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January 2026

January 05, 2026

Simple Witchery: To Keep Silent

Visible activism (witch or not) comes with risk, and we all have to assess that...

March 2025

March 29, 2025

Simple Witchery: Leaning On The Four Pillars

How do we care for a world in free fall and ourselves at the same...

December 2024

December 11, 2024

Simple Witchery: Take Pause

I’m exhausted. Life seems to be getting more difficult with each passing day. I feel...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

Simple Witchery: Resistance and Resilience in Hard Times

We’re living in hard times. My witchcraft is turning toward building resilience, physically, mentally and...

January 2024

January 02, 2024

Simple Witchery: Don’t Be That Witch

Here’s my trifecta of behaviors to banish if you want to advance in your craft,...

August 2023

August 25, 2023

Simple Witchery: Blue Moon with Mercury Retrograde

Mercury, smallest planet and closest to the sun in our solar system, went retrograde on...

February 2023

February 20, 2023

Simple Witchery: Taking Your Witchcraft to the Next Level with Self Care

Self-care is widely understood as the practice of regular activities and habits to support physical,...

November 2022

November 01, 2022

Simple Witchery: What the Meme Do We Know?

More people are turning to witchcraft as a means for manifesting their desires. I think...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

Simple Witchery: Right Relation – Holding the Space Between Generations

The ancestors are once again calling to me in a louder voice. Or perhaps it...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

Simple Witchery: At The Crossroads of Time

We are in the process of being stripped down to the bone. Everything that does...

May 2021

May 21, 2021

Simple Witchery: Wildcrafting In The Northern Midwest

Here, the spring season of foraging begins when the last traces of snow still remain...

March 2021

March 08, 2021

Simple Witchery: Trust Your Intuition

The essence of witchcraft is based in intuition. The power we seek lies within; the...

January 2021

January 16, 2021

Simple Witchery: Witchcraft that Works . . .

I can cast spells of protection to keep myself and loved ones safe from a...

December 2020

December 21, 2020

Simple Witchery: Health, Wealth and Wisdom in the New Year

It's the perfect time to put your magick to work creating a spell to manifest...

October 2020

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 15, 2020

Simple Witchery: Witch Flicks Fit for Binging

If trick-or-treating is off your schedule of events this year, why not settle in for...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Simple Witchery: Book of Shadows and Witch’s Journal

Whether keeping a BOS, a journal, or both, the key to success lies in developing...

August 12, 2020

Simple Witchery: How to Make Sacred Water

I've found that the act of crafting sacred water involves a good deal more of...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

Simple Witchery: Practicing Self Care When We Need It Most

True self care requires understanding your needs, giving to yourself at least as much as...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Simple Witchery: Let The Sun Shine In

Whether you call it Litha, Summer Solstice, or Midsummer, this is the perfect time to cast...

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...

May 04, 2020

Simple Witchery: Glamour Magick For Your Home . . .

I’m sure you’ve already cast a protection spell or two, cleansed your space, and fortified...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

Simple Witchery: Witchcraft In The Time Of Coronavirus . . .

As the witching community responds to the increasing threat of Coronavirus, I’m seeing a lot...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

Simple Witchery: A Time For Anger

Some of my most powerful magic has been forged in the holy fire of anger—and...

January 2020

January 19, 2020

Simple Witchery: You Are What You Think

The power to tap into life force, attracting that which we desire by way of...

December 2019

December 12, 2019

Simple Witchery: Following The Light . . .

The Wheel of the Year in its simplest analogy is about the procession and recession...

November 2019

November 14, 2019

Simple Witchery: Simple Offerings—What You Bring to the Altar

I often see questions from new witches about what to offer to their deities, guides,...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Simple Witchery: Favored or Forsaken – When Tragedy Strikes

In the dark cave of my grief, I still wanted to know why me, why...

October 21, 2019

Simple Witchery: Reclaiming the Crone

By bringing forth light from the darkness (new information) and transformation (new interpretations of, or...