Autumn. The evenings have grown dark, frost creeps in during the night, and the world is dark, wet, and cold. Yet the darkening, ragged, pale leaves covering the ground beneath the trees do not speak to us of death and impermanence, but of the sleep ahead—the long, deep sleep of winter. Unenkulkija has always been […]

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As the bright Sunday sun shines through the pale red curtains, I sit down to write about a thought that came to me recently, though in truth it has always been one of my guiding principles: Do not deny yourself. Most of us stupid animals, called human beings as part of some vast cosmic joke, […]

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There are many reasons why I sometimes remain awake through the night. At times, it may be the full moon, keeping every member of the household more or less awake and restless. At other times, I simply want to spend my weekend and my night in peace, closing myself within the surrounding darkness and reflecting […]

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Normally, today I would be writing an article about the current sabbat, Ostara, the celebration of spring. But as the flame of a large pillar candle flickers quietly beside me, I find myself speaking of another subject, one that weighs heavily upon my heart even now. At this very moment, on this Wednesday of Ostara […]

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It is a little after four on this beautiful November afternoon – or perhaps I should already call it evening, because the sun has set. Each day, we walk with quiet steps toward the darkest time of the year, and each day grows shorter than the one before it, until Yule, the time of light, […]

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