Hawthorn's Magic Shop Blog

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Building an Altar in Minecraft

When I discussed worship in November, I mentioned the possibility of building digital altars in videogames. Minecraft is a good option for this because of the sandbox nature of the game and the wide variety of blocks and items available to build with.

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Winter Solstice

The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, occurs on 21 December in the UK this year. After the solstice, the days will become longer.

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Samhain

Samhain is the Celtic precursor to Halloween and it’s celebrated between sunset on 31 October and sunset on 1 November.

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Autumn Equinox

The autumn equinox occurs when the day and the night are the same length; after the equinox the nights will be longer than the days. The date of the autumn equinox varies and this year, in the UK, it’s on 22 September. You are most likely to see the northern lights on the nights surrounding the equinoxes so look out for them.

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Gender in Tarot

This month’s blog discusses gender essentialism within tarot. I’ve talked about some of the issues with gender essentialism in a previous blog and my experience with tarot cards in a recent blog too.

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Goslings

Recently, I was blessed to see this adorable gaggle of geese, with over thirty goslings (counting them wasn’t easy)!

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