Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
It is the time of year when I am increasingly compelled to define my path. What does a witch do? What does a witch believe? What does it mean to be a witch? I find that the definition often leads to more words in need of definition, bound up as they are with the world… Continue reading The Daily: 23 October 2025
What does magic mean in the context of connectivity and a general lack of hierarchies and selves? What is religion for a whole Earth? What is paganism, the path of the land? I have been chewing on these and similar questions for decades. So far I have not found any answers in print. Mostly I… Continue reading The Daily: 25 February 25
Today is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Christ-child, the savior deity of the Christian faith. Today is also the birthday of Mithras the cult deity of the Roman legions, who began his existence as a sun god, the Unconquered Sun, Sol Invictus, of which the emperor was the earthly avatar. Today… Continue reading The Daily: 25 December 2024
Magic as Wisdom I am an odd witch. Most would not consider me one at all. This is just fine with me, because most witches in history have not named themselves in that manner either, and not merely because it was rather bad for one’s health to claim the title. Most simply had no use… Continue reading The Daily: 24 October 2023
Ordinary Magic The 13th moon of the wheel of the year, theHunter's Moon, was new yesterday. Halloween, All Hallow’s, and the Day of the Dead — and Bonfire Night, if one is so inclined — are fast approaching, and, with these holy days, my calendar year is drawing to a close. It is cool and… Continue reading The Daily: 16 October 2023
Home Soil We need more geology in school. Or perhaps ecology. Probably both. If we are to survive, we need to understand who and what we are, and for that we need to understand this world that made us. We are earthly beings. We are small parts of a small planet on an average star… Continue reading The Daily: 9 May 2023
Today is the Dark Falling Leaves Moon. Tomorrow the 13th moon of the wheel of the year, the Hunter’s Moon, begins. Next week is Halloween, All Hallow’s, and the Day of the Dead. Also Bonfire Night if one is so inclined. It is cool and damp and rather dark with not much more than 10… Continue reading Ordinary Magic
It is the season of the witch. I should be in my element. Yet I am generally... not... I just get so frustrated with modern paganism. Here, I think, is a philosophy and a way of living that has so much potential to heal, to create joy, to fix all the crap that western culture… Continue reading Magical Thinking…
We need more geology in school. Or perhaps ecology. Probably both. If we are to survive, we need to understand who and what we are, and for that we need to understand this world that made us. We are earthly beings. We are small parts of a small planet on an average star in the… Continue reading Home Soil
I am an odd witch. Most would not consider me one at all. This is just fine with me, because most witches in history have not named themselves in that manner either, and not merely because it was rather bad for one’s health to claim the title. Most simply had no use for titles. They… Continue reading Magic as Wisdom: a Winter Spell
By My Solitary Hearth 