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spells, or job spells, I don’t do
that shit,” said Brandon. “When
you ask us to do a spell to make
their living environments, as
someone fall in love with you.
well as their minds and hearts,
You’re messing around with
in preparation for the upcoming
people’s free will and I won’t
season of growth. It’s a time to
do that. You can’t get away with
shake off the doldrums of late
that. As for money spells, I try
winter and light the fires of creto make people understand you
ativity and inspiration.
don’t just get something from
Spring Equinox, Ostara, or
nothing, that’s not how the uniOestarra: March 20, 21, 22, or 23
verse works. So the money
- Winter is now over. Light is inhas to come from somewhere.
creasing. The day and night are
It has to be taken from someequal in length at the equinox.
where to give to someone. So
Spring has arrived or is comyou may have a favorite uncle
ing soon. Eostar is the time of
that dies and that’s how you get
fertility, birth, and renewal. The
the money.”
ice is thawing, and the growing
Sarah agreed, “We don’t do
season for plants and animals
spells as much as you think. We
begins. Growth is the theme of
get asked a lot for love or monthe day.
ey spells. We can help you do
Beltane, May Day: May 1 things that welcome love into
Beltane is the time of the maryour life not targetriage and union of the
ing people. Not ‘I
Goddess as Mother
want Joey to like
Earth and the God
me’
but ‘I want
of the Greenwood. It
“When you ask us to do a spell to make someone
to like
is an ancient fertilme’.”
someone fall in love with you.
ity festival marking
Brandon joked,
the beginning of the
You’re messing around with people’s free “There are always
planting cycle. The
people that want
festival was to enwill and I won’t do that.
you to give them
sure a good growing
a potion to make
season and a bountiYou can’t get away with that.
them fly around
ful harvest. Beltane
As for money spells, I try to make
on a damn broomis light-hearted and
stick.”
joyful.
people understand you don’t just get
Brandon and
Litha or MidsumSarah
have
a
mer: June 21, 22 something from nothing,
store that actually
Midsummer is the
sells “bewitching
longest day and the
that’s not how the universe works."
supplies” for loshortest night of the
cal witches. They
year. Light triumphs,
opened up Tabula
but will now begin
that has been accomplished
Rasa after they struggled to get
to fade into darkness as auover the year.
supplies in the area. They cartumn approaches. The crops
Brandon says because of the
ry statuaries, books, incense,
are planted and growing. The
stigma that goes with paganpendulums, crystals, charms,
woods and forests have reached
ism in the area, many witches
candles, herbs, oils, etc. You
their peak fullness. This is the
choose to stay solitary rather
can find them on facebook or
time of abundance for wildlife,
than gather together and celon their website, http://www.
including people! The holiday is
ebrate, "There is a stigma about
tabularasa-bewitchingsupplies.
joyous.
what we do. They ask me a lot
com/.
Lammas: August 1 - For the
about the pentacles. They're cuThe local group doesn’t meet
ancient Pagans, Lammas was
rious. They want to know about
as often as they’d like because
a time of both hope and fear.
it and if it's a real thing."
of busy schedules and busy
They held hope for a bountiSarah agreed, "I had co-worklives. But if you want more inful harvest and abundant food,
ers joke about doing spells or
formation on their bewitching
but they feared that the harvest
they tell me someone stole my
activities, like their “Bewitchwouldn’t be large enough and
car and point to a broom."
ing Evenings” facebook page
that the cold months would be
They both agree the most
as well to find out how to get
filled with struggle and depriasked question is do you do
involved and any upcoming acvation. At Lughnasad, modern
spells? “Before you even ask,
tivities.
Wiccans also face their fears,
I don’t do love spells, money
concentrate on developing their
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own abilities, and take steps to
protect themselves and their
homes.
Mabon or Fall Equinox: September 20, 21, 22, or 23 - At
Mabon, the day and the night
are equal in length, in sublime
balance. For many locations,
Mabon coincides with the final harvest of grain, fruits, and
vegetables. Mabon, also called
Harvest Home, is the time of
thanksgiving. The beauty and
bounty of summer gives way to
the desolation of winter, and the
darkness overtakes the light.
Samhain: October 31 or November 1 - For many Wiccans,
Samhain marks the New Year
and is the most important Sabbat. It’s the time to remember
the ancestors, and the time to
celebrate the harvest and all

A Coven-ient Truth

“Black” and “
White” witches
captured in th
e 1900’s

Pictures of witches
90’s
captured in the 18

Circle ceremony in
the 1900’s

witches
Modern day
d Sarah Lee
Brandon an
.
of Bismarck

Witches feminist
movement
from the 1960’s.

Modern Day witches
Brandon
and Sarah Lee.

Witch, Katelynn
Alice Morgan,
leads a ritual.