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2/17/2026
Convocation / WitchCon weekend Here is the schedule for WitchCon Online: https://www.witchcon.com/schedule.php There are over a hundred presenters including some famous Witches, some academics, and all kinds of traditions -- Witchcraft, Wicca, Hoodoo, Voudoun, Druidry, folk magick, ceremonial magick and more. The cool thing about this online festival is that you buy a ticket once and then you can watch ALL the classes, demonstrations, and entertainment from ALL the years, going back to 2022. My class is at 7:00 on Sunday, Feb. 22 on Sheila-na-Gigs, Matrikas (Venus Figurines) and the Green Man. Here is the ConVocation 2026 Schedule:
https://convocation2026.sched.com/ Convocation is held in Ann Arbor, Michigan and features no fewer than fifty presenters. There is an art room, a merchant room, party suites, a divination room, entertainment, a dance ball, and TONS of classes, demonstrations, and performances. The hotel is really nice. My classes are on Friday and Saturday. Kids' activities include drumming, sculpey clay, and painting rocks to hide around the hotel, or to take home. Adult classes: Saturday at 9 -- Folk Magick from the British Isles, Sunday at 11 --WitchCraft Traditions: What's really Old, and What likely Ain't
2/17/2026
Quadruple WhammyToday is a new moon ring-of-fire eclipse, Ramadan (Mubarak!) Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday, and the Lunar New Year -- year of the Horse and Fire in Asian astrology. Whew! Great time to do magick! https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgqg0pwkq2kt From the BBC about Lunar New Year
2/13/2026
Lupercalia Lupercalia is /was a Roman holiday which was celebrated every place they colonized, including the British Isles. The day for the celebration is Feb. 15th. It's about wolves and sex, so what's not to love? Here's what AI has to say about it: Lupercalia was an ancient Roman pagan festival on February 15 focused on purification and fertility, involving priests (Luperci) sacrificing goats and dogs, smearing their blood on young men's foreheads, then running naked or semi-naked around the Palatine Hill whipping women with goat-hide strips for good luck and fertility. It celebrated purification and health for the city, linked to the legendary she-wolf that nursed Rome's founders, Romulus and Remus, and its rituals included feasting, ritualistic blood, and a lively, sometimes wild, atmosphere, with some scholars linking its timing and themes to modern Valentine's Day. Here's a link from the History Channel: https://www.history.com/articles/lupercalia |
A.C. Fisher Aldag
Chronicler of Cymric Folklore, Granmother and grouch. Enjoyer of good food. Archives
February 2026
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Publications
Woman Afraid of Water from City Owl Press
Common Magick from Llewellyn Worldwide - available on Amazon Witches & Pagans # 38 & # 39 from BBI Llewellyn's Witches' Companion 2022, 2023 & 2024 from Llewellyn Worldwide Llewellyn's Spell-a-Day Almanac, 2025 from Llewellyn Worldwide |
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