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December 11, 2024

Simple Witchery: Take Pause

I’m exhausted. Life seems to be getting more difficult with each passing day. I feel...

January 2024

January 02, 2024

Simple Witchery: Don’t Be That Witch

Here’s my trifecta of behaviors to banish if you want to advance in your craft,...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

Phoenix Rising: Witchy Tips for Surviving Life’s Storms

The last few months have been a bit of a tornado with so many transitions...

November 2022

November 01, 2022

Simple Witchery: What the Meme Do We Know?

More people are turning to witchcraft as a means for manifesting their desires. I think...

July 2022

July 20, 2022

Of Light & Shadow: Disconnecting to Reconnect

There’s something about walking alone in nature and getting lost in your thoughts that is...

July 12, 2021

Salt City Pagan: America Hates Facing This History

Let's look at some of the injustices inflicted upon the First Nations people. Here's a...

July 06, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Let’s Talk About Your Death

Every living creature, plant, planet, and indeed solar system will eventually shine a final light....

June 2021

June 30, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Facing Christian Trauma

Christian trauma is uniquely experienced by each person who chooses to leave Christianity. While I...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Choosing to Leave Paganism

I do not believe anyone can tell you if any of the paths of Paganism...

May 05, 2021

Salt City Pagan: The Value of Unverified Personal Gnosis

Unverified Personal Gnosis is a term that describes your personal experience with spirituality as an...

March 2021

March 08, 2021

Simple Witchery: Trust Your Intuition

The essence of witchcraft is based in intuition. The power we seek lies within; the...

January 2021

January 16, 2021

Simple Witchery: Witchcraft that Works . . .

I can cast spells of protection to keep myself and loved ones safe from a...

January 14, 2021

Druid in the City: Stay on Target

"Stay on Target! Stay on Target!" But how do we do that when it's so...

November 2020

November 07, 2020

Druid in the City: When You Just Can’t …

I’m drained and exhausted. So what did I do? I played. We need to play....

October 2020

October 23, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: Cultural Sensitivity and The Day of The Dead

Many non-Latinx folks come to me around this time of year wanting to know how...

October 20, 2020

Druid in the City: Samhain with Challenging Blood Ancestors

Sometimes it can feel like there is pressure to honor your blood ancestors at this...

October 12, 2020

Druid in the City: I Broke an Arrow with my Neck

Back in the before time, back when we could get together in person, I attended...

September 2020

September 11, 2020

Magick IRL: Practice Patience, Find the Balance

Seek balance in your interactions. The world is always in flux and when we allow...

September 02, 2020

Living the Liminal: How to Witch When Moving

Remember, witchcraft happens with or without tools. Here's some tips on how to Witch when...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Simple Witchery: Book of Shadows and Witch’s Journal

Whether keeping a BOS, a journal, or both, the key to success lies in developing...

August 26, 2020

Druid in the City: Looking at Books with New Eyes

These days of re-evaluating what we say, what we read, what we allow have been...

August 04, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: How to Spot an Insta-Scammer

Be skeptical while looking through magical Instagrams. Even if they have a lot of followers...

August 04, 2020

Druid in the City: I Am Not Okay

Stop asking me how I’m doing. I’m an extrovert living in a world where we...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

Simple Witchery: Practicing Self Care When We Need It Most

True self care requires understanding your needs, giving to yourself at least as much as...

July 05, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Spiritual Titles, Terms, and Identity

Across paganism there are a multitude of titles and terms applied by people and to...

June 2020

June 07, 2020

Living the Liminal: What If You Turned Your Magick All the Way On?

I want to take my foot off the brake and truly turn my magick all...

June 02, 2020

The Balancing Path: No Wrong Way to Grieve

Grief is love with nowhere to go. There is a lot to grieve right now,...

June 01, 2020

Phoenix Rising: In The Garden of Shadow and Pain

Now is a time of life and birth but given everything that is happening in...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: Hexing for Social Justice

Now more than ever, it’s imperative that we understand how to use our magic to...

May 26, 2020

The Balancing Path: Why and How to Use Gender Neutral Language

When hurtful and exclusionary words come from authorities in pagan, pword, and magical circles, that...