by Jessie Cross | Dec 7, 2025 | Christmas, Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Burning, baking, and blessing the log that symbolizes warmth, renewal, and the return of light at the winter solstice. Long before strings of electric lights wrapped around suburban rooftops, people gathered around firelight (literal flames) to mark the turning of the...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 7, 2025 | Christmas, Santa Claus
How the North Became Santa’s Eternal Home—From Polaris to Shamanic Sky-Travel When we say, “Santa lives at the North Pole,” almost no one stops to question it. It feels obvious, like it’s built into the holiday season. Children draw pictures of Santa’s snowy...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 6, 2025 | Christmas, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Create a meaningful ornament, seal your hopes for the year ahead, and start a beautiful seasonal tradition. During the final weeks of the year, when twinkle lights glow and evergreen branches fill our spaces with their scent, many people feel a quiet pull toward...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 6, 2025 | Christmas, Plant Medicine, Santa Claus
Red-and-white mushrooms, flying reindeer, and winter rituals—exploring the surprising folkloric roots of Santa Claus. Why the Mushroom-Santa Theory Matters Have you ever wondered why Santa wears red and white, why he flies with reindeer, or why he somehow arrives...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 6, 2025 | Christmas, Santa Claus
A deeper look at Santa as a mythic figure representing giving, innocence, wonder, and energetic reciprocity Who is Santa Claus? And why does he matter more than ever today? For most people, Santa Claus arrives wrapped in childhood imagination. He comes with reindeer...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 6, 2025 | 12th Night, Epiphany
Discover the winter crone of Italian folklore: Her origins, symbolism, rituals, and why she flies only on Epiphany Eve Italy has many winter tales of saints, spirits, miracle stories, and centuries-old feast days. But none are as beloved, mysterious, and enduring as...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 5, 2025 | Numerology, Winter Solstice (Yule)
How to use December 12 for reflection, intention-setting, and gentle energetic reset Every year, December brings a quiet pivot point. It’s not yet the official Winter Solstice, not quite holiday climax, and not 100% tucked into real winter hibernation yet. In...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 4, 2025 | Christmas, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Discover the winter doorway between worlds — where darkness, dreams, and folklore shape our most enchanted stories. Winter has always been the season when stories deepen. Something shifts as the light thins, as the Cold Moon rises, as the Winter Solstice marks the...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 3, 2025 | Christmas, Santa Claus
A Green-Robed Guardian of Merriment, Winter Feasts, and the Soul of Yule Throughout December, we meet a parade of winter figures, from Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Krampus, La Befana, the Yule Goat, and others who wander the threshold season between the Winter Solstice...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 3, 2025 | 12th Night, Epiphany
How January 6 closes the liminal portal of midwinter and illuminates the seeker’s path For many people, Epiphany (January 6) is one of those dates that hovers quietly in the background of winter…recognized, maybe, but not fully explored. But spiritually...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 3, 2025 | Christmas
Exploring the ancient origins, seasonal magic, and spiritual meaning behind the days between Christmas and Epiphany For most people today, Christmas feels like a single day. It’s an explosion of lights, gifts, cinnamon, and celebration. But historically,...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 2, 2025 | Christmas
A heart-centered look at Christmas beyond religion—rooted in solstice magic, ancient symbolism, and the return of inner light. Christmas holds a powerful place in the collective imagination. Not just as a religious holiday, but as a deeply symbolic moment woven into...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 2, 2025 | The Wild Hunt
Tips for decoding winter’s powerful dream archetype, from pursuit and initiation to ancestral calling and inner transformation. There are dreams that arrive like soft messages. They’re feather-light, symbolic, gentle. And then there are dreams that arrive like...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 1, 2025 | Odin, The Wild Hunt
Explore Odin, Holle, Perchta, Gwyn ap Nudd, Herne, Arthur, and Irish goddesses through winter folklore, myth, and seasonal magic. The Wild Hunt is one of Europe’s oldest and most enduring pieces of winter folklore. It’s a ghostly cavalcade of riders, ancestors,...
by Jessie Cross | Dec 1, 2025 | The Wild Hunt, Winter Solstice (Yule)
December’s Spirit Winds, Ancestral Processions, and the Liminal Magic of Midwinter There’s a popular belief in some spiritual circles that the veil between worlds only thins once a year, on Samhain (October 31st). Then it immediately seals back up as soon as the final...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 30, 2025 | The Wild Hunt, Uncategorized
A deep dive into Odin, Perchta, Gwyn ap Nudd, winter storms, and the ghostly procession said to ride the darkest nights of the year. Every winter, as the nights sharpen and the world grows still, stories ripple across northern Europe of a fearsome, spectral procession...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 27, 2025 | Krampus, Santa Claus, Winter Solstice (Yule)
From a 4th-Century Bishop to a Beloved Winter Gift-Bringer, Explore the History, Myth, and Magic Behind St. Nicholas Day Every December, as the nights stretch long and the world leans into candlelight and quiet, the story of St. Nicholas begins to shimmer again. Long...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 26, 2025 | Krampus, Krampuslauf, Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Fiery, Masked Winter Tradition That Still Haunts the Darkest Nights of December Every December, as the nights deepen across the Alpine world, villages light torches and fire barrels, cowbells echo through mountain valleys, and horned figures stomp through the...
