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December 2024

December 11, 2024

Simple Witchery: Take Pause

I’m exhausted. Life seems to be getting more difficult with each passing day. I feel...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

Of Light & Shadow: Spider as an Animal Spirit Ally

Spiders are incredibly fascinating, but to me they are also terrifying. Despite my own fear...

August 2022

August 11, 2022

The Corner Crone: The Empath’s Oracle by Raven Digitalis

This is a luscious, deeply nuanced deck. The artwork of each card engages the viewer...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Phoenix Rising: “Baba Yaga: Slavic Earth Goddess” (Book Review)

The image of Baba Yaga has long fascinated and intimidated me, but the thought of...

January 2022

January 07, 2022

The Corner Crone: The Hedgewitch’s Little Book of Seasonal Magic

This book is informative and steeped in Celtic witchery. Tudorbeth's approachable writing style is straightforward...

October 2021

October 18, 2021

Pergamum Unfurled: Review – The Book of Candle Magic

This book is remarkable in part because it covers introductory material without becoming overly vague,...

October 12, 2021

The Corner Crone: Tarot by the Moon – Book Review

"Tarot by the Moon" is designed to help bridge a stronger connection with your inner...

August 2021

August 18, 2021

The Corner Crone: Thorn Mooney’s The Witch’s Path – Review

Thorn Mooney’s "The Witch’s Path: Advancing Your Craft at Every Level" is a book you’ll...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

The Corner Crone: How Witchcraft Saved My Life – Book Review

Vincent Higginbotham doesn’t pull any punches in "How Witchcraft Saved My Life". His vulnerability is...

May 2021

May 07, 2021

The Corner Crone: An Altered State of Being

What magic waits in the forgotten places, in the overlooked spaces? Those pockets of “not...

April 2021

April 14, 2021

The Corner Crone: Sacred Hags Oracle – Review

The Sacred Hags Oracle deck is utterly unlike any I’ve encountered. Danielle Dulsky and Janine...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: Understanding American Brujeria

American Brujeria is informed by traditional Brujeria, Catholic belief, Aztec legend, Curanderismo, and Hechiceria. Curious?...

July 2020

July 18, 2020

The Corner Crone: High Priestess of the Kitchen

You may already know I am a Foodie. Yet even so it wasn’t until a...

July 03, 2020

Beyond Binary Witchcraft: Essential Reads for Queer and Trans Witches (and Especially Allies)

Here's a small reading list, both for my fellow queer and trans witches, and -...

June 2020

June 22, 2020

Dance of the Maenad: Magic 001

If you're new to paganism, magic and witchcraft, here are some definitions of terms that...

June 17, 2020

Radical Pantheist: The Phil Farber Story – High Magick

Cannabis connoisseur and metaphysical author Phil Farber discusses the history and sacred nature of cannabis...

June 09, 2020

The Balancing Path: Spells for Black Lives Matter

We need to put effort and energy into social justice both now and into the...

June 07, 2020

Living the Liminal: What If You Turned Your Magick All the Way On?

I want to take my foot off the brake and truly turn my magick all...

May 2020

May 07, 2020

The Corner Crone: Welcoming a Plague of Grackles

Let’s face it: most folx I know are not that enamored with the common grackle....

April 2020

April 21, 2020

The Balancing Path: Meeting Aradia

An older looking woman looked up from stirring the cauldron to give me a warm...

February 2020

February 10, 2020

The Balancing Path: Can Pets Be Familiars . . .

Familiars are not especially common, even in pagan and witchy circles, although a huge portion...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Magick IRL: I’m Still Breathing

When I was 18, I figured I would die with in the decade. Now that...

January 15, 2020

Of Light & Shadow: What Raven Has Taught Me

Few other creatures on this planet have so many myths, legends, and stories associated with...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

Cross and Crossroads: A Guide to Using Magick for Social Justice

As witches we are guardians of the marginalized and the oppressed, these folks who exist...

November 16, 2019

The Corner Crone: Happy Circumstance or Magic?

Not every brush with Deity is otherworldly. If we dismiss those times when Deity stretches...

October 2019

October 26, 2019

Starry Eyed Witch: The Banshee Screams for You

If the surviving Morrigan mythology tells us anything it is of the ferocity of warfare,...

October 01, 2019

Living the Liminal: Signs Everywhere – Do You Want Them or Not?

Hearing about signs is one of the most common things within the broader pagan community....

September 2019

September 26, 2019

Magick IRL: The Radio is Suddenly Speaking to Me

When I receive a sign or message from beyond the physical world, I tend to...

September 20, 2019

Magick IRL: I Am Ready for a Fall

I know that I am growing in ways I wouldn’t have if my world had...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

Magick IRL: Riders On The Storm

It doesn’t matter if you are under a hailstorm, firestorm, rainstorm, or in a tornado....