Perfect Moment Monday: the Gift
On the last Monday of each month, my lovely friend Lavender Luz at Write Mind Open Heart sponsors Perfect Moment Monday, a blog hop/writing prompt that offers an opportunity to notice and reflect on the "perfect moments" in our lives, rather than create them. These moments can be ordinary, momentous, or somewhere in between. Everyone is welcome to join. *** When I lived in California, once every few months I'd travel from LA to San Francisco to see friends and escape the sprawl for a while. I often did the drive at night, to avoid traffic, and I have vivid memor
The LBRP for AFW Witches
This ritual is an adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram with influences from Aliester Crowley's Star Ruby ritual (itself an adaptation of the LBRP). It uses forms of the Witchfather and the Black and White Goddess in place of the traditional Hebrew names of God. It also replaces the Archangel guardians with the four Watchtowers of Celtic lore.The purpose of the LBRP is to banish all undesirable forces from oneself and the local area and to create Sacred Space. It is often recommended as a daily magical exercise to discipline the mind and create internal