Ostara

Ostara is the festival Modern Pagans celebrate on the Spring Equinox. Spring equinox is a time of fertility and sowing seeds! Winter has gone and everyone (including plants and other animals) can now go out and enjoy the sunshine! At this time, Wiccans dress up in new clothing, light bonfires (especially at dawn), hold new…

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Remembering the Witchcraft Laws and Trials

January 13th marks the day in history when the last of Austrian witchcraft laws were repealed. What went from a minor dismissal of witchcraft or “delusional things” based on the 1532 Carolina code, to having the freedom to practice witchcraft without fear of punishment.  Let’s take the time to remember the English Witchcraft Laws. There…

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