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June 2016

June 14, 2016

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Pagan Parenting and the Orlando Mass Shooting

With a prayer and sound advise, Crabtree explores how to talk to children about the...

June 13, 2016

Star Made Witch: Viridis Genii (Event Review)

There are so many kinds of spiritual events, but perhaps none so sublime as the...

June 12, 2016

Wyrd Words: Orlando, Islam, and Glass Houses

Most of America woke up to some pretty disturbing news this morning. At 2 am....

June 12, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: A Charm for Release

We have all known difficult people. Whether they are manipulative, disrespectful of boundaries, toxic or...

June 11, 2016

The Path of She: A Summer Solstice Mystery – Thou Art Goddess

Your Inner Goddess is awake inside of you, anchoring you in the ways of the...

June 10, 2016

Happily Heathen: Beauty, Sex, and Sexuality in the Viking Age

Religious and spiritual beliefs to not happen in a vacuum; they are always influences by...

June 09, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Eating Ash and Spitting Fire

Whether you count its origins in the pastoral altars of Romantic poets, the channeled voice...

June 08, 2016

The Cartomancer: Relax, Your Local Gods can only be Discovered through Foreign Intervention

Your local gods are other people's stories. The totally other people's stories.

June 07, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Summer Solstice – Cake for Áine

On midsummer - the holiday between Bealtaine's earthy celebrations and Lúnasa's harvesting - we celebrate...

June 06, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Interruption and Creative Flow

This time last year, I had a clear and focused plan for my writing, both...

June 05, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Washing The Dishes – Awareness, and the Hidden Opportunities for Magic in Modern Life

I am writing an entire occult-y blog post about washing dishes. Yes, washing dishes. By...

June 04, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: On Choosing a Magical Name

Upon entering the Craft, it is traditional, almost required, that one choose a new name....

June 03, 2016

Adventures in Wortcunning: Is Magick Real?

Is magick real? This is a question I am asked all the time, and to...

June 02, 2016

Wyrd Words: Building a Kindred

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week...

June 01, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Finding the Spirit of My Religion

I knew what she was as soon as I saw her. She was my frumpy...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

A Lakeside Hearth: Looking Inwards

There are numerous conflicts in modern Pagan practices. When they do spill over, the conversation...

May 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: Put Fire On It

I have a deep-thinking oldest child, who is fascinated by a number of things. There's...

May 28, 2016

The Path of She: The Transformative Magic of Your Life Story – Embracing the Beauty and the Ugly

We humans are not good or bad, beautiful or ugly, perfect or imperfect, but some...

May 27, 2016

Happily Heathen: Know Your Lore — The Poetic Edda

As a new Heathen, people are often told to read "the sagas and the Eddas."...

May 26, 2016

Outside the Circle: My Journey with the Orishas

Everyone hits a low point. No one is all that all of the time. We...

May 25, 2016

The Cartomancer: Underground Smoke

The intuition about the beyond, that is not only instantly recognized but also embraced, leads...

May 24, 2016

The Blooming Staff: On Thelemic Catholicism — Mary or Nu-Isis?

The practice of Catholic syncretism -- in which gods and spirits of non-Christian origin are...

May 23, 2016

Star Made Witch: The Function of Spell Components

A witch gathers their spell components from a legend of traditional and personal correspondences and...

May 22, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: Honoring Hekate in the Rite of Her Sacred Fires

On Saturday night I honored Hekate as a part of the annual Rite of Her...

May 21, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: The Riddle of the Pentagram

Though ancient beyond belief and occurring in indigenous iconographies all over the world, the Pentagram...

May 19, 2016

Wyrd Words: It’s The Simple Things

Sometimes we need to set aside the heavier burdens of deep philosophical questioning and social...

May 18, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Toad Blessings

What do grave robbing, gardening, and the painful change that the Tower card encapsulates all...

May 17, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Is It a Haunting or Fairies?

You don't necessarily need to be sensitive or able to directly See these beings; for...

May 16, 2016

Seeking the Grail: When Doing the Right Thing Doesn’t Feel Good

About a month ago I put my cat to sleep, and only in the past...

May 15, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Practical Magic for Time Crunched Magicians

Adaptation in and of itself is a worthy magical skill, and adaptation to modern realities...