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May 2020

May 15, 2020

Simple Witchery: Love In The Cards?

Venus is in retrograde! Not only is the planet of love going all retro on...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Happily Heathen: The Aftereffects of Meeting a Goddess

People who don’t love themselves are unprepared for a meeting with Freya. If given chance,...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The Blooming Staff: Under the Hill

What is the meaning of this column’s title, The Blooming Staff? For a long time...

April 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Beltane Lovers – Once you Go Witch You’ll Never Switch

This is MODERN witchcraft, where we strip off the mask of the obvious, and glory...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

The Path of She: A Wild-World Love Story

I’d like to share a love story, between a young arbutus tree and me.

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....

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Star Made Witch: The Power of Scent

Scent is able to summon up mood immediately. The intense memory response of scent can...

December 21, 2015

Seeking the Grail: The Answer is Love

The answer is love. I'm going to make space for love, for connection, for people...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Witch on Fire: Salvation of a Southern Witch

Gather 'round, my lovelies, and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

The Path of She: A Samhain Teaching – Born Into Life, Born Into Death

Samhain is a time to contemplate the mysteries of death, not from a place of...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

The Cartomancer: In Love and War

When your love is clear it is part of the infinite beyond. When your love...

July 2015

July 11, 2015

The Path of She: Wake to Goodness, Wake to Goddess

Though the Goddess as the feminine face of Divinity is foreign to our modern, encultured...

July 04, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: The Perfect Couple – Ideal or Illusion?

The Goddess, alone in the universe She had created, felt a need to be companion-ed,...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

The Busy Witch: Compassion isn’t Sacrifice

What if we were to re-frame the idea of compassion not as an act of...

April 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Smelling Roses

The oldest roses are still available today. Rosa gallica, called the 'Apothecary Rose' was the...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

The Busy Witch: A Healing Ritual for Chapel Hill and Beyond

Ground and center and find your stillness before you begin, and remember; small acts of...

February 14, 2015

Making Light: Aphrodite

It seems fitting to turn my thoughts toward Aphrodite during the month of February when...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Emmanuel, A Love Divine

I have no faith in a child who would become a prophet that empowered patriarchy,...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: When Love Takes Over

It's complicated, it always is, when we choose to be part of the solution on...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Choosing Love Over Fear

When I speak of love, it is not abstract, and it is not romantic or...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

The Busy Witch: Timing, Intention, and Luck

Magic is about more than just herbs and words. It’s about timing, intention, and luck....

February 2013

February 19, 2013

The Busy Witch: Magic and Marriage

I’ve been creating informal altars around our home for years, but this little corner shelf...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

Druid Thoughts: Of Sex and Druids

Before I start, let me point out this post is not going to be X-rated....