When the season turns to Winter here in the Pacific Northwest, I fall in love the early morning darkness and magickal morning rituals.

Hag stones They are said to have many uses and they have been used by witches worldwide for centuries in both rituals and spell work.

Use the energy of Samhain to contact deceased love ones, pets and friends.

What are witch bottles and why would I want one? Here we describe the process of creating these 'spell jars' and what to do with them.

“He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically, not witches. Most were poor victims--the outcasts of society; or the opposite, people so blessed, others coveted their lives.” ― Brynn Chapman On this day in 1692, the first people were accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave. They were arrested the following day. On June 10th

Spiritualism made the Ouija popular in the late 1800s, but even into the 1940's, using a Ouija board was considered a fun family pastime. There are some interesting articles on the history on the Ouija here and here. Once the 1973 book The Exorcist came out, the perception of the board changed and it was viewed as a tool for 'devil worship'. There is an article here on William Peter Blatty's experience with the board while writing the book. I prefer other types of divination

"All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison." Olivia Wilde 2 Card Reading The Nine of Swords indicates that our worries are purely psychological. Are we being cruel to ourselves? Is there a fear of the future? Are we being kept up at night because we are anxious about a particular issue? Outer circumstances are not creating the fear and anxiety, we are. We create our own world and our