WITCH IN THE CITY

May is the month of flowering thresholds, green altars, and living fire. The earth no longer sleeps beneath winter ash but rises clothed in blossom, scent, and movement. This is the season sacred to Maia, ancient goddess of growth and increase, and to Flora, whose breath awakens every field, vine, and hidden root. In old Italian folk tradition, May was never considered an ordinary month. It belonged to courtship, prosperity, household blessing, and the unseen spirits believed to walk most freely among gardens, orchards, and moonlit roads.  Magick worked in May should be alive with intention and purpose. This is not the quiet restraint of winter hearth magick, but the fertile enchantment of expansion, growth and awakening. Every flower carries a promise. Every flame carries passion. The Old Ways teach that what is planted in spirit during May grows strong through the remaining year.  These eight seasonal workings are drawn from Italian folk custom, Greco-Roman devotion, hearth ...

The Beltane festivities bring laughter, joy, community and celebration. During this wonderful time, many seek the power and magick of Beltane to attract love and to heighten the chances of conception and fertility. The following charms can be easily employed to aid in conception, to attract fertility and to bring a safe and happy pregnancy. Some of these plants, flowers and roots may be poisonous; they are not to be consumed or burned without the assistance of a qualified physician/herbalist. AGARIC : ( Poisonous ) To bring about fertility, in a green cloth bag place one large raw emerald, three dried agaric caps and an image of yourself. Leave this charm bag underneath the light of the full moon. While fashioning the charm bag, you may state out loud a prayer or incantation directed towards your goals. Carry the cloth bag with you for nine days; later bury the bag next to a healthy growing tree. ALMOND: When experiencing difficulties with conception, place three almo...