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April 2014

April 15, 2014

The Busy Witch: Learning to Love The Tower

I’m not a fan of lightning fast change or trouble, but I’ve been trying to...

April 01, 2014

The Busy Witch: Refilling the Well

For me, creativity helps keep me sane, as does yoga and time spent outdoors. As...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

The Busy Witch: Scents and Stress-ability

I’ve been struggling with a lot of stressors recently. It seems that my usual routine...

March 04, 2014

The Busy Witch: Reviewing DREAMWORK FOR THE INITIATE’S PATH by Shauna Aura Knight

I’ve never really considered doing any dreamwork before, so I was eager to read Shauna...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

The Busy Witch: As Without, So Within

My impulse is to tell you that I treat my body like a temple 24

February 04, 2014

The Busy Witch: Honoring the Creative Spark

I realized that as long as I am honoring my heart center with the projects...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

The Busy Witch: Reassessing Rituals

In addition to trimming back the rituals that have become negative habits, my challenge in...

January 07, 2014

The Busy Witch: Making Brave Choices

I’d like to think that bravery can be grand or small, and that little acts...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

The Busy Witch: New Year, New Intentions

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we've just passed the longest night of the year. The...

December 10, 2013

The Busy Witch: GODDESS SPELLS FOR BUSY GIRLS

With the coming release of my first non-fiction book, GODDESS SPELLS FOR BUSY GIRLS, I...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

The Busy Witch: Gratitude, the Ocean, and Me

I am thankful not only for the ocean, but for the lessons she offers: change...

November 12, 2013

The Busy Witch: Seeking Abundance

Remember: it’s not just about tangible wealth. Abundance is more, well, abundant than that.

October 2013

October 29, 2013

The Busy Witch: Letting Go of Summer

For years, I’ve resisted the changing seasons and the coming cold; I moved to the...

October 15, 2013

The Busy Witch: Missing Magic

I’m missing magic right now, and missing my circle, but at the same time, I...

October 01, 2013

The Busy Witch: Searching for Stillness

We need stillness. In sleep, our bodies repair themselves and our minds process the events...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

The Busy Witch: ISIS MAGIC by M. Isidora Forrest (Review)

Weaving the historical context with spells, rituals, and her own deep experiences, Forrest’s updated volume...

September 03, 2013

The Busy Witch: Making Fall Magical

Now that Labor Day has passed here in the United States, it finally feels like...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

The Busy Witch: Timing, Intention, and Luck

Magic is about more than just herbs and words. It’s about timing, intention, and luck....

August 06, 2013

The Busy Witch: Harvest Verses

This is the start of my favorite season, and I wanted to share two devotional...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

The Busy Witch: Reviewing SEEKING THE MYSTERY by Christine Hoff Kraemer

SEEKING THE MYSTERY is an excellent jumping off point for intelligent interfaith dialogue outside of...

July 09, 2013

The Busy Witch: Making the Most of Mercury Retrograde

We’re in the midst of another Mercury Retrograde, and while I don’t pretend to be...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

The Busy Witch: Midsummer Traditions

For me, the summer solstice has always been closely linked with the play A Midsummer...

June 11, 2013

The Busy Witch: Hereditary Magic

It was only after more than a decade as a witch that I realized I...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

The Busy Witch: Learning to Fly

Hovering there over the studio floor, bathed in the golden light from the skylight above,...

May 14, 2013

The Busy Witch: Accidental Magic

With intention, we can manifest amazing things, but sometimes, we find ourselves manifesting things we...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

The Busy Witch: Making Magic Together

For ten years, I was mostly content to “practice” as a solitary. I say “practice”...

April 16, 2013

The Busy Witch: Creating My Change

When I was reading T. Thorn Coyle’s Make Magic of Your Life, I had an...

April 02, 2013

The Busy Witch: Why I Am A Witch

Patheos is hosting a challenge right now: answer the question “Why I am a...” in...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

The Busy Witch: Balance Within and Without?

With the coming Equinox, I am ready to shed my winter skin. Not only is...

March 05, 2013

The Busy Witch: Reviewing MAKE MAGIC OF YOUR LIFE by T. Thorn Coyle

Whether you are feeling blocked like I was, or you are simply seeking a way...