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August 2014

August 06, 2014

Socially Responsible Magic: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

How can donating money to a cause be integrated into a spiritual practice? Taylor Ellwood...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

The Zen Pagan: The Quiet Side of Magic

It seems to me that to be a great magician is to be able to...

July 07, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Sticky Subject – Teaching Sex Magick (Part One)

Sex magick and sacred sexuality are a traditional part of the Craft, but there are...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Socially Responsible Magic: Why is Social Responsibility Important?

I find social responsibility important because I am part of this world. I am not...

June 11, 2014

What Is Socially Responsible Magic?

Socially responsible magic is magic done to actively contribute to a community's well being, to...

June 09, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Changing Consciousness According to Will

As Witches, we tend to learn a lot of valuable skills about changing consciousness in...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Divine Wisdom, Mortal Filters

When we ask the gods to speak through us and give us their wisdom, how...

May 05, 2014

The Busy Witch: Magical Things Come in Fives! #‎Patheos5Yrs‬

Five is a powerful number; there's the five pointed star, of course, and the additional...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Learning the Language – The Purpose of Symbology in the Craft

Why memorize magickal symbolism when you can Google? Sable Aradia explains how learning the language...

March 17, 2014

Seekers and Guides: The Witches’ Pyramid

Sable Aradia discusses how to apply the Witches' Pyramid as a tool for learning and...

March 03, 2014

Seekers and Guides: An Elemental Journey

Most Craft teachers agree that learning about the four elements in a basic part of...

March 02, 2014

Goddess Spells for Busy Girls (Review)

GODDESS SPELLS FOR BUSY GIRLS is an accessible, warm and lighthearted book introducing a young...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Johnny’s Mnemonics

Do you struggle with remembering things? Sable Aradia explains mnemonics, techniques designed to enhance and...

February 03, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Initiation and Transformation (Imbolc Special)

Sable Aradia discusses initiation and transformation and invites you to share what you can of...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

The Best of the Equinox, Vol 3: Sex Magick

Part of the duty of anyone receiving the secret of sex magick is to “make...

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...

January 03, 2014

The Best of the Equinox – Vol 2: Dramatic Ritual (Review)

Crowley infuses these plays with the energy of sacred invocation, making explicit the implicit magic...

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 17, 2013

The Best of the Equinox – Vol 1: Enochian Magick (Review)

It is strangely ironic that Crowley chose the prophetic language of the very group he...

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 25, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Your Mileage May Vary – Embracing Contradictory Truths in the Craft

The beauty of Wicca is that many contradictory truths can be true at the same...

November 05, 2013

Paths of Power: Interview with Sable Aradia

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sable Aradia, author of the Patheos Premium teaching...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Imparting the Mysteries – Helping Your Students Find Personal Gnosis

How do you impart a personal experience of the Divine that may not be at...

October 04, 2013

Hills of the Horizon: Narrative Theology I

People relate to themselves, to the gods, to the cosmos, through the medium of narrative;...

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 05, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Hero’s Journey (Part 2)

How can Joseph Campbell's Monomyth be applied to our own lives as a tool for...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians (Review)

Kraft's main objective is to get the readers off the page and into the Sephiroth,...

June 2013

June 11, 2013

The Busy Witch: Hereditary Magic

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

June 04, 2013

New Anthology – Rooted in the Body, Seeking the Soul: Magic Practitioners Living with Disabilities

One purpose of this anthology is to help those struggling with a disability, injury, illness,...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee – It’s The Gemini New Moon

One of astrology's happiest configurations is squaring off against one of its most tense. And...