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February 2018

February 06, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: A Year With Our Gods-Brighid

She is such a diverse and multifaceted deity and I think I understand that much...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Things I Wish I’d Known As a New Witch

Looking back, there are always things we wish we had known when starting the practice...

January 01, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: 2017 Retrospective in Books

I thought I'd look back at some of the books I read that I enjoyed,...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Embracing a Modern Santa

Santa is a spirit with many guises and many names. Some of those guises are...

December 04, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: When Fairies Do the Haunting

Hauntings aren't always what we assume; I've seen a lot of people aggravate a situation...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: My Witchcraft Heresy

I am decidedly an outlier on these issues, and that's okay. I'm comfortable with my...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Elf-Locks, Tangled Hair, Ill-Luck, and Appropriation.

I would strongly urge anyone considering using elf-locks as a term for what would otherwise...

October 03, 2017

Fairies in Movies: Folklore on the Big Screen

This is my list of movies, varying from campy to well done, that portray different...

September 2017

September 05, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Losing Yourself & Finding Yourself Again

We all lose ourselves at different points along the way. We forget who we are,...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Lessons From the Summer Court

This time I'd like to look at the lessons I've learned on the opposite end...

February 07, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Winter Court Wisdom

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

January 2017

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 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...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Power of Witchcraft in Troubled Times

I asked myself what value witchcraft has at times like these, when the rubber is...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Dangerous Fairies, Winter, and Staying Safe

It's a good time to remember that there are more dangers in winter than just...

November 15, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: In the Footsteps of the Myths

I had the opportunity to travel to Ireland as part of a sacred sites tour...

November 01, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Into The Dark of Samhain

The spirits deserve their due, after all, and we are moving solidly into their season:...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Morrigan and Samhain

One question I get asked fairly often is whether or not the Morrigan had a...

October 04, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Wild Witchcraft

There's a blog I follow called Seo Helrune which often posts things I find thought...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Decorating With Death

We each fashion our own language out of symbols and objects which speaks as loudly...

September 06, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Álfatrú – Believing in the Hidden Folk

Labels are always a fun game to play in Paganism, Polytheism, Heathenry, what-have-you. Within the...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Themes of Celebration – Sun and Shadow

My own approach to holidays is multilayered. I think of it a bit like celebrating...

August 02, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Seeing the Sacred and the Secular

In everything I've read of the old Irish and Scottish folklore it seems pretty clear...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Book Review – Runes Plain and Simple

Runes Plain and Simple by Kim Farnell isn't a new book -- its a 2016...

July 05, 2016

Irish American Witchcraft: 21st Century Hex

Of all the lines that divide the modern pagan community none may be so sharply...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Finding the Morrigan in Connecticut

I spent the second weekend of June at the 3rd annual Morrigan's Call Retreat in...

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 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 03, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Oak, Ash, and Thorn – the Evolution of Belief

Beliefs are not static things, they grow and they evolve. Some beliefs can be traced...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Beltane and the Gifts of Darkness

Bealtaine is a holiday that celebrates both the dark and the light, just as life...