(Meet Mago Contributor) Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni alias @bag is winner of the First Prize 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup” National Literature Price and of the Edinburgh “Writings Leith” contest.  She received two nominations for Read More …

(Poem) The Well of Remembrance by Carolyn Lee Boyd

Come to the Well of RemembranceHere have women sacrificed the memories that overflowIn both mourning and joyIn all times and places. Now it is your turn to pour into it Read More …

(Music 1) Into the Bear Cave by Alison Newvine

For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, this time of year beckons us to slow down, rest and reflect. Many of us find ourselves torn between the demands and Read More …

(Quilt Art) Hindu Goddess Tapati by Kaarina Kailo

Tapati is a Hindu Goddess of the  Tapti River and a mother goddess who is associated with the sun and with south. The name itself is associated with the queen of Read More …

(Poem) Women of my Surroundings by Alshaad Kara

No shame, no shyness,They fed me with strength. Despite the world being harsh,They did their best to bear everythingIn order for me to survive. My anger towards this worldWas their Read More …

(Meet Mago Contributor) William Matthews

William Mathews is a writer from the foothills of the majestic Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These incredible hills have inspired and continue to inspire William’s writings then and now. Read More …

(Prose) Visiting Il Giardino dei Tarocchi (The Tarot Garden) Capalbo, Italy by Susan Hawthorne

In October 2023, I travelled to Italy, after Rome my major destination was the Tarot Garden, a sculpture park created by the artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It was my Read More …

(Art Essay) Seshat Mistress of the Yoniverse by Claire Dorey

Lapis eyes shut, drifting along the edge of consciousness, noctambulist Seshat measures the sand-scape, stretching and shifting the cord. Beneath this witching sky the creative landscape is female. In meditative Read More …

Introducing the Artist Lonovia Sosivu Caldwell by Louisa Calio

It is my joy to introduce my lifelong friend, the Artist Lonovia Sosivu Caldwell. She was born in Bonneau, South Carolina in August of 1940.  She moved to New Haven, Read More …

(Poem) The Moon Talks to the People on the Earth by Mary Saracino

Have you learned nothing from my waxing and waning, the ebb and flow of tides, the beacon of light in the night sky, my eternal gift to you? Fullness is Read More …

(Essay) Ceremony as “Prayer” or Sacred Awareness By Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.

This essay is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of the author’s new book A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos: Celebrating Her within PaGaian Sacred Ceremony. Ritual/ceremony is often described as “sacred Read More …