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November 2017

November 13, 2017

Book of Blackbirds: Pumpkins, Squashes, and Witchettys

Some gourds are good for decorating up and making rattles and drums out of, too....

November 14, 2016

Star Made Witch: Potion Making

The manner in which a witch makes recipes into a spell is by carefully selecting...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Magic Of The Great Pumpkin

Fall, colored leaves, picking that perfect pumpkin against the backdrop of washed harvest color. Purple...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Beltane Lovers – Once you Go Witch You’ll Never Switch

This is MODERN witchcraft, where we strip off the mask of the obvious, and glory...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Broom Closets and Bible Belts – 10 Tips For Your Coming Out Party

I'd wager that many of you fine readers have struggled with the problem of being...

January 22, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings For The Gods – Part One – The Vanir

As a practicing Heathen, a key cornerstone of my spiritual practice is the offering of...

January 12, 2016

Witch on Fire: Hermes Gongs the Cosmic School Bell

Lo! As the first moon of my service waned into darkness, I began my quest,...

December 2015

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,...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Happily Heathen: A Prayer Of Thanks For Njord And His Children

Thanksgiving has always been very secular holiday for me, so when it came time to...

November 24, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Thanksgiving Transmutation of Tens

Right on cue, I had what some would call a crises of faith regarding my...

November 10, 2015

Witch on Fire: Salvation of a Southern Witch

Gather 'round, my lovelies, and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Wish Upon Dying

My mother was the holy-rolling, bible-thumping, fundamentalist variety of evangelical Christian and basically the polar...

October 20, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Summer’s End

The warmth and growth of summer is past and the harvest is in, now is...

October 06, 2015

Witch on Fire: Hail Mercury…in Retrograde!

The planet Mercury has been in retrograde since September 17 and will return to his...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Witch on Fire: Love in the Balance, A Poem for the Equinox

Learning to balance the "light" and the "dark" aspects of life is tough, but equinoxes...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Filling My Cup – A Creativity Exercise

You may not consider yourself a poet, but here's a simple poetry exercise that you...

July 03, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Myrtle of Venus & Bacchus’ Vine

In which Anne shares a bit of American history with us related to the original...

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...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

The Busy Witch: A Healing Ritual for Chapel Hill and Beyond

Ground and center and find your stillness before you begin, and remember; small acts of...

February 11, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: Heart Leads the Way – The Practice of Loving Kindness

The universe has an odd way of inviting me to question deeper. As I sat...

February 03, 2015

The Busy Witch: An Imbolc Offering

I've always been drawn to Brigid, and as my Imbolc celebrations continue, I wanted to...

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...

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,...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Jewish Witch: My Devotionals, Part One – The Shema

It’s funny--whenever my practice begins to falter, whenever I get tied up in how to...

September 04, 2014

Making Light: Hermes

I'm glad He has been with me, and every time I leave the house, I...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Queer of Swords: Oh What a Great Rite!

In many traditions, particularly in lines descended from Gardnerian and Alexandrian British Traditional Witchcraft, it...

June 2014

June 21, 2014

Making Light: Apollo

I'm walking, dancing, hopping, wiggling, climbing stairs, pulling a toddler in her wagon, and mowing...

June 04, 2014

Loop of Brighid: The Nine Pure Choice Graces, Part 3 – The Grace of Fortune

The grace of fortune is not the condition of being lucky, but a lighthearted and...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Making Light: Artemis

This is one of the most important stories in the Mythos. For the most part,...

May 15, 2014

Wyrd Words: Faces of Odin – Soldier, Scholar, Skald, and Skeptic

Óðinn, as he is depicted by the Lore, is very complex and multidimensional. To simply...