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October 2021

October 28, 2021

Between Two Worlds: Life, Death and Rebirth

My thoughts drift to Life, Death and Rebirth. This time of year, halfway between the...

October 31, 2020

Simple Witchery: Healing Your Ancestors . . .

What if your ancestors weren’t so nice in their living years? Is it time to...

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...

October 24, 2020

Between Two Worlds: My Visit With The Dead

As the Veil is thinning, it's time for me to visit with the dead again....

October 20, 2020

Druid in the City: Samhain with Challenging Blood Ancestors

Sometimes it can feel like there is pressure to honor your blood ancestors at this...

October 05, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Halloween Fun With Pagan Kids

Halloween is my favourite holiday. As a parent I try to pass that love on...

October 04, 2020

The Corner Crone: Who Do I Say I Am?

There’s a world of difference between “name yourself” and “make a name for yourself”, isn’t...

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 29, 2019

Beyond Binary Witchcraft: Honor, Ancestors, & Being Trans at Samhain

I know that navigating death is difficult, and depending on your place in life, it...

October 23, 2019

The Corner Crone: Samhain-palooza and Expectations

Your “Samhain Moment” may not happen exactly on Samhain. If we slow ourselves down in...

October 22, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Gender Dysphoria, Death and Samhain

I'm not fond of Samhain. For me, I remember too many transgender women and men...

October 21, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies and Samhain

Samhain is a time when the beings of the Otherworld are more present in the...

October 16, 2019

The Corner Crone: When Photos Are Rocking Are Spirits A’Knocking?

The first anniversary of my sister’s death is next week. She was 59. She died...

October 16, 2019

The DruWitch Way: Think Twice, Banish Once

This is the time of year when magick is often dedicated to the Ancestors of...

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 01, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: 31 Movies for Halloween

I celebrate October by watching a movie every day that has some connection to either...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Horses of the Dark Time-Mari Lwyd

In the past few years, the Mari Lwyd tradition has taken on something of a...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

Between Two Worlds: Post Samhain Musings From New Mexico

Samhain this year ended for me on November 7th. It was totally different from anything...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Hail From the Hearth: An Evening for Dying – Celebrating Winternights

Winternights is one of the Heathen high days that observes the beginning of Winter and...

October 24, 2018

21st Century Viking: That’s Winternacht to You

For the Ancient Vikings this was a time to celebrate, this was the beginning of...

October 23, 2018

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Horses of the Dark Time

Whether the person under the cloak is a devout Pagan trying to honour a horse...

October 19, 2018

Between Two Worlds: Samhain, My Sister and Hekate

I have never been a big fan of Samhain and the honoring of the ancestors....

October 17, 2018

The Corner Crone: When the Final Harvest Cuts

I’ve thought of Samhain in blurred watercolor hues of burnished russets and inscrutably dark purples,...

October 17, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Witchcraft, Samhain, and Uncertain Times

Samhain is a time that is marked as one of the significant turning points of...

October 18, 2017

Tree City Witch: A Jewish Ghost Story For Halloween

My best friend had told me the week before about a ghost in their house,...

October 16, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Honoring the Dead with Offerings at Samhain

What is an “Offering”? Why even give offerings in the first place? What constitutes an...

October 05, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Samhain, Boundaries and Nettles

The Shadow Self is a Jungian concept. He theorized that we all have a “Shadow...

November 2016

November 01, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Into The Dark of Samhain

The spirits deserve their due, after all, and we are moving solidly into their season:...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Outside the Circle: Samhain Divination & Throwing the Bones

Shuffle your Tarot cards, toss your Rune stones, read your tea leaves, this is the...

October 27, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Magic Of The Great Pumpkin

Fall, colored leaves, picking that perfect pumpkin against the backdrop of washed harvest color. Purple...