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February 2020

February 11, 2020

Living the Liminal: The Still Slumbering Goddess

This time of year in Nova Scotia is my least favorite month. The cold sting...

January 2020

January 10, 2020

Living the Liminal: Does My Potion Bottle Collection Offend You?

There will always be those authoritarian types who think they can tell you how to...

January 06, 2020

The Corner Crone: Daily Practice – Blessing Bowl

There’s one particular element from Jason Mankey's most recent book, "Witch's Wheel of the Year",...

December 2019

December 12, 2019

Simple Witchery: Following The Light . . .

The Wheel of the Year in its simplest analogy is about the procession and recession...

December 09, 2019

The DruWitch Way: It Doesn’t Have to Be Big to Be Meaningful

It's time we took the pressure off and used the coming of the light to...

December 07, 2019

Druid in the City: Nature is All Around

I often hear from people who seem to believe that you can’t be an urban...

December 05, 2019

The Corner Crone: Tiptoeing Toward the Otherfolk

I’ll be straight-up honest with you: since childhood the Otherworld and its denizens, the Otherfolk,...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

The Balancing Path: Unconventional Tools and Altar Supplies

The only essential for magical or p-word practice is yourself. Everything else is icing on...

November 16, 2019

Druid in the City: Seasons in the City

I believe that it’s important for us to adjust and adapt our practices to our...

November 14, 2019

Simple Witchery: Simple Offerings—What You Bring to the Altar

I often see questions from new witches about what to offer to their deities, guides,...

November 09, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Spiritual Prohibitions

Spirituality can affect our lives with the voluntary taking on of spiritual prohibitions or directives,...

November 08, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: The Birds of Rhiannon

I’ve been puzzled by some personal gnosis to do with Rhiannon for ages, because it...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

The Balancing Path: Mourning & Commemorating Transitions at Samhain

We don’t get to choose to what we mourn. We can’t help the fact that...

October 21, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: The Dagda is Not Zeus!

On at least a weekly basis I see people asking which Celtic god is like...

October 13, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Connecting with Anubis at Samhain

Samhain is not an Egyptian-originated holiday. But if you take a look at the religion...

October 02, 2019

Magick IRL: Spiral Out; Keep Going

Real magick happens in the seemingly mundane conversations with a coworker, when you realize you’ve...

October 02, 2019

The Corner Crone: What Were You Expecting?

But, you ask, what if I’m doing it all wrong? Ask yourself this: Are you...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Hearth of Hellenism: The Cult of Academia

The vast majority of scholarship out there is not from polytheists. Their work is not...

September 20, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: A Bit of Mabon Love

It’s that time of year again when I frequently hear the name of a deity...

September 19, 2019

The DruWitch Way: Dragon’s Breath and Pawprints in the Dew

I realised that after 20 years I’d actually had enough of feeling guilty and it...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Epithets of Anubis

Epithets of Anubis can be used in prayers, invocations, and meditations. Speak to a particular...

August 21, 2019

Walking the Path: Do We Share a Co-creative Existence with God?

Pagans conceptualize an immanent, rather than transcendent, view of the Divine that builds a relationship...

August 18, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Evolution of My Spirituality

My witchcraft isn't something that fits well in the ceremonial magic structure or the neopagan...

August 17, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Meeting Hekate Einalia

There was something about standing next to the ocean, hearing the waves crash upon the...

August 14, 2019

The Corner Crone: The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water

Turns out I've been so focused on the details of my new region that I...

August 14, 2019

Between Two Worlds: A Greek Magickal Papyri Prayer – Rewritten

Ever since The Greek Magickal Papyri were written, change has been an everlasting battle between...

August 09, 2019

The Corner Crone: Saying Goodbye to Hekate Brimo

Hekate Brimo has been my boon companion these past 10 months. In that aspect She’s...

August 07, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Horse Goddess Calling?

Horse goddesses can do a long and subtle dance with you before they make things...

August 04, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Wishes, and Entitlement

At a minimum we should treat the fairies the same way we should treat the...

July 2019

July 16, 2019

Grace Notes: Time & Priority

We can’t spare 5 to 30 for our spiritual well-being? That’s not true. What is...