Pagan Eye: One of the Few Apples of This Year's Harvest

The drought has not been kind to my apple tree. This is a photo of one of the very few fruits it's produced this year. I left it for the birds, which probably need it more than I do. Most years I love to pick apples as part of my own harvest, but this year I'm thinking more about how I can help the wildlife in my garden. I'm also putting out water every day to help my fellow creatures survive. My garden is their home too.

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself.

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/07/folklore-st-swithuns-day-rain-apple.html

Books: Happy Birthday to Poppets & Magical Dolls!

This month I'm celebrating the eighth birthday of my book Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. It's well on the way to becoming a Moon Books best-seller. At the moment, it only needs to sell another 48 copies to reach the milestone figure of 5,000 copies sold. I'm hopeful it will do that very soon. A big thanks to everyone who has bought a copy, left a review, and told me they've enjoyed reading it. Here's the description from the back cover: 

Poppets are dolls used for sympathetic magic, and are designed in the likeness of individuals in order to represent them in spells to help, heal or harm. Pagan Portals – Poppets and Magical Dolls explores the history of poppets and offers a practical guide to making and using them in modern witchcraft. It also covers seasonal dolls, from Brigid dolls, used in celebrations for the first stirrings of spring, to fairy dolls enjoyed in tree-dressing at Yuletide.

Where to Find my Books

Here are some of the places you can find Poppets and Magical Dolls and my other books:

• My publisher is Moon Books, an imprint of Collective Ink. You can see Poppets and Magical Dolls on the website via this link: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-poppets-magical-dolls
• Treadwell's bookshop in London stocks of all my titles. You can pop in to 33 Store Street, London or order online. 
• The College of Psychic Studies usually has copies at 16 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2EB.
• Paperbacks can be ordered from Bookshop.org, which supports independent bookshops.
• Ebooks and paperbacks can be also be viewed on Amazon

(Note: I earn commission from some links.)

Poppet Talks and Workshops

On Tuesday 1 September  I'll be talking about poppets and magical dolls at Romford Moot. This monthly Pagan gathering meets at The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. it starts at  7.30pm. Entry is £4, pay at the event. You can find out more about the moot here.

On Sunday 22 November I'm running a workshop showing how to make poppets at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and tickets £25 per person, including all materials.  You can find out more at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

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Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can do anywhere (bolded) plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, and some festivals further afield.

Now – 29 November; The Coming of Age Exhibition - including displays on witches and crones. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Open daily 10am-6pm.  Free. https://wellcomecollection.org/

Now - 8 September; The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial. Exhibition. Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY. Open 10am-6pm. Tickets from £13. https://www.saatchigallery.com/whats-on

Now to 13 September;  Hail, Delirium! Surrealist Dorothea Tanning art exhibition.  Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: during normal opening hours. Free entry. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now - 11 September; After Fragments by Hannah Hughes - Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: during daytime opening hours. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Now – 16 August; Olivia Plender: Little Fennel’s Complaint Exhibition. Venue:: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 1BP. Open from 11am Tuesday - Sunday. Tickets from £7.21. https://modernartoxford.org.uk/

Now – 13 September; The Material Heart: Front Line to Home Front. Exhibition of WWI folk art. Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF.  Open: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11am – 6pm. Tickets free with general museum admission ticket or a ticket to the Paint, Pattern, Print exhibition that's also on, costing £11.50. https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/

Now on; Vikings: The Immersive Experience. Venue: Dock X, Unit 1 Canada Water, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU.  Opening hours: daily from 9am. Adult tickets from £23 and children from £16. https://vikings-immersive.co.uk/london/?

Every Tuesday to Sunday except over bank holidays; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-4pm. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every lunchtime: Rainbow Spirit offers a shared vegetarian lunch from a flat in Soho, London, for all people LGBT+Allies. The foundation is British witchcraft. Each meal is followed by Ancestor Circle, passing the talking stick. Alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Tuesday 11-20 August; Discovery Days with the Royal Parks. Free children's storytelling with Vanessa Woolf Sessions, Venue: The Learning Centre, Hyde Park W2 2UH . Time: from noon. Tickets free. https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/)

Wednesday 12 August (and other dates); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 12 August  (2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 12 August (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, Hackney Wick,  London E9. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 12 August (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 12 August; Soul-to-Soul Readings with Tyrone Cusack. Start of 2-session online course. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 12 August;  Sekhmet Power and Leo New Moon and Solar Eclipse magic with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Bankside Beach by Millennium Bridge, 52 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH. Time: 7.30pm.   Tickets: £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803 or https://mani.org.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/PaganFrontiersOfLondon.

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August; Summer Spirit Circle with Nicoletta Stephens. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-5pm. Tickets: £265. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 13  August (every Thursday); Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday 13 August (2nd Thursday each month); Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 13 August; Drum Circle. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 13 August;  The World of Santería talk and Soirée with Iyalorisha Odofemí (Morgan M Page). Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 13 August;  Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Thursday 13 August; Folklore of Dorset. Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space or visit  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 14 August (and other dates); Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain

Friday 14 August (every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Online event. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 14 to 16 August; Awakened Spirit Festival. A community based festival with workshops and live music.  I'll be running a cloud and tree scrying workshop on Saturday afternoon. Venue: Crossland Riverside, Box End, Bedford, MK43 8RN. Weekend ticket including camping £150, Day tickets £60. https://awakenedspirit.co.uk/

Friday 14 August (and other dates); Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/

Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 August; Vintage Tarot Fair. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: noon-5pm. Tickets: £5 early access, otherwise free entry. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 15 August; Psychic Fayre and Witches' Market organised by Herne and the Goddess Events. Venue: Wainscott Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott, Kent ME2 4LG. Time: noon. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/1000721825913928?

Saturday 15 August; Mantra, Sound and Consciousness workshop with Ann Mathie. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 15 August;  Afternoon of Mediumship. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. 2pm. Tickets £10. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 15 August;  Psychic Development Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £25. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Sunday 16 August (then 13 Sept, 18 Oct, 15 Nov);  Base Chakra. Wicca Women’s Circles Focus on a Chakra. Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: tbc. Tickets: £33 or £55 for two classes. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 16 August (date tbc but usually 3rd Sunday each month); Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ 

Sunday 16 August; Tree Folklore and Bookbinding Workshop organised by London Wildlife Trust. Venue:  Grosvenor Square, 

London W1K 6LF. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £21.68 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/7357843879?

Sunday  16 August;  Heart and Soul Gathering. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Monday 17 August; Developing Intuition and Awareness workshop with Daniel Pitt. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 17 August; Bibi's Circle  Song and Drum Circle. Venue: Outdoors if the weather is good, otherwise indoors at Rons Coffee House, Holdrons Arcade 135a, Rye Lane London SE15 4ST. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Monday 17 August; Comic Books as Modern Mythology with John Bucher. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 6pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 17 August; Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema with Gary Parsons. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 17 August  (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 18 August; Wellbeing evening. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time:  5pm. Adult tickets:

£15. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Tuesday 18 August (and other dates); Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Tuesday 18 August (tbc but usually fortnightly);  Writing Group. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Tuesday 18 August;  The Folklore and Origins of Caribbean Carnivaln with Professor Emily Zobel Marshall via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 7pm. Tickets from £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Tuesday 18 August; Summer Magic: Nidra,  Reiki and Sound Bath. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 19 August; Harvest Family Day with Seasonal Crafting and Garden Activities. Venue: Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, E2 8EA. Times: 10am and 1pm. Tickets: free. https://museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/harvest-family-day/

Wednesday 19 August (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/

Wednesday 19 August; Astrological Sound Bath with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £30 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 19 August; The Automatic Parsemage Technique with Chantal Powell with Tyrone Cusack. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 20  August;  An Evening with Lovecraft, reading by Professor Dave. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 20 August; Madeline Montalban, 'Magus' of St Giles. Online Lecture with Julia Phillips via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 20 August; Desire, Decay, and the Victorian Imagination with Lena Heide Brennand. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 21 August (every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Online event. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 21 August; Self-Healing with the Gong workshop with Joe Summerfield. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-4pm. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 21 August  (tbc but usually 1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 21 August; Sooxanne Rolfe - Wilde Volk, talk via the Folklore Centre. Venue: Wholefood Cafe, 65 Halifax Rd, Todmorden OL14 5BB,  Time: 6pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Friday 21 August;  Cacao - Venus and Luxmi Rite for Heart-Opening, Love and Abundance with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Queen's Wood Road, London, N6 5UU , to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Time: 7pm. Tickets £11.55. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August; Dowsing: Sacred Space and Earth Energy. Two-day class with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-5pm. Tickets: £265. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22 or Sunday 23 August (date tbc); Temple of the Moon and Stars Sekhmet Devotional - 1 day workshop via Wicca Moon. Venue:  Eltham Spiritualist Church, 64A Well Hall Road, London, SE9. Time: 11am, Tickets £45 https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 22 August; Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. noon. Tickets £20. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 22 August; Tarot as a Visual Language class with Bel Senlle. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22 August;  Ealdspell: an Exhibition of Modern Folklore By Seb Bradshaw. Venue: Unit 0, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN. Time: 1pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ealdspell-an-exhibition-of-modern-folklore-tickets-1996208317815?

Saturday 22 August; Southwark Hysteries with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Green Dragon Court, London SE1 . Time: 3pm. Tickets: £22.50. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Saturday 22 August; (usually 4th Friday or Saturday of the month); Shakespeare and Folktale: Magic, Monsters and the Stories We Still Tell with Dr Koel Chatterjee.  Online event via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 8pm. Tickets:  £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Sunday 23 August; Sound Bath and Shamanic Cacao Ceremony in the Forest (Loughton). Venue: Epping Forest, Loughton IG10 4AF. Time: 10am. Tickets:  £33.22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-bath-shamanic-cacao-ceremony-in-the-forest-loughton-tickets-1992639314831?

Sunday 23 August; Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside  St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Time: 11.20am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 23 August; Crossbones Vigil  to Honour the Outcast Dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free, just turn up  You can also view the vigil online.   http://crossbones.org.uk  

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talks and workshops. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com Also please note I earn commission for some links.

Author Interview: Irish Writer Geraldine Moorkens Byrne

Geraldine Moorkens Byrne is an Irish poet, novelist and teacher of folk magic. I've chatted to her about her books in my interview series Authors On Their Own Writing.

Q: Out of all that you've written, which is your favourite published book?

A: Draíocht Ceoil - The Sound of Magic in Irish Traditions is hands down my favourite book to date. It took quite a few years to write, and it was a subject very dear to my heart. 

Q: What’s it about?

A: "Draíocht Ceoil" means music magic, in Irish, but really the practice is about all kinds of sound magic from voice to instruments to words.

It has been a part of Irish magical practices since our earliest ancestors, and uses techniques recorded in pre-Christian society. Obviously it is deeply rooted in Irish culture but one of the great joys of Draíocht Ceoil is that belief in the power of sound is universal. It can be adapted to any magical path, and you'll find it mirrored across many indigenous societies. It is also a way to access magical energy that can be used in everyday life. 

Q: Why is it your favourite?

A:  I wanted to preserve an important folk tradition but it soon expanded to trying to create an accessible guide to music and sound magic, that could be used in any path or culture. And the research I did deepened my own understanding of a practice I thought I knew. 

Q: Tell me a bit more about yourself and anything else you’ve written.

A: I am a poet, novelist and writer from Dublin, Ireland. I research and teach Irish folk magic and folklore, and also write and perform ceremonies including weddings, Funerals, transition and naming ceremonies. 

I am a Bean Feasa, or witch in English. I am also an Irish Polytheist, with a particular dedication to An Morrigan.

Q: What other books have you written?

A: My bestselling collection of poetry is called Dreams of Reality. This is currently in its second edition, revised and updated in 2025.

I am also the author of a series of mystery books The Music Shop Mysteries, and I write several popular series under the pen name Nina Hayes, including The Old Bat Chronicles, The Ellie and Lexi Mysteries and coming in 2027 from PPP Publishing, The Kilallee Courier mystery series. 

Q: What are you working on now?

A: I have just completed Celtic Christianity, part of Moon Books' new Popular Pagan History series. It will be published next year. 

I am now working on Urban Pagan, Guardian of the City. This is a poetic and philosophical exploration of urban Paganism with poems, prayers, meditations and journal prompts as well as guidance on building a relationship with the gods in community. 

Q: What else do you do?

A: I offer free companion videos working through the exercises in my book Draíocht Ceoil, available on Celebratingwords.com 

My podcast Draíocht Ceoil, featuring interviews and discussions of art activism and magic launches in September. I'm teaching a class on Immrama meditation also in September. Details of both are also available at Celebratingwords.

You can view Draíocht Ceoil on Amazon. It is published by Moon Books, which is part of Collective Ink.

(Please note, I earn commission from some links)

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International Cat Day Wisdom: Appreciate your Family

Tomorrow is International Cat Day, so I've used the Cat Wisdom oracle in a reading for the world. The card is family, and the message in the book that comes with the set reads:

"Appreciate your family. They are a source of unconditional love and guidance to which you can turn whenever you need advice."

To me, family doesn't necessarily mean your actual relatives. As a witch, I know my brothers and sisters in the Craft will always be there to help me if I need it, even if I haven't been an actual coven member for many years. We can have chosen families too - our close friends and loved ones. 

Our pets are also our adopted family members. International Cat Day reminds us to look after our fur-babies by making sure they are happy and as healthy as possible. In this hot weather, please also put water outside your home to help any outdoor moggies stay hydrated.

Here's a link to International Cat Care, which co-ordinates  International Cat Day on August 8 every year.

You can view the Cat Wisdom Oracle on Amazon

(Please note, I earn commission from some links)

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