Making Rain

Near sunset on Friday, October 3rd, a cluster of witches gathered in a park behind a yoga studio in Berkeley. The witches stored their non-essentials in the yoga studio and headed outside with blankets, rhythmic instruments, and cookies and wine as an offering to the gods and goddesses. They built an altar and laid the blankets in a circle as the evening darkness settled in. When they were all ready to begin, one of the witches cast a circle with an umbrella. It began to sprinkle, without any chants or spells having been done! The witches screeched and hooted in pleasure, as two High Priestesses stepped into the middle to call Hera and Ixchel...