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December 2017

December 10, 2017

Book of Blackbirds: The Choice

The feeling that our god has chosen us might well be a valid one, but...

November 2017

November 13, 2017

Book of Blackbirds: Pumpkins, Squashes, and Witchettys

Some gourds are good for decorating up and making rattles and drums out of, too....

May 2017

May 07, 2017

Book Of Blackbirds: A Witch’s Tale

Magic always works better by cooperation than by force. In fact, trying to force magic...

May 03, 2017

Star Made Witch: 13 Steps for the Witch Decluttering Spell

I am getting into spring cleaning this month in a witchy way, and I figured...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Star Made Witch: Goddesses, Mountains, and Potions

I’m an opportunist and my days have magical themes. Today it was: local landscape, wormwood...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Star Made Witch: Guide to Traditional Witchcraft Daily Practices

Daily practice is a fulfilling form of devotion and discipline. A simple daily anchor to...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: The Village Games

Community practice in a village in ancient times would have had most people following similar...

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 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...

May 2016

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...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings for the Gods – Part 3 – The Jotnar

Interested in worshipping, honoring, or learning from the giants of Norse Mythology? Though often controversial,...

January 2016

January 22, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings For The Gods – Part One – The Vanir

As a practicing Heathen, a key cornerstone of my spiritual practice is the offering of...

January 21, 2016

Wyrd Words: Is Heathenry Incomplete?

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

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: To Santa Claus or Not to Santa Claus? – Evidently that is the Question!

“I told her, mommy,” he says with complete exasperation, “Santa Claus was just God dressed...

December 30, 2015

Making Light: My Little Pony on My Little Altar

Never mind that the unicorns described by Ancient Greeks were actually rhinoceroses, "unicorn horn" was...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Pagan Parenting – Terrorism, World Violence and Ritual

Violence that has shredded this world has an uncanny way of effecting children. As parents...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Happily Heathen: How I Learned To Work With My Ancestors

Despite being a longtime Heathen, I had never really settled into a satisfying ancestor practice....

October 05, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Pagan Events and Special Needs Children (or Adults)

If we, as modern pagans, want to be truly inclusive in our public rituals then...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Pagan Parenting and Divorce

If the people separating could have agreed on things then the need for separation would...

July 2015

July 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Starwood Experience

Drums beating through the days and all along the nights become a tapestry for our...

July 02, 2015

Wyrd Words: Grief and Renewal

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, here on Agora!...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Midsummer – Honoring Áine and the Other Crowd

Midsummer is fast approaching and Morgan takes a moment to share with us her family's...

April 2015

April 07, 2015

The Witches Next Door: A Witch in Australia

Phoenix is in the Land Down Under (cue Men at Work ear worm). She is...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Making Light: Hephaestos

Bury everything I've made and very little of my industry will survive a thousand years...

March 24, 2015

The Witches Next Door: The Introvert and the Extrovert get Married

Yes, I am an introvert, but that doesn't mean I hide away from taking on...

March 10, 2015

The Witches Next Door: Being on the Same Path is Awesome! Except When it isn’t

You like strawberry cheesecake.They like strawberry cheesecake. They think Spring is the coolest time of...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

The Witches Next Door: When Worlds Collide – Coming Back From Pantheacon

Have you ever come back from a vacation or a spiritual retreat and had the...

February 16, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: WooWoo Scale 2.0, Part 2 – Parenting to the WooWoo

Does your child have an imaginary friend or see things that others can't see? How...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Wyrd Words: Pagan Life Lessons – Hope

The old ways are just as much about personal revelations as they are interpersonal relations....

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Wyrd Words: Being A Pagan Father

Holy crap I'm going to be a father. Holy Crap I'm Going To Be A...