For many witches, Imbolc is the first day of spring, and also a kind of new year—one that I personally believe is better for the psyche. January is for resting, doing less, and trusting Earth (and life’s productive periods) to regenerate in due time. Imbolc is traditionally observed on February 1st and 2nd. The fire festival honors the goddess Brigid. Slightly different versions of Brigid are found throughout the world and history. She’s an earth goddess responsible for break

One resolution I feel cool, calm, and collected about this year is my intent to observe and more thoroughly understand each of the eight sabbats on the wheel of the year. Sabbats are festivals and ceremonies commonly celebrated by many pagan people marking the waxing and waning of Earth’s cycles of death and rebirth. Scholarly pagans suggest these ancient pre-Christian festivals and ceremonies marked cycles in nature as well as farming and agriculture. I’m somewhat well acqua

Many of us have been mildly to severely depressed, anxious, or in crisis and all of us have had tough moments. While a therapist or...