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April 2016

April 08, 2016

Happily Heathen – The Cat Story; or, Why it’s good to be very specific when asking your Goddess for a favor

You may know what you think that you want when you make a wish, but...

April 08, 2016

Wyrd Words: A Reconstructionist Argument For Inclusive Heathenry

Viking Lore makes a pretty clear case; not just for tolerating the existence of others,...

April 06, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Why We All Need Indigenous European Paganism

The Rev. Melissa Hill tackles issues of white privilege and the fear that modern European...

April 05, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Dressing Old Gods in a New World

In my experience if you ask most pagans or polytheists to describe their Gods -...

April 04, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Why Bother?

There's nothing like a ritual where there's genuine connection, where there's a palpable love between...

April 03, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Our Human Mentors

Once a mentorship is placed into a spiritual box, how you choose to handle the...

April 01, 2016

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Weight of Glory

"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal." - CS...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Finding Fairy – Enchantment and Wholeness

Enchantment is something to actively engage in, not passively experience.

March 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: Narrative Theology III – the Doughnut and the Dice

One of the things about stories is of course the way they keep turning up,...

March 28, 2016

Star Made Witch: Witches dreaming

At those hard times when it's all you can do just to complete your daily...

March 26, 2016

The Path of She: Walking with the Goddess – 4 Ways to Weave the Sacred Feminine Into Your Daily Life

How does the sacred feminine translate into your everyday existence? How can you access Her...

March 25, 2016

Happily Heathen: Keep Your Virtues Out Of My Heathenry

When Heathens turn ideals into a weapon to tear down other Heathens, we’re being just...

March 23, 2016

The Cartomancer: How to Speak with your Tree Ally

In my conversation with the Pine spirit, I think that what I hear is an...

March 22, 2016

Witch on Fire: Aphrodite’s Thealogy of Perfection

"In Perfect love and Perfect trust." I've come to appreciate this concept as one of...

March 21, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Seeking Community and Connection at Pagan Conferences

It's worth looking at what draws people to Pagan conferences and events and what function...

March 20, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Connecting to Spring

For most people, connecting to a tree in Spring like this is a very positive...

March 19, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: Harry Potter and the… WTF?

Recently, Harry Potter’s creator JK Rowling has expanded her fictional ‘secret history of the world’...

March 18, 2016

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Little Help-er

It is important to remember that we work magick all the time. Each choice and...

March 17, 2016

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Why Your Family Coven Should Watch THE PASSION and How

Watching The Passion provides an opportunity to give exposure to Christian ideals while ensuring that...

March 16, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Leadership When Leading gets Nasty

What happens when you know they’re wrong? What happens when they’ve acted like an ass,...

March 15, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Spring Equinox – Moving Towards the Light

Spring is in the air and I can feel the shift from winter's dark to...

March 14, 2016

Star Made Witch: Fairy Witchcraft Book List

Considering that fairy tales and religion are the theme this March, I will seize this...

March 12, 2016

The Path of She: Demeter and Your Bigness of Being, A Spring Equinox Meditation

Spring has arrived and Demeter awaits you, just as She has waited for Her daughter...

March 11, 2016

Happily Heathen: Heathen Polytheism – A Deity Dedication Contract

Deities are large, complex beings with agendas, motivations, personalities, needs, and wants. If you are...

March 10, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I most admire. So...

March 09, 2016

The Cartomancer: “Know Thyself,” but what does it really mean?

Go out. Smell a flower. Stay together. If it rains, open your mouth and taste...

March 09, 2016

Witch on Fire: You Can Lead a Witch to Circle, But You Can’t Make Them Coven

Priestessing means that you aren't always popular. Some days you play the role of the...

March 07, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Pagans, Curses, and the Quest for Power

Why is it that hoodoo and Vodou are suddenly so popular? And why is it...

March 06, 2016

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Family Coven and The Laws of Magick

Crabtree uses the Laws of Magick to demonstrate how Family Coven is a wealth of...

March 05, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: A Wiccan Speaks Out About Cults

Is Wicca a cult? Ask your minister, and he'll probably say yes. Ask a Wiccan...