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A Crow and The Dead https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/ Gardnerian High Priestex, Witch, Mortician, and Necromancer Mortellus talks about all the things she holds dear Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:00:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 How We Can Support LGBTQIA+ Rights https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/06/how-we-can-support-lgbtqia-rights/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:00:43 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2680 Never forget that Pride was a riot.

]]> Ambiguous Grief, Mourning Living Parents https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/06/ambiguous-grief-mourning-living-parents/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:45:59 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2669 I realize it wouldn’t be fair to sit here writing this for you all without honesty and vulnerability, without you knowing how often I’ve wished that my own parents would simply die.

]]> The Time I Visited The Underworld https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/05/the-time-i-visited-the-underworld/ Sat, 29 May 2021 19:10:24 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2663 The hard truth is that I don’t have all the answers. Hell, I don’t have any answers. Nobody does. We all just have a lot of questions that simply won’t be answered until we’re on the other side of that wispy veil.

]]> Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/05/botanical-curses-and-poisons-the-shadow-lives-of-plants/ Wed, 12 May 2021 14:11:21 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2530 There is a fine line between healing and killing: the difference lies only in the dosage!

]]> Seven Books on Death https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/04/seven-books-on-death/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:29:24 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2500 I'm frequently asked to recommend books on the topic of death, dying, mediumship, grief, and other such topics. Here's a few I'm looking at right now.

]]> Autonomy Over Integrity https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/04/autonomy-over-integrity/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:23:55 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2441 Coven leaders don't get a pass just because they hold rituals in their homes instead of some building with a sign out front, and being a law unto ourselves shouldn't mean we can't be held to account.

]]> Just a Scapegoat Living Deliciously https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/03/just-a-scapegoat-living-deliciously/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:23:28 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2414 We might be ye olde witch cult, but we aren't like, a cult-cult, ya know?

]]> The Spring Riot https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/03/the-spring-riot/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:33:48 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2389 The spring equinox, it is said, is a time when night and day are in perfect balance- agreement, you might call it - and so are we, but when has that ever been true?

]]> Nightshades and Necromancy https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/03/nightshades-and-necromancy/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:29:34 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2372 It isn’t hard at all to add a little death magic to your daily life, right there in your kitchen. Necromancy sounds all spooky and dangerous and impractical, but really, death is around us all the time.

]]> Review: Egregores https://www.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/2021/02/review-egregores/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:02:09 +0000 https://admin.patheos.com/blogs/acrowandthedead/?p=2347 One of most important but little known concepts of Western occultism is that of the egregore, an autonomous psychic entity created by a collective group mind.

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