Kylara's Musings

   One of the things I've always loved about Paganism is how much of it is very much 'choose your own.'  Sure, if you join a gro...

  One of the things that I think takes the longest to get comfortable with is creating your own spells and rituals (or any practice really)....

   Paganism definitely has a history of needing to defend itself as a serious practice.  Many people look at witchcraft as some form of make...

   There is this concept, in many magical circles, that man-made stuff isn't suitable for magic.  If you consider most correspondence li...

   Welcome to my library...or at least part of it.  I am a book lover and a writer, and of course I have a million books that make up my ...

   Often when we talk about a 'magical home' we have this picture in our head, of a big gothic mansion, with herbs and potion bottle...

  Many people include offerings as a part of their practice.  These could be offered up to the divine, to spirits, to ancestors or even simp...

   There are two major approaches that one can take when casting a spell:  fire and forget versus ongoing.  With fire and forget, you do the...

One of the things I associate with Ostara is crafting or creating.  And I think this is something that we, as humans, have an innate need to...

 Okay, so a bit ago I was thinking about stuff to write about, and I stumbled across this blog post:  65 Prompts for Pagan Prayer Journaling...

 The world is constantly changing, and we are living in a time where we see ideas become obsolete in our own lifetime, and sometimes things ...

 We live in an age of sharing and public announcements about...everything.  So many people are posting their entire life online, and this ha...

 Summer is traditionally an outdoor time.  In days past, the heat of summer time made inside quite warm, and it made sense to spend more tim...

 As human beings evolved from being hunter-gatherers to cultivating land and crops, we shifted our mindset when it comes to harvest.  With a...

 While it has become quite common for many people to have or use a journal as part of their practice, the act of journaling is often seen as...