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October 2020

October 20, 2020

Honestly, I Believe It’s A Great Time To Be A Witch

Being a Witch is "on trend" in America and it is doing more to help...

October 02, 2020

Halloween: My Celebration Of Spooky Will Not Be Denied!

Halloween has always been a celebration of spooky, for me. There is a general air...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Review: The Junior Witch’s Handbook – A Kid’s Guide to White Magic, Spells, and Rituals

While there needs to be great content out there for parents to give to their...

September 14, 2020

Celebrating Autumn, Mabon, Harvest: What’s In A Name?

Where is the connection to Autumn with the name Mabon? To be honest, there is...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Movies Do Not Teach Best Practices In Spiritual Protection

I'm probably hard on psychic characters like Elise Ranier because I used to BE her....

August 19, 2020

Green Earth Witchcraft: Who Is The Earth Deity?

The Earth Deity is primordial, a world soul from which nature derives and is ordered....

August 14, 2020

Moon Muses: Selene. Mani. And Illuminating Psychic Spaces.

The presence of the moon in the night sky has had a significant impact on...

August 07, 2020

Grief: Moving Through The Dim Unknown

We all process grief in a different way. And perhaps it is not souls of...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Believe It Or Not, Modern Day Witchhunts Still A Thing

Witchhunts are not a concern in the United States. They are a reality in other...

July 28, 2020

Lammas/Lughnasadh: Connecting to Nature Through Baking

Baking is deeply satisfying to me. Connects me to nature in a visceral kinship found...

July 22, 2020

Hexing: What. Why. When. How. Should?

Hexing is to practice witchcraft. As indeed all forms of magick are regardless of how...

July 20, 2020

Tik Tok Witches Hex Fae: What Are We Not Doing That We Should?

I have to wonder if there is a better way to teach or guide beginning...

July 14, 2020

And A Squirrel Living In A Pear Tree…

Let intuition be your guide in working with Squirrel Spirit. Step outside your comfort zone...

July 09, 2020

Green Earth Witch: For Love Of Lightning Bugs

Take time to glory in Lightning Bug, those glowing dancers of Summer's twilight. Better yet,...

July 03, 2020

Green Earth Witch: Honoring Earth Mother In Nature-Based Witchcraft

As a Green Earth Witch, I honor the Earth Mother (as planet and deity), cultivate...

June 2020

June 10, 2020

J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Will Not Ruin My Trans Son’s Childhood

My son admits to being a little hurt by J.K. Rowling's tweets but has decided...

June 05, 2020

Practical Magick: A Justice Spell For George Floyd and Others

The similarities between the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner are chilling. Ode and...

June 03, 2020

Protest: Black Lives Matter. Police Brutality. Systemic Racism

As a podcast, we decided the protest is a topic related to the Pagan/Witcraft communities....

June 01, 2020

Queer Pagan Pride: The LGBTQ Community Within Paganism

It is up to individual traditions, leaders, and practitioners to find ways to embrace the...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

Green Witch Plant Profile: Lavender For Purification, Third Eye, Protection

As a Hekataen Green Witch, I love working with Lavender. So, I suggest making a...

May 15, 2020

Review: Protection Spells By Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Divided into three sections, part one offers an introduction to spell-crafting that includes information about...

May 13, 2020

A Broader Focus: How COVID-19 Has Shifted My Magickal Practice

As a result of COVID-19, one thing has been made clear to me. In spite...

May 12, 2020

Protection Magick: Why And How It Is Useful In Everyday Life

For protection magick, the gist is self-preservation and/or the safeguarding of others. Looking after one's...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

Walpurgisnacht: Fertility Rite. Witches Night. And All That Jazz.

So, why would Walpurgisnacht (Nah --let's switch it to Hexennacht) be a day that as...

April 08, 2020

Even When You Don’t Feel It, You Are Witch Enough

Allow yourself to have an expression of spirituality, practice, belief, or tradition which is unique...

April 02, 2020

Finding Unity When Separated By Social Distancing

As the world hunkers down, it is important to remember whatever we are feeling is...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Green Witchcraft: Drawing What’s Needed With Clover

In folk magick, it can be used as a talisman of protection. A four-leaf clover...

March 27, 2020

Review: Intuitive Witchcraft by Astrea Taylor

The information is solid, well researched, useful, and encouraging. Astrea Taylor offers tools that will...

March 26, 2020

Shielding: Transform Energy Into What Serves You Best

The idea is to transform negative energy into beneficial energy that serves you. I have found this...

March 24, 2020

Navigating A Fallow Period During A Pandemic

When we speak of a "fallow period" in context with spiritual or magickal practice, for...