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October 2016

October 24, 2016

Star Made Witch: Masks and Guising on Samhain

In the sense that the mask serves to kill the ego masks for the duration...

October 22, 2016

The Path of She: Hecate and the Crossroads of Choice

“Time is running out.” Hecate says, “Be fearless. Choose love. By your choices, and those...

October 18, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Morrigan and Samhain

One question I get asked fairly often is whether or not the Morrigan had a...

October 13, 2016

Outside the Circle: The Dark Legends Of Halloween

The night sky seems to twinkle more now or is it just me? The trees...

October 07, 2016

Happily Heathen: Winternights — The Heathen Samhain?

Winternights is one of my favorite holidays. I love when summer finally gives way to...

September 2016

September 12, 2016

Star Made Witch: Excerpt from the Witch’s Sabbath

There is a place and time that witches fly their souls to where they do...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: The Call of the Swan Maidens

The Swan Spirits called to me long ago one Samhain night, and now that has...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Witch on Fire: The Great Work, Holding the Space

As part of my spiritual practice each year I choose an area of study or...

November 2015

November 06, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Last Harvest

It is a seasonal thing. It comes and goes with the changing of shop window...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

The Cartomancer: The Smell of Souls

Magical folks say that October is the month when the veil between the worlds is...

October 27, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Wish Upon Dying

My mother was the holy-rolling, bible-thumping, fundamentalist variety of evangelical Christian and basically the polar...

October 27, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Samhain Meditation

“Lord Herne,” you whisper, “and all you spirits of the Dead, I drink to you!”

October 26, 2015

Star Made Witch: Samhain on the Hill

In which Spiritscraft recounts an adventure in Athboy, Ireland and shares some information related to...

October 25, 2015

Wayfaring Woman: Ready or Not, Here We Go!

In my experience, autumn is a powerful season. In the months of September, October, and...

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...

October 20, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Summer’s End

The warmth and growth of summer is past and the harvest is in, now is...

October 18, 2015

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Thinning of the Veil

Halloween is almost upon us. It’s a time of year for costumes, parties, and maybe...

October 13, 2015

Witch on Fire: Samhain – The Poison and the Antidote

It is Samhain-tides again, the final harvest; a time of acceptance that death comes for...

October 28, 2014

Ancestor Remembrance Project: Blood and Spirit

Family and ancestry are not limited by blood; the choices we make link us to...

October 24, 2014

Queer of Swords: Halloween – The Secular Festival of Becoming

Looking beyond the Undead Tomato costumes and the candy corn, is there really something basic...

October 22, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Halloween – Inviting the Secular

Personally, I like my Halloween with green faced ‘witches’ and candy corn, trick or treating,...

October 21, 2014

Jewish Witch: Ancestors and Genocide

There are only so many prayers you can say for the dead before, like the...

October 14, 2014

Ancestor Remembrance Project: I Remember Nana

I wish I remembered more about my great-grandmother’s racing days. I know she and Granddad...

October 13, 2014

When Grief Becomes Ritual, When Remembering Renews

Last year, I lost a beloved companion. Reclaiming's Spiral Dance ritual, now in its 35th...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Busy Witch: Finding New Depth in the Darkness

This year, I’ll be pushing myself to make deeper connections with the people who’ve come...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Wyrd Words: Defined but not Confined

Imagine that, on the street, you see a woman wearing an odd T-shaped necklace with...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Interfaith Family Ties Blossom from Ostara to Easter

Why do I have an Easter dress? Why, after years of brunch-only celebrations with my...

October 2012

October 27, 2012

Samhain: Blessed Be All Souls

This week many Pagans celebrate Samhain, popularly known as Hallowe’en. It is the ancient, and...