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June is Pride Month, and celebrations and political rallies will occur throughout many countries. Pride Month can be traced back to the Stonewall Uprising in New York's Greenwich Village in 1969. The first anniversary of the riots was commemorated with a peaceful march, which many consider the first Pride Parade. LGBTQIA+ people were and are integral to many Pagan/occult/Witchcraft communities, especially the modern Pagan movement. I've been proudly representing the B in LGBTQIA+ my whole life. ...
Today is Litha and the Summer Solstice. The sun is at its zenith, giving us the year's longest day. It's also Father's Day. This is fitting since the sun represents masculine energy, and for many of us, our father, like the sun, is the center of our universe. For this spell, I want you to remember how your father has helped you with his hands and then create something for him using your hands. First gaze at your hands. Do you also see your father's hands in them? Recall how your father's hands ...
Celebrate the first harvest of the summer season with this sweet and herbal stone fruit salad. Head to your local farm stand or forage in your garden and discover the fresh tastes of high summer! Gather these ingredients: A selection of stone fruits (such as plums, peaches, apricots, cherries, nectarines) Blueberries Honey Lemon juice Himalayan salt Sunflower seeds Poppy seeds Edible flowers and leaves (such as sunflower petals, California poppy petals, mint leaves, and whole ...
June is the traditional month for weddings, with the goddess Juno overseeing love, marriage, fertility, and childbirth. Because the month name is derived from the goddess's name, it's believed that getting married in June will bring Juno's blessings to the couple, bestowing fertility, happiness, and a long, loving marriage. Okay, okay, I hear you. I, too, am solo and live with my dog. So here is what I propose (pun intended): Invoke Juno's blessings with a self-marriage ritual. Get a ring ...
