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February 2016

February 08, 2016

Star Made Witch: Riddle Wisdom

Riddles are a special way of gaining knowledge and power within animist mystical traditions. A...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Star Made Witch: Witchcraft and the Grimoire Tradition

A grimoire is a magical book with rituals for contacting spirits, spells, divination and associated...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Star Made Witch: The Power of Scent

Scent is able to summon up mood immediately. The intense memory response of scent can...

December 22, 2015

Witch on Fire: The Great Work, Holding the Space

As part of my spiritual practice each year I choose an area of study or...

December 08, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Witch’s Carol: A Tale of Three Hauntings

I hope that my story of this haunting, affirms for you that Spirit is universal,...

October 2015

October 13, 2015

Witch on Fire: Samhain – The Poison and the Antidote

It is Samhain-tides again, the final harvest; a time of acceptance that death comes for...

October 11, 2015

Wayfaring Woman: Winding Roads

There are many roads that one may travel. Divine encounters with Hekate and Odin transformed...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Spot of Tea?

Like reading a story aloud, speaking a thing makes it somehow different outside my head....

September 08, 2015

Witch on Fire: Confessions of a Snake Oil Salesman

Bless me, pagandom, for I have "sinned" and fallen short of the glory of our...

August 2015

August 08, 2015

The Path of She: The Everyday Magic of Yes

Yes is the most powerful magical word in our vocabulary. We activate the everyday magic...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Witch on Fire: Lammas Sacrifice and the Sacred Mission

That’s when my perception shifted, and I suggested that this harvest is about what is...

July 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Starwood Experience

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

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: BS & Compost

Compost happens! Anne shares with us some thoughts about how to minimize its effects and...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

The Zen Pagan: The Fire Circle – All Kinds Magic Worked Here

In those discussions and debates -- and sometimes heated arguments! -- I'm come to the...

May 01, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Behind the Veil

When I step through the veil, it is a bit like a waking dream. I...

April 2015

April 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Smelling Roses

The oldest roses are still available today. Rosa gallica, called the 'Apothecary Rose' was the...

April 01, 2015

What Good is Magic, Anyway?

The occult plays a significant role in Paganism. When I think of the occult, I...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

The Zen Pagan: My Best Superbowl Sunday Ever

A psychedelic can only act as a catalyst, speeding up a reaction that would have...

February 09, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Woo Woo Scale 2.0, Part 1

What is WooWoo and how might we evaluate it? Lydia MN Crabtree presents her version...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Green Tara, The Practice of Releasing Suffering

In my chanting practice I serve as Tara's agent, absorbing the suffering of others and...

January 23, 2015

The Theban Oracle by Greg Jenkins (Review)

Greg Jenkins has achieved the enviable accomplishment of creating a divination system with a great...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Lou Florez – The Cultural Exchange of a Lifetime

This is our moment as a community to invest in an exchange. Lou and his...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Dark Moon Rising… “What’s Your Ritual?”

The moon is a great place to turn for magic. I find the Dark Moon,...

October 2014

October 08, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Harvesting Under the Blood Moon

The Blood Moon is rising today, and this lunar eclipse, like Earth’s changing season, is...

October 07, 2014

Jewish Witch: Fasting, Shamanism, and the Otherworld

It’s well-documented that fasting is a tool in the shaman’s toolbox. It fosters altered states....

September 2014

September 15, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Few Books that I Think Every Witch Should Read (Part Two)

Sable Aradia continues her list of books that she believes every Witch should read, with...

September 12, 2014

The Zen Pagan: Wild Naked Pagans

In other words, we must get wild with our spirituality, untamed and direct. It seems...

September 01, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Few Books that I Think Every Witch Should Read

One of the most common questions a teacher of the Craft will be asked is,...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Auntie Sable’s Practical Tips for Sexy Pagans

Sable Aradia concludes her series on sex magick and sacred sexuality with some practical advice...

August 15, 2014

The Zen Pagan: Martial Arts as Magical Practice

The martial arts are magic -- they use imagination to raise and direct psychological energy...