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December 2020

December 15, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Favourite Fairy Fiction Series

Since this is the last blog for me here of 2020 I thought it would...

December 01, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Why the Roots of Your Fairy Beliefs Matter

If you enter into a discussion in any fairy group on social media you will...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Hoaxes, Gaffs, and Quest for Proof

Fairy Faith doesn't proselytize or preach the way that formal religions do; it's a belief...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies and Modern Technology

The subject of fairies and modern technology is an intriguing one that encourages some good...

October 05, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Halloween Fun With Pagan Kids

Halloween is my favourite holiday. As a parent I try to pass that love on...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Irish Mythology Trivia

Was Nuada left- or right-handed? How did Queen Medb die? Sit back with a cuppa...

August 06, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Pareidolia and Fairies – Seeing What We Expect

There's been a trend in fairy groups for years of people posting pictures of what...

July 2020

July 21, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Hexing the Fae, Anthropocentrism, and Belief

As I'm sure many people already know, there's been a thing going around on TikTok...

July 05, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Spiritual Titles, Terms, and Identity

Across paganism there are a multitude of titles and terms applied by people and to...

May 2020

May 21, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Aesthetic Witches, Basic Witches & Gatekeeping

In the last few years there's been an increase in the popularity of witchcraft and...

May 12, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairy Witchcraft During a Pandemic

Since the pandemic, I have learned what is truly essential to my spiritual practice and...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: A Simple Bealtaine

It's easy to fall into a mindset that says if we don't celebrate holidays with...

April 15, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies on TV- What to Watch

Since many of us are currently looking for good or interesting things to binge watch...

March 2020

March 20, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Popular Questions About Fairies

I asked people on social media if they had questions about Fairies that I could...

March 08, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: ‘Celtic’ Paganism and Ancestry

Many people seek spirituality by looking to their own heritage and there is nothing wrong...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fae in the City

There is a tendency to view fairies as limited to the realm of gardens and...

February 11, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: A Beginner’s Guide To Studying Irish Mythology

A really common question I see from people just starting out in Irish paganism is...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Do I Believe In Fairies?

My reality includes fairies as both a cultural concept and an experienced subject. Like my...

January 14, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Random Q and A

For this post I decided to do another question and answer, and to simply open...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Why I Don’t Think Plastic Wards Against Fairies

There's currently a thing going around some corners of social media suggesting that fairies are...

November 2019

November 14, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Dragon Prince – What High Fantasy Can Be

High fantasy and urban fantasy are seeing a surge in popularity and with that has...

November 09, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Spiritual Prohibitions

Spirituality can affect our lives with the voluntary taking on of spiritual prohibitions or directives,...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies and Samhain

Samhain is a time when the beings of the Otherworld are more present in the...

October 01, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: 31 Movies for Halloween

I celebrate October by watching a movie every day that has some connection to either...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Random Q & A – From Books to Fairies

It's a really bad idea to center humans in everything and also to ignore all...

August 2019

August 18, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Evolution of My Spirituality

My witchcraft isn't something that fits well in the ceremonial magic structure or the neopagan...

August 04, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Wishes, and Entitlement

At a minimum we should treat the fairies the same way we should treat the...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Favorite Witchcraft Authors

These books not only provided me with wonderful insight and information that I incorporated into...

July 03, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Return of the Othercrowd

We are ultimately returning to a balance of the order between this world and the...

June 2019

June 18, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Midsummer, the Pleiades, and Fairies

After spending the autumn equinox in Iceland last year and having an experience that clued...