Table of Contents
Prologue
Introduction: Our Year of the Wild
Sovereign within the Collective
Way of the Witch-Fractal
Wander ‘Round the Path
Meet the Four Sacred Hags
Grow the Circle Wider
Whisper Words of Lineage
Return to Embodiment
Live Cyclically
House of Initiation: The Beginning and the End
The Spiral Journey
A Softer Witchery
Our Wilder Circles
To Tend a Better Altar, To Write a Better Book of Moon and Flame
House of the Garden Hag: Opening Spring’s Portal
Chapter 1: Season of Tender Roots
Sunrise Reflection: The Beloved Dead
Spring Equinox Celebration: Twin Eggs of Birth and Renewal
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Let’s Get Some Blood in the Dirt
The Chicken-Witch of the Grove: A Ceremonial Ostara Tale
Opening Practice: Your Spring Initiation
Waxing Moon Practice: Writing It Real
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Eat Now
Full Moon Practice: Cosmic Eggs of Creation and Will
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: The Strongest Medicine
Waning Moon Practice: The Great Galactic Fabric
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Tomorrow We Get Dirty
Dark Moon Practice: Memories of Joy and Grace
Chapter 2: Season of the Elders’ Altar
Sunrise Reflection: Calling in the Stubborn Dreamers
Beltane Celebration: A Fire of Demand
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Up and at ‘Em, Lazy Bones
Temple of the Flame-Tender: A Ceremonial Tale of Wild Redemption
Opening Practice: Flame-Tending for the Yet-to-Be-Born
Waxing Moon Practice: The Wildness of Our Longing
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Blessed by the Most Primal Rivers
Full Moon Practice: The Truest Healing
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: This Is Hardly A Day to Be Timid
Waning Moon Practice: The Feeling Body
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Let’s Dine Like It’s Our Last Night
Dark Moon Practice: A Wild Walk
Chapter 3: Season of Mud-Caked Hands
Sunrise Reflection: The Love-Language of Wild Queens
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You Belong Here, Too
Bawdy Betty and the Lady in White: A Late Spring Tale
Opening Practice: A Helper-Tree Found
Waxing Moon Practice: Humble Offerings by Morning’s Light
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You’re on Your Own Now
Full Moon Practice: Sweet Reward
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: There’s So Much Joy To Be Had
Waning Moon Practice: Grieving Spring
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: This Place Has Been Good For You
Dark Moon Practice: The Purge before the Fruition
Wild Spring Practices and Sacred Remembrances
House of the Desert Hag: Opening Summer’s Portal
Chapter 4: Season of Wild Delights
Noon-Day Reflection: Lit by a Lone Star Come Too Close
Litha Celebration: Rejoining the Band of Storytelling Heathens
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: If Your Heart Is True
The Fairy-Doctor’s Daughter: A Ceremonial Solstice Tale
Opening Practice: Your Summer Initiation
Waxing Moon Practice: A Practiced Thanks
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You’ve Got Stories, Child
Full Moon Practice: The Three Stories
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Of Honest Contentment
Waning Moon Practice: A Moment of Pause
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: With Feeling Flesh and Low-Drumming Hearts
Dark Moon Practice: The Spirit of the Moment
Chapter 5: Season of Holy Thunder
Noon-Day Reflection: The Gift-Giver’s Breath
Lughnasadh Celebration: The Bread of Life and Death
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Rough Places Show You What You’re Made Of
The Witch and the Lightning Tree: A Midsummer Tale
Opening Practice: Our Web of Being
Waxing Moon Practice: To Make Peace with the Mystery
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Initiation into the Priestesshood of the Lightning Keepers
Full Moon Practice: Held by the Long Arms of Time
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: It Shall Heal
Waning Moon Practice: The Made and Maker
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Wanderers Such As We
Dark Moon Practice: Calling On the Ancestors
Chapter 6: Season of Midday Grace
Noon-Day Reflection: Just between You and Those Old Crows
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Now’s Not the Time to Look Up to Heaven
Biddy’s Retreat: A Late-Summer Love Story
Opening Practice: Ponder the Fractal
Waxing Moon Practice: The Witch’s Retreat
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Lightning Struck Skin
Full Moon Practice: An Offering to the Broken
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: I Wish to Speak Only of Such Love
Waning Moon Practice: Grieving Summer
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Walk West, Beloved
Dark Moon Practice: Welcoming the Great Letting Go
Wild Summer Practices and Sacred Remembrances
House of the Sea Hag: Opening Autumn’s Portal
Chapter 7: Season of Orphaned Dreams
Dusk Reflection: Once Upon an Ending
Autumnal Equinox Celebration: The Best and Last of Their Names
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: We Are Blessed by These Changing Tides
The Selkie-Hag’s Pelt: A Harvest Moon Tale
Opening Practice: Your Autumn Initiation
Waxing Moon Practice: A More Sacred Gaze
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Where the Dead Swim
Full Moon Practice: A Eulogy Lived Out Loud
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Let the Current Lick the Shivers from You
Waning Moon Practice: A Letter to a Loved One Gone
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Your Soul Is Home Here
Dark Moon Practice: A Sweet Release
Chapter 8: Season of the Haunted Heart
Dusk Reflection: The Shadow Family
Samhain Celebration: The Silent Supper
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Dead Things Don’t Spark
Goldie’s Shadow: A Ceremonial Ghost Story
Opening Practice: Communing with the Shadow Creatures
Waxing Moon Practice: The Shadow Doll
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Welcome the Monster to Your Table
Full Moon Practice: The Darkest Medicine
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: That Magick’s Been Yours
Waning Moon Practice: The Shadow as Gift
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: The Annual Witching Hour
Dark Moon Practice: The Story of the Many Children
Chapter 9: Season of Spice and Hearth
Dusk Reflection, by Ember Glow: Inquiry of the Dud Myths
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You Are Still Warm
The Soul-Cages: A Ceremonial Autumn Story
Opening Practice: The Living Ghost Story
Waxing Moon Practice: Deep Listening and the Medicine’s Resurrection
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Pray Into the Sunset
Full Moon Practice: The Great Purge and the Great Switch
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Let Them Come
Waning Moon Practice: Grieving Autumn
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: No One Can Tell You Not to Cry
Dark Moon Practice: Rest, Ritual, and Reflection
Chapter 10: The Thirteenth Moon
On This, The Darkest Hour
The Unburnable Beloved: A Thirteenth Moon Tale
Wild Autumn Practices and Sacred Remembrances
House of the Mountain Hag: Opening Winter’s Portal
Chapter 11: Season of Salted Bones
Midnight Reflection: A Witch’s Year in Review
Solstice Celebration: Prophecy ‘Neath the Pine on the Longest Night
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Warm Yourself, Child
The Storyteller-Crone’s Jewels: A Yuletide Tale
Opening Practice: Your Winter Initiation
Waxing Moon Practice: Tending the Inner Altar
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Tell me, Child
Full Moon Practice: Cleansing the Altar
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You’ve Come for Wisdom, Wild One
Waning Moon Practice: Something Far More Dangerous
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Let’s Not Be Too Hasty
Dark Moon Practice: A Puzzle-Piece Hymn, Hand-Written by the Witch’s Apprentice
Chapter 12: Season of the Wild Wolf
Midnight Reflection: Dream-Visions of the Near-to-Come
Imbolc Celebration: A Bridal Bed and a Flame Alight
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: She Can Smell Your Fear
The Bone-Woman’s Brew, a Mid-Winter Tale
Opening Practice: Welcoming Sovereignty Home
Waxing Moon Practice: Choices Made, Choices Owned
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: For the Gods’ Sakes, Be Bold About It
Full Moon Practice: The Bravest Gardener
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: You Did Good, Witch
Waning Moon Practice: Such Is the Way of Winter
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: It’s a Wonder
Dark Moon Practice: Naming the Fears
Chapter 13: Season of the Cauldron Keeper
Midnight Reflection: The Muse of Our Own Becoming
New Moon
Grandmother Speaks: A Secret Good Enough
The Moon-Child and The Holy Wild Hag: A Ceremonial Tale
Opening Practice: Becoming the Crone-Weaver
Waxing Moon Practice: Beginning Again
Full Moon
Grandmother Speaks: All Ways Are True
Full Moon Practice: It Is Finished
Waning Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Lighten Your Heart
Waning Moon Practice: Grieving Winter
Dark Moon
Grandmother Speaks: Admit it, Witch
Dark Moon Practice: Spring’s Sacrifice
Wild Winter Practices and Sacred Remembrances
Return to the House of Initiation
Conclusion: Seasons of Moon and Flame
Epilogue
Appendices
1. Hag Stories of Moon and Flame
2. Hag Spells and Rituals of Moon and Flame
3. Hag Lessons Unpacked