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May 2019

May 03, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Creating a Sacred Space for Anubis

You’ve gotten messages from Anubis. You’ve begun leaving offerings in honor of him. Perhaps you’ve...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

Reflections in Nature: Spring Musings

As a witch and a pagan, it is important for me to help where I...

April 29, 2019

Phoenix Rising: When Your Shadow Comes Calling . . .

The things we have traditionally been taught about light and dark in our society are...

April 26, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Rhiannon. Queen of the May?

The character of the youthful goddess Rhiannon arriving on her magical white horse is certainly...

April 24, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Beginning Emotional Healing with Anubis

When facing Anubis, you need to be prepared for the truth, however painful it might...

April 18, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: You Are Witch Enough

If your questions make you feel unworthy or delegitimize your practice or path because of...

April 17, 2019

Druid in the City: Sneezing Through Meditation, or How I Keep Trying

I can lose myself in my sewing, or music and interrupt negative thought patterns or...

April 15, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Q & A with Esoteric Author David Rankine

The first time I was present at a successful conjuration it changed everything. The certainty...

April 15, 2019

Dance of the Maenad: Dionysian Mysteries

Dionysus, too, had his mysteries. And while they can’t be defined, naturally, they most likely...

April 14, 2019

The Corner Crone: Imposter Syndrome and the Newbie Witch

There will come a moment when you as The Magician are going to have to...

April 12, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: A Witch’s Travel Kit

I have come to believe having a “Magickal Go-Bag” or even a mini “Witch Kit”...

April 11, 2019

Pergamum Unfurled: “A Mystic Guide to Cleansing and Clearing”

For those who are seeking to fill in gaps in their historic practices which have...

April 10, 2019

Hearth of Hellenism: Are You Waiting For An Invitation?

In polytheism, Gods receive cultic observance whenever it is ritually required. Sure, you can focus...

April 07, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Priestesses of Prophecy & Working with the Pythia

When I travelled to Greece, I was adamant that Delphi was one of the places...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: Ode’s Story of Love and Gods (and teeth)

This is a story that I tell myself, in a hundred variations, because there is...

March 27, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Gender Non-Conforming Deities

I'm of the opinion that if more people would understand that there are more than...

March 27, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Radical Witchcraft, An Interview with Kristen Sollee

Witchcraft, however, can show us how our bodies can be vessels for dissent and forces...

March 21, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: Feeling and Talking to Spirits

As a child, I'd go past a cemetery or into someone's home and there would...

March 18, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Nephthys, Lady of the House

I distinctly remember the first time that I encountered Nephthys. She smiled at me as...

March 15, 2019

Omens & Oracles: Self Care, Also Known As Witchcraft

The whole self care movement, which is partly responsible for all those cool crystals, essential...

March 15, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Polytheism is About Choice

I hear people say "I wouldn't bend my knee" or "I wouldn't bow down for...

March 15, 2019

Phoenix Rising: EnCHANTment — Sacred Sound as an Offering

As we continued to chant, our voices effortlessly weaved together to create an otherworldly mosaic...

March 13, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: Just Tell Me About Paganism!

Information is power right? Best to be prepared for when people come to us with...

March 11, 2019

Dance of the Maenad: Water Witchcraft

"Water Witchcraft" is the kind of book that you aren’t supposed to remember every bit...

March 09, 2019

The Corner Crone: Hekate, Is That You?

Some folks regularly experience vivid dreams, sometimes every night of the week. I’m not one...

March 05, 2019

Phosphoros’ Illuminations: “You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned”

Many of us came into Paganism because it works better for us than whatever we...

March 04, 2019

Acorn & Antler: What’s Under Your Robes?

I was taught about “Seeing the God in Every Man and Seeing the Goddess in...

March 01, 2019

The Corner Crone: The Lenten Season—One Witch’s Perspective

In the Christian mythology Christ removed himself to the desert not only to fast, but...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Messages & Signs from Anubis

Signs are highly personal. The signs that the gods and spirits send to me may...

February 17, 2019

The Corner Crone: From Tomb to Womb to Bloom

Perhaps you, too, find yourself reluctantly being pushed toward new growth this season. You might...