Alder Tree

The alder tree is highly water-resistant, and as such was used by ancient Europeans to build edifices near or under water. Its power in magick is resiliency. It teaches us to bend but never break, to go with the flow and accept positive change.

If you find yourself in a rut, or if you are having trouble accepting that which you cannot change or control, alder can give you the courage to move forward.

Find, make, or buy yourself a simple alder limb and consecrate it as your wand of changes. When you find yourself resisting that which cannot be changed, take your wand and tap it on each of your chakra centers while saying:

Alder stronger than waters flow,
Help me learn that I must grow;
Not all things can be my way,
Let me learn this lesson today.

- Edain McCoy

Blessed Be
Fairy Star

Testament to Anubis

Anubis is the night before the day,
The shadow’s hidden wisdom, and the light
Of lambent eyes reflecting moon and star.
Anubis is the one gods obey,
In grave respect for both his bark and bite,
The measured words and steadfast crushing jaws.
Anubis is the warden from afar
Who watches when the time has come to weigh
A soul, and judge its life s wrong or right.
Anubis knows us all for who we are
And neither loves, nor hates, nor yet gives pause
In his eternal reckoning of score.
His care id for the balance and the laws
For justice is the jackal’s sacred lore.

- Elizabeth Barrette