Ale Wives

The stories of the beer goddess offer us a glimpse of just how essential a role beer and ale have played over many thousands of years of feasting, ritual and daily life—and how women have always played a central role in its production.

So Kitchen Witch is open for Pre-orders! yay! but what does Pre-Order mean?! Here’s a little summary if you are unsure. And head over to WomancraftPublishing.com if you’d like to Pre-Order Now!

To Pre-Order is to place an order and pay for a book before it is available for purchase.

Such an exciting day!

You can now Pre-order Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairy Tales! direct from www.womancraftpublishing.com

As usual, those that pre-order receive exclusive goodies in thanks!

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

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We’ve seen Kerridwen, Brigid, Medea, and the cauldrons in myth and legend. There are some more goddesses here but also - many real women standing at their cauldrons…

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!