The Springfield Spider

For our friends. Be safe when in the woods this camping season.

From our friends at Survival Life....great little sayings to help you identify poisonous plants in nature.

Do you have any other sayings to add.....Such as "leaves of three, let it be?" Let's get a collection going! Comment below.

The Litha Edition of the Spider is in PDF format here http://thespringfieldspider.webs.com/

The Spider I never expected there to be a prize. All the years I have worked to educate people about Paganism was just doing what needed to be done. Then, out of the blue (for me, at least), Gavin and Yvonne Frost and the board of directors of the Church and School of Wicca awarded me with a Doctorate of Div…

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This months Full Moon will fall on Friday the 13th which is rare.

Friday the 13th may be bad luck for some, for witches and Pagans it's often considered a magical date. After all, Friday is named for Freyja, a Norse goddess of fertility (sometimes called F***g). The ancient Egyptians associated the number thirteen with immortality, there were twelve steps on the ladder to eternal life and knowledge; the thirteenth step meant going through death into everlasting life. Upper-class Romans required thirteen guests to be present at weddings as did the Norse vikings.

Finally, thirteen has a strong association with the moon for modern Pagans and Wiccans. There are thirteen lunar cycles each year, and many of us celebrate the Full Moons with an Esbat rite. Thirteen is the traditional number of witches in a coven.

Just five days until the next deadline so if you haven't submitted anything now is the time to get to work! We love all the submissions we have been getting this year and want to make sure your article or event is put into the Litha Edition.