Crowned in Prayer: Hair Care as Spiritual Practice

Hair has had a special significance in spiritual practice for millennia. Whether we consider it our crowning glory, a symbol of self, or the part of our bodies closest to the Divine, tending our hair as a spiritual practice has a long and varied history. We polytheists can use that foundation to support our own spiritual work. 

The Magic of Tidying Up: Connecting With and Honoring House Spirits

"Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" is on Netflix right now and we're at the time of year when a bunch of folks commit to reorganizing their homes. Put those together and folks are once again talking about Kondo's 2014 best-selling book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up". 

Most Westerners think of this book as just another guide to organizing the home. However, this book is one of the most prized on my spirituality shelf.

I thought it might be helpful to explain why.

Easy DIY Incense Stove

I adore incense. It smells good, usually, but it's also a potent magickal tool of its own. Thing is, the ways we burn it tend to distort the scent, add undesireable elements to the mix, or both. Using sticks is convenient, but when the wooden sticks in the center of the incense burns we can …

Light Up World Tree from Ironwood Witch

I am a HUGE fan of applicable arts and crafts. Don't we all love to use our hands to manifest an aspect of our faith? In that vein, here is a wonderful twist on the standard Christmas tree - how to make your very of Yggdrasil! I am a crafter, and I am a Heathen, …

Catching the Sun

As we officially enter 2016 I thought it would be fun to do something a bit different. Most everyone is posting about the season, its meanings, their resolutions, and a retrospective of 2015. I decided to focus on arts and crafts instead. Specifically, making suncatchers! In this season of celebrating the growing light in the …

A Special Set of Special Purpose Prayer Beads

I did a series on prayer beads awhile back, and one of those posts discussed the use of Special Purpose Beads. I received an email from a reader recently about how she had used that information, and loved the creativity and purpose so much I got her permission - and photographs! – to share here. …

Striking the Spark – Using Oil Lamps

This is the final post of a four part series. Posts one, two, and three need to be read before reading this entry for clarity. Now that we’ve made (or are thinking about making) an oil lamp, what do we do with it? Like most things you’re pretty much limited only by your creativity. They’re …