Lil’ snippets of my new book Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore, and Fairy tale

The Dark Goddess is Hungry: Dinner with Hecate

Hecate is a witch-goddess associated with crossroads and the Underworld, gateways, night-time, magic and witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants. She was one of several deities worshipped in ancient Greece as a protector of the Oikos (household), alongside Hestia, and other gods such as Hermes, Zeus, and Apollo.

There are apps for the cycles of the moon, and many diaries and calendars mention the moon phases as well. But to get you started here are some moon charts including the Full Moons of 2021 and the New Moons and their zodiac signs. (Each moon phase lasts a little over 2 days, so you may well see slight variations on these dates)

Tonight for an insight Timer live session I drew three oracle cards that may offer insight or inspiration for our year just gone, or perhaps our year ahead! Though created specifically for our group on Insight Timer - anyone may take a few simple wise words from these goddesses:

By special request from my lovely Insight timer Live Crew!

Where might one go to learn more about the goddesses? This is of course, in addition to listening to me tell you about them on Insight Timer !

The tradition of wassailing is thought to predate the Norman conquest in 1066. The purpose is to appease the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the Autumn.

In the last 48 hrs more than one person has reached out to me about spells and rituals to let go and to ground.

As winter rolls in here are some meditations of snow, winter and snowy goddesses!

Autumn Equinox or Mabon

Northern Hemisphere: September 21/22 Southern Hemisphere: March 21/22

Welcome! this is the text from my first live meditation on Insight Timer. I wanted to share the info - which you’ll also find in my upcoming book Yin Magic.

Tonight will see the full corn moon in the sky in the northern hemisphere but last year it would have been the Harvest moon in September. Here’s why:

I am beyond thrilled that book no.2 is now available for pre-order!

I’ve written my second book on yoga and magic, and a beautiful human I know who is training to be a yoga teacher asked me recently to recommend some yoga books written by women - as the required reading for her course featured only books written by men.

So, Here is a list of yoga books by women! Because for many reasons, I think we need them more than ever right now (and always)

Namaste. X

As we face the last week of April Here are a few inspiring and soothing reads that you may find interesting

With my latest youtube videos, I've used the 4 elements as my inspiration.

That’s Leftover Pesto!

So after having the essence of pesto making explained to me - I find I can almost always whip up a pesto.