#the patchwork crow

My Top 5 Book Recommendations for the Beginner Druid

One of the hardest questions when beginning down the path of studying Druidry- or anybranch of neopaganism for that matter is “Where do I start?” For the vast majority of us, finding a group to practice and learn with is difficult if not impossible, and so the internet and books are where we end up getting much of our information. What follows are my top five book recommendations for the Druid…

Hunters’ Engyln

Over several months, I’ve been playing around with different poetry styles and formats, and so as Winter rears its head, a snow and Wylde Hunt inspired group of englynion for you all to enjoy!

Heavy laden with snow, the pines leaning With ice gleaming—bend in time To hoofbeats: the seven-tined

Lord of Hunters, he cloaked in feathers comes. Beating hearts drum—break tethers— Vanish in mists and…

How To: Create Tarot Spreads

Creating spreads for use with tarot can be an immensely rewarding practice. It can deepen your relationship with your cards and your knowledge of the tarot as well as providing more clear and specific information than a traditional spread might. Have you ever stared at a beautifully laid out Celtic Cross spread and puzzled over how exactly to interpret the card that came up, the position name,…

Full Moon Tarot Readings for August 2018

After several months of not doing these readings, I’d like to open up the contact box again for the Full Moon in Pisces on August 26th. The dreamy and intuitive Pisces moon follows a busy and seemingly very fast-paced summer full of several eclipses, retrogrades and other events. As the light part of the year and all of that energy starts to simmer down, it grants us perfect opportunity to…

While last summer seemed to stretch on forever this one has just flown by. Lughnasadh has passed and though there’s a stretch of muggy days left, fall is coming, and I am very much ready for its return. I’ve now completed a little over a year working in the RV industry, and August heralds the winding down of the camping season, and a slower pace of work. It is both relieving (fewer people in the…

YT Pagan Challenge 24: Which Deity Should I Work With?

In which I ramble on about sacred spaces and holy sites and a little on circle casting! There was no way to film outside, so to see the places I’m talking about, please check out my blog post I made to accompany it: https://patchworkcrow.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/yt-pagan-challenge-sacred-spaces-holy-sites-and-circle-casting/