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September 2019

September 09, 2019

Magick IRL: I Can’t Help Loving Myself

I’ve been stringing myself along with poor work decisions my entire life. Not only that...

August 2019

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 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...

July 2019

July 05, 2019

Grace Notes: Prayer

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

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...

May 2019

May 10, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: What’s In a Name?

Twenty years ago, when first dedicating myself to the study of the Craft I struggled...

May 06, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Circle Casting – Water and Walking

I've never done well with practices I've been expected to do by rote without a...

April 2019

April 17, 2019

Druid in the City: Sneezing Through Meditation, or How I Keep Trying

I can lose myself in my sewing, or music and interrupt negative thought patterns or...

April 15, 2019

Dance of the Maenad: Dionysian Mysteries

Dionysus, too, had his mysteries. And while they can’t be defined, naturally, they most likely...

September 2018

September 15, 2018

The Corner Crone: Here We Have Gathered . . .

People howled their release into the Circle as I whirled to thrust my hand out...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

The Corner Crone: All Shook Up

And now, on the other side of Imbolc, these seeds of change that have been...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

The Corner Crone: The Good Stuff

Magic really is everywhere—even in places or situations that make me uncomfortable—if I only open...

November 2017

November 01, 2017

The Corner Crone: Firestorm Wind

The experience of personal transformation generally contains an element, much like fire, that is only...

February 2017

February 19, 2017

Full Frontal Magic: Before the Spirit is Summoned

People have many ways to work with spirits, but most people don’t pay attention to...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

The Blooming Staff: The Longest Night and the Mystery of the Incarnation

Every December 21, a NY church holds a "Longest Night" service. Nicholas Laccetti reflects on...

December 23, 2016

Happily Heathen: The Blot’s the Thing

In preparing for a class, I made a last-minute decision to include a short generic...

November 2016

November 12, 2016

The Path of She: When Death Arrives On Our Doorstep – A Primer for These Times

In the after-shock of the US election, two visions bring hope and transformation. Death has...

November 11, 2016

Happily Heathen: The All Gods Event

The All Gods Event is a ritual I created a few years ago when I...

October 2016

October 23, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: Hekate’s Hounds: Warders Between Worlds

In ancient times, the goddess Hekate was worshipped as the Leader of the Dogs (Skylakagetis...

October 12, 2016

The Cartomancer: Ritual for meeting your ancestors in the simple

When something is simple, by virtue of the nature of the simple, it is above...

October 03, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Why Effective Ritual Is Important

Ritual facilitation is a professional skill set. If you learn the skills to make it...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: Shaming Pagans – Sincerity Does Not Equal Competence

There was a discussion about John Halstead’s article, Gods Save Us from Bad Pagan Rituals:...

September 05, 2016

Seeking the Grail: A Song of Death

It shouldn't surprise me; nobody gets out of here alive, as they say. But death...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: The Roman God Mercurius – An Introduction and Ritual

I have been working with Mercury - also known as Mercurius - since 2008. His...

August 24, 2016

The Cartomancer: Your People Undivided

Do people actually know what they are saying, when they dismiss others with these words:...

June 2016

June 26, 2016

Wayfaring Woman: A Ritual in Honor of Odin and the Valkyries

We are in a period of intense and tense struggle. There are many battles behind...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Star Made Witch – Know Thyself

Perhaps the most pervasive and least understood advice in witchcraft is Know Thyself from the...

April 2016

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...

April 04, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Why Bother?

There's nothing like a ritual where there's genuine connection, where there's a palpable love between...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: Westernizing Our Ritual Forms

Here we have a collection of terms and a new ritual, perhaps a new way...