Tomorrow, March 3rd 2019, is Heksfest! This festival by and for witches will take place in Oss, the Netherlands. There will be a market and throughout the day a number of workshops and lectures will take place. More info can be found on the site of Lunadea, one of the organisers (Dutch site): https://www.lunadea.nl/heksfest-1 NB … Continue reading Heksfest

Imbolc has come and gone and I celebrated it in a small, private way. Symbolically I went into the labyrinth, my serpent spiral, right into the core and meditated long and hard about what I need to lose and what I want to do in the coming year. I cleansed myself and started selecting seeds … Continue reading Awakening

So I'm writing this one week after Easter and all usual annual discussions about the goddess Ostara have died to be revived in about a year. I don't want to wait that long however, so here you are with a long(ish) read: It’s that time of year again where we talk about Easter, what it … Continue reading Ostara – a modern goddess

(I wanted to keep this short, but failed. So please bear with me, especially if you’re interested in folklore, history and the mighty figure of Odin. Also, Sinterklaas and Black Pete.) Whether you’re in an English or Dutch speaking area, around this time of year you may see articles popping up about how Santa Claus … Continue reading Odin and Sinterklaas

Today is the first Sunday of September, which since a few years has been dubbed 'International Goddess Day' by some pagans. I like this idea - the pagan religion is one of a few world wide religions in which female deities get as much if not more attention as their male counterparts (if there are … Continue reading Dutch goddesses on International Goddess Day

As I walked through the countryside of my childhood, I saw more and more plants that I never noticed before. One of them was comfrey, a beautiful and elegant plant that is so abundant that it becomes almost unremarkable. When I got to know the land better, I learned more about one of its spirits: … Continue reading Comfrey – a dark, healing lady

This essay is added to the list of deities. The title of this page is refering to a deity - a goddess most likely - of whom almost nothing is known, though the little that we know is quite fascinating. First of all it must be said that Tanfana's name, like many other names of … Continue reading Tanfana

Owls come in many shapes and sizes. They are ambivalent birds in folklore, associated with positive as well as negative aspects. They are birds of the night, the moon, darkness, wisdom and witchcraft. In modern folklore the owl is considered a wise bird. This goes hand in hand with classical mythology, where the owl is … Continue reading The Ominous Owl