Update – I’m Still Here

Hey all, it's been a long while since I've updated this blog. The global pandemic has really been eating away at my mental, physical and spiritual health, though I am lucky enough to have not experienced covid myself. It's very worrying as I am a high risk due to my auto-immune diseases, so I've been…

Spirituality and the Facade of Wholeness

Something which I often find online is that many people perceived as spiritual in one way or another are often expected to be complete. This can apply to people of any religion, tarot readers and other diviners, witches and healers. It especially seems to apply to those of us who provide spiritual services, paid or…

All About Prayer Part 3: Prayer in Shinto

Prayer, or norito (祝詞) is a central and important part of the Shinto faith. To an outsider, Shinto prayer most likely seems highly ritualised and even a bit 'stiff', but as you'll find out, there is a meaning for every action. This post aims to talk about what Shinto prayer is, what it looks like…

Setsubun – Getting Rid of Your Demons

Today I celebrated Setsubun (節分), a yearly festival in which we celebrate the beginning of Spring. Setsubun literally means 'seasonal division' and is also associated with the Lunar new year, so is often thought of as a 'new year' before Spring! Note: I use the term 'demon' here to translate the Japanese term 'oni'. This…

The Mysterious Origins of Imbolc

The time of Imbolc (pronounced 'imolg/immolk') is almost upon us, falling on February 1st or sometimes the 2nd, of each year. In modern times, Imbolc is celebrated as one of the seasonal festivals of Wicca, witchcraft and other pagan paths but its origins are garbled and confusing. Imbolc is also celebrated in Christianity as St.…

The East Tennessee ‘Shinto Shrine’

Oh boy. So this video has been making the rounds in the Shinto community and it's... something. What it isn't is Shinto. There are so many issues with this 'shrine' and I'm going to talk about some of them here. Firstly I want to make it clear that gatekeeping is not something that really happens…

All About Prayer Part 2: Prayer in Modern Paganism

In my last post I talked about what prayer is through various definitions that I hope broadened the understanding of those curious. Today I continue this series and talk a little about examples of prayer Modern Paganiso. This post will focus primarily on the practical aspect of prayer as I believe everyone's spiritual experience is…

All About Prayer Part 1: What Is Prayer?

I get a lot of emails asking me how I pray, what is prayer and asking for general advice on how to pray and practices associated with it. I decided to write this series of posts to hopefully answer these questions, though I must state that prayer is very individual and means very different things…

A Story of Manifestation

It's been a while, friends. As usual I've been pretty busy with work but also with lots of other goings on. Firstly, and before I forget, I now have a twitter and an instagram if you are inclined to follow. Updates are currently pretty sporadic, but they are more active than this blog for now!…

‘Moving’ to Spirit Fox

Hello all! I am writing this post to inform you that I will be changing my name/alias to 'SpiritFox' for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is a name which I used long ago, as a teenager when I was starting out with tarot and paganism and so I still feel that youthful and positive…