Sacred Willow Blog

Altared States ~ Creating Your Altar

One of the core things that forms part of my Everyday Magick is an altar.  My altar is a sacred space where my most sacred tools live.  It’s created with intent for a specific reason, having a magickal, sacred space where I can focus my ritual intent. Let me describe my altar to you.  I am sitting in my office.  […]

Celebrating Lughnasadh in Australia: The First Of The Harvest Sabbats

Lughnasadh (named after the Celtic God of Light, Lugh) represents the beginning of the harvest season.  This is the first of three harvest sabbats and in the southern hemisphere it traditionally falls on February 1.  Similarly, Lammas (meaning Loaf Mass), one of the older Anglo-Saxon Christian cross quarter days (the others being May Day, CandleMas and All Saint’s Day) is […]

Attracting Love to Your Life

As Valentines day rolls around you may be feeling there is something missing in your life. Nowadays with the rise of the feminist movement it is echoed that we do not require a significant other to be happy. But no one can tell you that the longing for partnership that you feel is nothing. Love spells can be a touchy […]

Yule Recipe: Mulled Wine

There’s something mystical and magickal about sipping on mulled wine at Yuletime.  The warmth of the spices, fruit and wine in a beautiful hand thrown mug while sitting around a fire with friends and family welcoming back the light is something that can’t be beaten. This recipe uses a base syrup which can then have more wine added to it […]

On Samhain Night….

A short story. On Samhain night, the air was cool and she pulled her shawl over her hair and wrapped it around her shoulders.  She went outside, lit the candles and cast the circle, calling on her Ancestors and asking for their guidance and wisdom.  As she stared into the flames, she asked of them “Where am I going?  What […]