A Witch Awakens

01/18/2026

01/18/2026

It’s been a minute but this gap is getting filled today! Protection oil is back!

01/17/2026

We have some emotional blockages today. Take some time to self evaluate and heal. Make today about you and make sure you are taking care of.

01/16/2026

01/15/2026

ATTENTION PITTSBURGH AREA FRIENDS

HAPPENING WEDNESDAY, January 21st - beginning 6:30 pm at TheMenageriepgh in Bellevue, PA!

SHAMANIC HEALING CIRCLE

A Sacred Space for Deep Healing and Transformation

Step into a powerful monthly gathering designed to restore your energetic balance and support your spiritual journey through ancient shamanic practices.

What Awaits You:

* Energy Reclamation
* Sacred Breathwork
* Seven Directions Ceremony
* Individual Rattling
* Fire Ceremony
* Sacred Sharing Circle

Open to all seekers (age 16 yrs & older) who are ready to embrace deeper healing and personal transformation.

If you can, join us for food, drinks and continued fun & community at Tavern Pizza afterward. 🖤💜🖤

01/15/2026

MORANA: LADY OF WINTER AND THE DEATH OF THE YEAR
Morana (Marena, Morena, Mara) was the Slavic goddess of winter, death, and endings. She is not evil in the classical sense — she is a necessary force in the natural cycle, the personification of the moment when all living things enter a state of stillness, freezing, and eventual rebirth.
In December, when the days grow shortest, the Slavs believed that Morana takes over the world: her icy breath “stops the blood in the trees,” and the fields fall silent beneath her cloak. Although the later ritual of burning Morana is associated with spring, her reign begins precisely during the winter season.
Many folk tales from Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, and the Balkans describe Morana as a “woman of ice,” the “mother of dreams,” or the “mistress of wandering souls.” During the winter solstice, household rituals included lighting an extra candle or leaving grains of wheat on the windowsills to “appease the cold goddess.”
One of the deepest messages of Morana’s cult is that death is not an end, but a preparation for a new cycle. This is why, in Slavic tradition, Morana is respected — but also ritually “driven away” when the time for nature’s awakening arrives.

References:
Ivanov, V., & Toporov, V. (1974). Slavic Mythology.
Gieysztor, A. (1982). Mitologia Słowian.
Belaj, V. (2007). Hod kroz godinu.

01/15/2026

Someone (playfully) said that I don't paint often enough with red.
Well...
'Soul Immolation'
Acrylic on canvas.

01/14/2026

Óðinn’s Names and the Meaning of Many Faces

Óðinn does not have many names because he hides.
He has many names because he acts.

In the lore, Óðinn is called Grímnir, Gangleri, Hár, Bǫlverkr and dozens more. These are not aliases in the modern sense. They are functional identities, names that arise from what he is doing, where he is standing and how he is engaging the world.

In Grímnismál, Óðinn speaks an extended list of his names, each tied to a role, a moment, or a condition. The poem does not present these names as disguises meant to deceive for their own sake. They are expressions of a worldview where being is defined by action.

When Óðinn wanders, he is Gangleri, the traveler.
When he conceals himself, he is Grímnir, the masked one.
When he sits in judgment, he is Hár, the High One.
When he commits a necessary wrong for a greater purpose, he is Bǫlverkr, the doer of evil deeds.

This is not fragmentation. It is coherence. Óðinn embodies a premodern understanding of identity. A person is not a fixed label. A god even less so. Identity is situational, earned and revealed through conduct. Óðinn’s many names remind us that wisdom is adaptive. Power shifts shape and to meet the world rightly, one must become what the moment demands.

On Óðinsdagr, remember this: Óðinn teaches us this quiet truth.
You are not what you claim.
You are what you do.
~The Roots of Yggdrasil~

Credit: Astrology & Witchcraft