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February 2017

February 14, 2017

The Blooming Staff: Banish Trump, Exorcise Trump!

Occultists of all varieties need to banish the demonic principality of Donald Trump from our...

February 10, 2017

Happily Heathen: Heathen Events at PantheaCon 2017

Convention season has started, an the first one up is PantheaCon, the largest indoor pan-Pagan...

February 08, 2017

The Cartomancer: Full Circle, Magic Circle

You've come full circle, now what? Is there a loop in it, a magic door...

February 07, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Winter Court Wisdom

We are moving into what is usually the coldest part of winter in my area,...

February 06, 2017

Seeking the Grail: Overcoming the Old Wound and the Hero’s Final Test

The hero is always wounded and must heal enough to take strength from what they...

February 03, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Living Life by the Seasons – Spring and Seeds of Intention

The Celebration of Imbolc marks the coming of Spring for us Pagans. In my own...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Book of Blackbirds: Fluffy Bunny Thoughts

I'll admit to having a few fluffy bunny tendencies. But, as a rule I don't...

January 29, 2017

Hills of the Horizon: Heart of the Creator

Ma'at was the gods' food, and human offering of ma'at enabled the cycles of reciprocity...

January 28, 2017

Brigid and the Making of Vows

As we shift from Winter's dormancy to Spring's rebirth, our desire for new possibilities drives...

January 27, 2017

Happily Heathen: The Aftereffects of Meeting a Goddess

People who don’t love themselves are unprepared for a meeting with Freya. If given chance,...

January 25, 2017

The Cartomancer: Tarot for Dreams

Do you dream? I bet you do. Do you try to elucidate them? I would...

January 24, 2017

The Blooming Staff: Crowley Didn’t Burn Hot Enough

Aleister Crowley is often labeled a Decadent for his obsession with sex magick. But traditional...

January 23, 2017

Star Made Witch: Creative Potion Making

Every potions master begins somewhere—I started just jumping in. Knowing that with enough trial and...

January 22, 2017

Full Frontal Magic: Skip the Resolution, Embrace the Change

New Years is a time that many of us make resolutions to change over the...

January 20, 2017

Adventures in Wortcunning: Story of Imbolc

Milk is called nature's most perfect food, and this is true for baby mammals and...

January 17, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Magic Where You Stand

I've been an advocate of making use of what we have at hand when it...

January 14, 2017

The Path of She: Be Here, Now

The Mysteries have a New Year’s message in these times: Be Here Now. Change is...

January 13, 2017

Happily Heathen: Missing Your Gods? Maybe You’ve Left Them

If I have lost my connection to my gods—or if I just feel I’ve lost...

January 12, 2017

Outside the Circle: The Dark, Dreich Days Of Auld Reekie

There’s nothing like coming face to face with the smell of a dungeon and the...

January 11, 2017

The Cartomancer: Spirit Personalities

Your imagination rules over your distinctions, but the inverse is also the case: your distinctions...

January 10, 2017

The Blooming Staff: On the Papal World-Tree, or, An Esoteric Meditation on the Papacy

Nicholas Laccetti reflects on the history of occult interpretations of the Papacy, and what the...

January 09, 2017

Star Made Witch: Five Witchcraft Resolutions for 2017

Many witches are feeling uncertainty for what the new year will hold. I'd like to...

January 06, 2017

Adventures in Wortcunning: New Year Gratitudes

As if turning the page on the calendar could make a difference, my gratitude that...

January 04, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Polytheistic Mysticism

Enlightenment isn't a goal, it's just a tool. Unfortunately, most people who consume content on...

January 03, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: I Swear by Grass, I Swear by Grain

New Year's resolutions make me think of oaths. Either way, people witness your words, but...

January 02, 2017

Seeking the Grail: Abused and Abuser

In the past years, since getting out of an abusive relationship, I've written a lot...

January 01, 2017

Full Frontal Magic: The Death of Modern Godforms

In modern times, we live in a society devoid of traditional myth making in relating...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Book of Blackbirds: Grace

Human beings have created a world of artificial divisions and dichotomies, but this is merely...

December 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: A Christmas Carol

There has never been a convert to a new religion who didn't carry something with...

December 28, 2016

The Cartomancer: The 10-minute Devil in 2 Parts

I give you here my concentrated take on reading the cards, sharp and clean, with...