning or relearning. How we conduct ourselves as we are paying respect to the Divine reflect on who we are as people and pagans. We should be [...]

Author Mandrake WindWillow Originally Published in the Llewellyn 2007 Wicca Almanac If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow           Stress caused by our lifestyle and culture plagues us all in one or another.  Stress can cause muscle tension, illness, depression, and high blood pressure, along with promoting use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, [...]

Author: Mandrake Windwillow If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow             You’ve been invited to attend a Pagan ritual, welcome, we are glad to have you.  Here are some things you need to know to make your experience more meaningful, enjoyable and less confusing.  First of all, remember that Pagans are just [...]

Author: Mandrake Windwillow If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow             We, as pagans, like our pomp and circumstance.  We like our rituals, our tools and our revelry.  And like other faiths we like to have reminders of our commitment to our Gods and Goddesses around us.  Our homes are a [...]

  Author: Mandrake Windwillow If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow People who are new to the pagan community or those who are asked to attend functions as a guest are sometimes shocked or surprised by what they see at pagan events.  The pagan community is similar in many ways to [...]

Author: Mandrake WindWillow Originally printed in Witchvox, August 31, 2008. If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow Three years ago this spring my group was throwing around the ideas of what we wanted in our group, we had decided to create a chosen family from what were the ruins of a [...]

Author: Mandrake Windwillow Originally printed in Witchvox, June 17. 2007 If you intend to republish this page, please contact  Mandrake Windwillow Entering school is both stressful and exciting for children. This is the time that friendships are made, social skills learned and independence from parents earned one step at a time. Is this experience different [...]