Crimson Coven Chat: Life is a Love Spell – Aphrodite as Inspiration & Initiator

May 31, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

Aphrodite is a misunderstood deity, often limited to the role of a seductress or the most beautiful of beings. But Love has always been wider than the ocean, with more waves and movement than is comfortable: challenging and desperate, an initiation of surrender. A Conversation about Aphrodite and More Irisanya Moon (she/they) talks with Halo Quin (they/she) about her popular book, “Aphrodite: Encountering the Goddess of Love & Beauty & Initiation,” as well as about how initiations into the mysteries... Read more

ADHD Witching: An Update

May 19, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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It’s been a minute since I’ve said anything on this blog about ADHD. For those just joining, I was diagnosed in October 2022 and medicated in November. I started with a small dose of immediate-release medication and have increased my dose slightly this year. Since I last checked in, I’ve taught more classes, traveled to teach at a camp in another country, and worked on new projects. I’ve had many chances to see if I was different. If my magick... Read more

Following the Call(s) of Aphrodite

May 5, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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She who loves, She who is Love. She offers love as the balm, the bright, and the beauty. She is many faces, many facets, the mirror ball that reflects and shimmers into the world. The one who called me and knew my name before I did. The one who laughed when I turned away because She knew I’d return. Aphrodite. Aphrodite. Aphrodite. I did. Answering the Waves and Following Her to Shore I will not remember the exact moment I... Read more

Becoming Your Own Love Spell

April 28, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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If I’ve learned anything from Aphrodite, it’s this: you are already a love spell. I complete me. I carry my heart in my heart. For all of the searching and the reaching, for all of the wondering and the wandering, for all of the desire that bounces around the walls of empty rooms – or that dances slowly in a corner, you are already a conjuring. I am already the curve of reflection and the image falling in love with... Read more

When the Heart Finds Magick Again

April 21, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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My heart has known magick. My heart has also seen miracles and felt betrayal and known hope. I have found it in the places I have been afraid to travel to and where I have arrived, with a plan or not. (With the right things packed, or not. Usually not. Last time, I forgot a hairbrush.) My heart knows when something is calling and when something is asking for me to extend beyond the space of what I think is... Read more

Magick for You, Magick for Me

April 7, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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As you’re reading this, I’m making magick far from home. I’m with beloveds of bone and spirit. I’m introducing myself to a land I know only by reputation. I’m making offerings. I’m anointing myself with local waters. I’m planning and facilitating containers of magick for others. And me. For the longest, and it is still a reflex, I thought being a public priestess was about serving outward (only). When I realized serving only outwardly is serving half-heartedly, I stepped into... Read more

Start Again (Whenever), a Magickal Reminder

March 29, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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(inspired by my March 2023 Heart Magick newsletter) The astrological year begins anew with Aries. Fiery and action-oriented, this is like the actual start of 2023 to me. Maybe you’ve spent the last few months feeling like you couldn’t get started with things you wanted to start. Or maybe you felt a little swimmy and were unable to get clear about the next right steps for you. That’s okay. You can always start now. Or tomorrow. Or whenever. Starting again... Read more

Poetry, Daimons & Showing Up

March 22, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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Poetry used to visit in the later hours of the night. Between 11 pm and 2 am, I would take advantage of the empty family computer room (the corner of the dining room) and I would write poems. I must have had music playing in my headphones because I know I’d write the poetry in time to the latest song I was obsessed with, the latest boy I was obsessed with. And I’d write about heartache. I’d write about reclaiming... Read more

It Happened One Rite

March 11, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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I’m co-facilitating a Rites of Passage class right now. And while I was leading a trance, I stepped into this blog title. It happened one rite. Rites of passage happen all the time. And in Reclaiming, the core class about rites of passage focuses on dreams and stories/myths (for me, anyway), but less about: HERE’S HOW TO DO YOUR RITE OF PASSAGE NOW RIGHT NOW. STEP ONE… Because rites happen all the time. And your rite is different from mine.... Read more

Many Godds, Many Relationships, Always Learning

March 3, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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After being a Catholic for much of my life, finding witchcraft was a breath of fresh air. The idea that I could choose the godds I worked with was exciting, scary, and confusing. When I read my first books on magick and craft, there was talk about a goddess and god, but no talk about more than that. Or there were movies that talked about one goddess-like figure. (“The Craft.”) But I wanted something else, even if I practiced what... Read more