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December 2020

December 15, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Favourite Fairy Fiction Series

Since this is the last blog for me here of 2020 I thought it would...

November 2019

November 14, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Dragon Prince – What High Fantasy Can Be

High fantasy and urban fantasy are seeing a surge in popularity and with that has...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

The Blooming Staff: Crowley Didn’t Burn Hot Enough

Aleister Crowley is often labeled a Decadent for his obsession with sex magick. But traditional...

January 10, 2017

The Blooming Staff: On the Papal World-Tree, or, An Esoteric Meditation on the Papacy

Nicholas Laccetti reflects on the history of occult interpretations of the Papacy, and what the...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

The Blooming Staff: Praise Ialdabaoth!; or, Notes Toward a Treatise on Averse Gnosticism

In his essay "Base Materialism and Gnosticism," French philosopher Georges Bataille extols the potential value...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

The Blooming Staff: Getting Up on Our Stilts, or, Notes Toward a Manifesto of Catholic Decadence

Unlike the doomed protagonists of the Gothic novel and the later weird writers (H.P. Lovecraft...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Happily Heathen: Know Your Lore — The Poetic Edda

As a new Heathen, people are often told to read "the sagas and the Eddas."...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The Blooming Staff: Under the Hill

What is the meaning of this column’s title, The Blooming Staff? For a long time...

April 12, 2016

Star Made Witch: Shakespeare and the Stars (Book Review)

Learning planetary magic and astrological systems hasn’t come easy to me. So when our channel...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: Narrative Theology III – the Doughnut and the Dice

One of the things about stories is of course the way they keep turning up,...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Star Made Witch: The Witch of Portobello (Book Review)

The Witch of Portobello is about a Romani orphan who was a refugee to London...

December 2015

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...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Books On Irish Paganism and the Fairy Faith

When it comes to my particular flavor of witchcraft people occasionally ask me to recommend...

September 04, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Spelling as Witchery

"I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before...

June 2015

June 06, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Songs for the Old Religion – Part 1: the Making

In which Dana recounts the creation of a CD, Songs for the Old Religion.

December 2014

December 09, 2014

The Busy Witch: When the Gods Become Characters – Fiction and Faith

It’s been a really interesting experience writing mythology-based fiction, particularly when it comes to creating...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Wyrd Words: Look Mom! We’re on T.V!

I had high hopes for ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I was excited to see...

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...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Witches of Cyberspace, Part 2

Sable Aradia offers a basic how-to starter guide to set up an online education program...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Syncretic Electric: A Reflection on Mythology

Each of us will come away from mythology with our understandings, and each of us...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Syncretic Electric: A Brief Reflection on Fiction

Fiction definitely had a great impact on my life, as it continues to do. However,...

November 20, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Pagan Portals

Introducing Pagan Portals from Moon Books: focused introductions to particular areas of Paganism, including Nimue...

November 13, 2013

Anne Newkirk Niven: A Conversation on Pagan Publishing and the Future of Our Movement

Anne Newkirk Niven, publisher of Witches&Pagans magazine and the PaganSquare website, chats with Patheos Pagan...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Druid Thoughts: All Hallows Read

Creepy books put us in touch with fear and death without pushing those torture-porn buttons....

October 02, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Moon Books Insights

News from Moon Books including a review of Robin Herne's excellent new fiction collection (contains...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Beauty in Tears

I’m interested in the capacity of pain to open us up, breaking the protective prisons...

September 06, 2013

Making Light: Interview with Author Alex Bledsoe

I recently had the opportunity to interview fantasy author Alex Bledsoe about some of the...

September 02, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Role of Music in Teaching the Craft

Sable Aradia explains why, and how, music is an effective tool in Pagan ritual.

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Hunting the Egret

In regular fairy tales, beautiful princesses live happily ever after with the elegant prince of...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Pagan Fiction

In fiction, there’s only so far you can push the Pagan magic before you move...