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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...

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...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Phoenix Rising: “Baba Yaga: Slavic Earth Goddess” (Book Review)

The image of Baba Yaga has long fascinated and intimidated me, but the thought of...

December 2021

December 20, 2021

Phoenix Rising: Last-Minute, Easy Yule Gifts on a Budget

Has Yule snuck up on you? Here are 12 low cost, creative gift ideas that...

October 2021

October 20, 2021

Phoenix Rising: Review – “A Spell in the Forest – Tongues in Trees”

Roselle Angwin's book is informative and inspiring. It includes scientific fact, poetry, stories, and suggestions...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

Phoenix Rising: Review – “A Brigit of Ireland Devotional: Sun Among Stars”

Brigde weaves information about Brigit in her many guises into her poems. Thus, they not...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Phoenix Rising: Cerridwen’s Cauldron – Dealing with Grief and Loss

I guess you could call this my year of “breaking open” because nothing - and...

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...

December 2020

December 13, 2020

Phoenix Rising: A Book for the Season – “Little Book of Yule”

Jason Mankey's "Little Book of Yule" is truly a treasure of information about the history...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

Phoenix Rising: 5 Ways to Work with the Hunter Blue Moon

Imagine my delight in learning that this October 31 would have a full moon of...

July 2020

July 22, 2020

Phoenix Rising: Demeter Erinyes – The Mother is Back, and She is Pissed

I see women taking the pain and rage associated with Demeter Erinyes and channeling it...

June 2020

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...

April 2020

April 14, 2020

Phoenix Rising: Stillness In The Dark, Vibrant In The Light . . .

How many of us truly listen to ourselves? For some odd reason, it was as...

February 2020

February 08, 2020

Phoenix Rising: Fire, Water, and Words: Divination with the Goddess Brigid

The period of time directly before, during, and after Imbolc typically finds me working more...

January 2020

January 05, 2020

Phoenix Rising: 10 Magickal Ways to Break Out of the Post-Holiday Funk

Here are ten magickal techniques that have helped me to better utilize this liminal time...

December 2019

December 01, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Releasing Shadows – Lessons From A Jazz Funeral

The jazz funeral has very clear-cut transitions which facilitate an outlet for grieving what has...

October 2019

October 01, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Black Mirror – Working With Obsidian

Each time we descend into the dark half of the year, there is another stone...

August 2019

August 26, 2019

Phoenix Rising: When The Cauldron’s A-Rocking, Ceridwen’s Come Knocking

If we are willing to do the challenging, confusing, and sometimes terrifying work of facing...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Magick is Afoot!

It’s happened to most Pagans and witches I know. There comes a point in time...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Phoenix Rising: The Guard at the Gate

We’ve all had at least one time in our lives when we have experienced a...

June 01, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Reclaiming Medusa

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

April 2019

April 29, 2019

Phoenix Rising: When Your Shadow Comes Calling . . .

The things we have traditionally been taught about light and dark in our society are...

April 07, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Priestesses of Prophecy & Working with the Pythia

When I travelled to Greece, I was adamant that Delphi was one of the places...

March 2019

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...

March 06, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Stranger At the Party

I stood there, brought to tears by something I couldn’t explain. Surely, it must simply...