Kylara's Musings

   In the middle of winter, Yule is the time for us to welcome back the sun.  Today, we think of this as a symbolic gesture, we know that it...

   Mother Nature isn't always gentle and kind, as we see in storms of all kinds.  But winter storms have the added effect of lingering, ...

 Autumn is here in my part of the world, and that means gorgeous falling leaves!  Leaves are such a great resource for magic, and with the c...

   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)....

   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 ...

  Memorial day is a day to remember and honor those lost to wars, but as Pagans I feel there is an opportunity to care for these spirits aft...

Superstitions are a broad category of beliefs that link different things with qualities, often luck or protection.  In a way, believing in a...

 I think it's a pretty common thing for people to be more open when they are first starting out on a path (or learning about a new thing...

 Life is a series of ups and downs, with times of frantic energy and times of stillness.  We just got through the holiday season, which is o...

 Exchanging money for spiritual services is definitely nothing new, and unfortunately neither is trying to scam people by offering sham serv...

Routine is one of those two edged swords:  routines give us structure, but they can also become boring.  Familiarity brings comfort and it b...

 One of the themes of this time of year is the journey to the underworld.  And while this is a very thematic time to work with this practice...

  I've written before about daily practice, and it's a topic that comes up a lot.  It's something that many people struggle with...