Sacred Celebrations

Phoenix LeFae and Gwion Raven talk about their new book Life Ritualized: A Witches Guide to Honoring Life's Important Moments. They explain how even the smallest action is a sacred celebration. Did you know that we unconsciously practice rituals daily? Just think how powerful and meaningful they would become when you add purposeful consciousness to living your life. Phoenix and Gwion help you commemorate rites of passage, including lesser-acknowledged ones like getting a driver's license. In addition, the book offers detailed instructions for group and solitary activities that enrich these moments for witches and Pagans. Whether it's a weighty occasion like a birth, marriage, or death, or a more private one like blessings, a new house, or changing jobs, their book provides everything modern witches need to make it a moment of reflection and reverence. Featuring ritual basics and guidelines for creating your own sacred celebrations. We talk about Explanation of a ritualWitchcraft and Pagan ritualsThe three day rite of passageThe six steps of ritual flowCreating sacred spaceThe Tarot as a rite of passageThe rite of authencityFood magicThe two biological rites everyone goes throughRunes and the rite of passage Gwion Raven is a tattooed Pagan, writer, traveler, musician, cook, kitchen witch, occult shop owner, and teacher. Although initiated in three magickal traditions, Gwion describes his practice as virtually anything that celebrates the wild, sensuous, living, breathing, dancing, ecstatic, divine experiences of this lifetime. Born and raised in London, England, he now resides in Northern California and shares space with redwood trees, the Pacific Ocean, and his beloved partner. http://www.gwionraven.com Phoenix LeFae is a professional reader, rootworker, teacher, and ritualist. She has been practicing witchcraft for almost thirty years, and her teachings are connected to the Reclaiming Tradition, Druidry, and Gardnerian Wicca. She is also the owner of an esoteric Goddess shop called Milk & Honey. www.PhoenixLeFae.com