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August 2023

August 14, 2023

Everyday Pagan: Paganism in the Bible – Matthew 6:7

Everyone knows the Bible as the #1 Christian text, but fewer people know it also...

October 2022

October 11, 2022

The Corner Crone: The Book of Mermaid Magic (Review)

Leeza Robertson has created a Pantheon of merfolk that readers will enjoy learning about and...

September 2022

September 06, 2022

Phoenix Rising: Anchors – 7 Daily Spiritual Practice Ideas in 10 Minutes or Less

The simple act of sacrificing and dedicating a small amount of your time daily to...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Facing the Full Truth

My expectations were very unrealistic as I approached Druidism. How to deal with the cognitive...

July 2021

July 20, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Things I Haven’t Told You

My own little part of the Patheos world has some deeply personal stories. Here's one...

July 10, 2021

The Corner Crone: The Parable of Cernunnos and Swallowtail

The relationship I'm building with The Horned God is in its infancy. I seem to...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Expanding on Disbelief

Spells, astrology, and my lack of any supernatural experiences have been roadblocks I've personally experienced...

April 2021

April 07, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Leaving It All Behind (Part 3)

How did I wield a part in the downfall of my belief system? What actions...

March 2021

March 02, 2021

Phoenix Rising: Finding Stillness in the Chaos – Working with Hestia

To my surprise I found myself face to face with a veiled woman in a...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

Druid in the City: Sing the Song of Life

The song I sing to my plants is the song of life. It is the...

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...

September 2020

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 13, 2020

The Corner Crone: Hekate Einalia and Hurricane Season

During hurricane season I'm honoring an aspect of Hekate's energy specific to the ocean: Hekate...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

Living the Liminal: A Local 2020 Lughnasadh

There is a real magick in this time of year in Atlantic Canada. Here are...

July 28, 2020

Parenting the Divine: Teaching the Joy of Lammas

Lammas isn’t just an early Thanksgiving celebration—it’s a time of gratitude towards our past selves...

July 26, 2020

Living the Liminal: Modern Spells and the Threshing Floor

The threshing floor was often a space of symbolism, magick, hard work, and gratitude for...

July 25, 2020

The Corner Crone: The ‘Perfect’ Curse

What happens to our relationships with our deities when the yearning for perfection in our...

July 12, 2020

Druid in the City: Where’s the Water?

For those of us in urban landscapes, it can be a bit challenging to connect...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: In Defense of Gatekeeping

Claiming “gatekeeping” has turned into an all-access pass for folks to force their way into...

May 2020

May 12, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairy Witchcraft During a Pandemic

Since the pandemic, I have learned what is truly essential to my spiritual practice and...

April 2020

April 15, 2020

Starry Eyed Witch: Embodying The Morrigan – the Lady at the Ford

I stole away to the sanctuary of a well-worn cave, where shadows dwell with fungi,...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Living the Liminal: Staying the Magickal Course

When life throws crisis at us, it can turn our lives upside down. In times...

March 25, 2020

Druid in the City: Staying Sane in Insane Times

If you live in a city or reasonably populated town, chances are that your world...

March 17, 2020

The Corner Crone: A Prayer to Brigid for Protection and Health

Like so many of us around our planet these days, Coronavirus consumes my attention and...

March 12, 2020

The Balancing Path: Including Queer and Genderqueer Fertility

Ostara through Beltane in pagan circles tends to include a deluge of fertility themes. This time...

March 08, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: ‘Celtic’ Paganism and Ancestry

Many people seek spirituality by looking to their own heritage and there is nothing wrong...

March 04, 2020

The Balancing Path: (Not So) Arbitrary Symbolic Correspondences

There are a lot of symbolic associations in pagan and magical practice which are often...

February 2020

February 25, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: The Door to The Ancestors

Ancestor Veneration is an exciting new topic for a lot of witches these days. As...

February 18, 2020

The Corner Crone: Personal Agency, Healthy Boundaries & Saying “No”

Does a Deity call you into service, or do you approach a Deity and ask...