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July 2019

July 09, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: Magick the **** Out of the Patriarchy

For me, being a Witch is both my spiritual and personal worldview. How I live...

July 05, 2019

Grace Notes: Prayer

My practice has deepened significantly since I began regular devotional activities. Without prayer I found...

July 02, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Independence Day and Hekate

Independence Day is coming. I know that it now means independence from things that still...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

The Corner Crone: Whither Thou Goest

I’ve been thinking a lot about new-to-me gods lately. We’re moving to a region I'm...

June 15, 2019

Babalon’s Cloister: “I’m not a Magician, I’m a Priestess.”

I still carry around a complex, a muddy pool left unstudied. I fear that I...

June 11, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Establishing a Daily Practice

I get a lot of questions from people who want to know what to do...

June 07, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: An Emergency Outsourced Stand-In

What? I'd be performing half of the ritual. Myself! Yes. Fine. There was a binder...

June 01, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Reclaiming Medusa

For the past several months, when I would meditate or go about my daily practice,...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

The Corner Crone: Altar Ego

It’s as if Force Majeure energies have been acting upon me like some cosmic rock...

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...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Hearth of Hellenism: Discreet Devotion

In an ideal world worshiping the Gods in the open should be effortless. Unfortunately 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...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Offerings to Anubis

What do you do when you begin working with a deity? Where do you go...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Your Story and the Storyteller

There are secrets of the mind that each individual can only find if one is...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: The Ego Hides

The best mystics say proudly, “I’m not better than anybody else,” while the worst say,...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: What is a lamp? A Labyrinth?

Since the show Westworld stole my main analogy for mysticism, I thought I'd share the...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: A Vision of An Cailleach

I'm learning that we are what propels ourselves, while simultaneously being the largest impediment to...

August 2016

August 12, 2016

Happily Heathen: Receiving The Blessings

Blessings can take many forms and come from many places. Make sure to claim your...

March 2016

March 10, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I most admire. So...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Devotional Techniques from the Heartbreak Trenches

Sometimes we need to take some time to honor our losses. In this post Rev....

January 2016

January 10, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: Managing Multiple Deity Relationships

All relationships can be complicated, and human to divine relationships are no different. Deepening a...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Seekers and Guides: The Downward Spiral – Depression and Suicide in Paganism (Part One)

I’ve been there: standing at a Samhain altar, about to priestess for my community for...

September 02, 2014

The Busy Witch: Easy Candle Magic

Candle magic is an easy way to connect to the Universe and your chosen divinity,...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Sewing for Athena

I decided to learn how to sew and make costumes because sewing and handicrafts are...

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...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Loop of Brighid: The Nine Pure Choice Graces, Part 1 – The Grace of Form

Bathing the head, feet and hands was once an important part of the Imbolc celebration....

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Making Light: Demeter

With Demeter, my practice is about as simple and ordinary as it gets. I don't...

March 13, 2014

Making Light: Zeus

If ever there was a strong masculine father figure, he's it. If you're a Pagan...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Private Practices 7 – The Devotional Moods

In an earlier series of columns on “The Mysticism of Devotion,” we explored the devotional...

September 2013

September 02, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Role of Music in Teaching the Craft

Sable Aradia explains why, and how, music is an effective tool in Pagan ritual.