Wild Goddess Magick
Witchology Magazine Calling Upon the Goddess
Minerva
Ostara
& Welcoming Spring
How to use
Floral Waters Magickally in Your Practice
Weaving Energies of Rebirth and Awakening into Your Practice
Getting to Know
Diana Rowan and Cosmic Valeria
Rituals for the Hopeful Heart in Dire Times
Ostara Celebrated on March 20-21 in the northern hemisphere and September 20-21 in the
southern hemisphere. Ostara is the spring
equinox. One of two days all year when
daytime and nighttime are exactly the same length. After Ostara, the days get longer as
summer approaches. Ostara celebrates renewal, balance, and rebirth. Use this time to honor new life and new ideas.
-Ambrosia from The Spell Book for New Witches
Lukas Gojda
EDITORIAL Ambrosia Hawthorn, Owner & Editor Sarah Justice, Co-Editor WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Miss Wondersmith, Louisa Dean, Mike Sexton, Jon Hughes, Karla Freeling, Meg Rosenbriar, Danielle Dulsky, Vivacia Ahwen. ART & PHOTOS Cover: Ambrosia Hawthorn and Illustrations: Tiffany Sosa stock.adobe.com All other photos are from free stock sources or from contributors. SALES ambrosia@witchologymagazine.com SUBMISSIONS ambrosia@witchologymagazine.com sarah@witcologymagazine.com www.witchologymagazine.com/ submissions-ads/ SOCIAL www.witchologymagazine.com www.instagram.com/witchologymag www.twitter.com/wgmagick www.facebook.com/witchologymag Copyright © 2019 by Wild Goddess Magick. All rights reserved. This magazine or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Magazine is intended for ages 18 and up. We are a proud participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. All our content is reviewed and vetted in the process.
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“These words herein are from me to you, each picture, thought, and quote we imbue. This issue reflects the knowledge I have to share, use each spell, ritual, and work with care.”
March brings with it warmer weather and themes of rebirth. Enjoy March astrology, moon magick, rituals, recipes, floral waters, seed magick, preserving magick, and interviews with Diana Rowan and Cosmic Valeria. No matter what your path is, there’s always something that can enrich and elevate your practice! Please also note, we cannot guarantee any outcomes from the content of this magazine, but please don't give up on the magick within you!
Blessed be witches,
Ambrosia Hawthorn
The opinions expressed in our published works are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of Witchology Magazine or Wild Goddess Magick. Witchology Magazine assumes no liability or responsibility for any inaccurate, delayed or incomplete information, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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1. Ambrosia Hawthorn @wildgoddessmagick Witchologymagazine.com Editor, published author, illustrator, and eclectic witch. 2. Sarah Justice @tinycauldron Tinycauldron.com Co-Editor, writer, and shop owner. 3. Miss Wondersmith @misswondersmith Thewondersmith.com Contributor, wondersmith, recipe
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creator, forager, event hostess. 4. Karla Freeling @wiccanology Wiccanology.etsy.com Contributor, mother in the military, Pagan, and shop owner. 5. Jon Hughes amzn.to/2I7u2ys Contributor, published author, Druid. 6. Mike Sexton @artistmikes Mikesextonstudio.com
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Contributor, eclectic Wiccan, artist, and published author. 7. Danielle Dulsky @wolfwomanwitch Danielledulsky.com Contributor, heathen visionary, pagan poet, and word-witch. 8. Meg Rosenbriar @witchoftheshoreline witchwithme.com Contributor, mother, wife, artist, sometimes poet, and hedge witch.
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9. Louisa Dean @thewitchesstone thewitchesstone.com Contributor and student of witchcraft. 10. Vivacia Ahwen @sheraprincess Msvivacia.wordpress.com Contributor, witch, astrologer, healer, romance author, and artist.
OSTARA & MARCH 7 What’s New in the Witchy Community 8 March Must-Haves 9 March Magickal Workings 17 March Astrology Forecast: Lambs and Lions 23 Interview with Author Cosmic Valeria 29 Ostara Tarot Spread Interview with Diana 38 Rowan 56 Witchology Directory
FEATURES 13 North Stars, FlameTending, and the Apocalypse: Rituals for the Hopeful Heart in Dire Times 15 Magick in a Seed 21 Ostara Ritual 27 Spring Rituals for Renewal 37 The Tiny Spellbook: When Reaching InnerHonor for Rebirth 44 Working with the Storm Moon
MAGICKAL LEARNING 10 Three Easy Magickal Floral Waters and Their Uses 12 Getting Started with Athames and Bowlines 31 Preserving Magick with Flower Pressing 33 Ostara Egg Powder: A Powerful Fresh Start Potion 40 Working with the Goddess Minerva 41 Crystals and Herbs for Ostara 42 Monthly Herb: Violet 48 Spring and the Living Wands of the Druids
MAGICKAL RECIPES 51 Primrose Yema and Spring Sunshine 54 Spring Lemon Tart
What’s New in the
Witchy Community
Want to know what’s happening in the Pagan community? Well, we’ve searched high and low to bring you the latest releases.
The Bright Way: Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within Yoga for Witches By Diana Rowan By Sarah Robinson Yoga for Witches explores a new kind of journey, connecting two powerful spiritual disciplines, with enchanting effects! Witchcraft and yoga share many similarities that are, for the first time, explored in combination, in this groundbreaking new title from Sarah Robinson, certified yoga instructor and experienced witch. Yoga for Witches shares exercises, poses and the knowledge you need to connect to your own special magic and inner power. Available at Womancraft Publishing.
Innovations, from cave paintings to the internet, has been fueled by someone’s ideas and follow-through. Our creative acts require more than just ideas; they also require ingenuity and perseverance, confidence and courage, the ability to dream and to do. The Bright Way helps you cultivate all of these. A simple yet profound program of inspiration plus action, designed for a lifetime of use, the Bright Way System empowers you to access motivation and make progress, find joy in building your skills, and courageously share your work with the world. Available at Amazon.
Seasons of Moon and Flame By Danielle Dulsky The yearning to slow down and simplify, return to the earth, and maybe even “rewild” what has been tamed in ourselves persists even though that dream may seem ever more remote in contemporary life. Danielle Dulsky shows that even in our high-tech and high-pressure lives, it is possible to manifest your own “year of the wild” and to tap into often-forgotten holy wisdom. Seasons of Moon and Flame guides you to live cyclically while working with the archetype of the Sacred Hag, or wild grandmother, who appears in various guises. Wonderfully inclusive, with adaptations for families, spiritual groups, and other traditions, this book is a potentially life-changing guide to living mystically, magically, and in empowering harmony with the worlds of spirit and nature.
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