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Of Light & Shadow: Spider as an Animal Spirit Ally

Spiders are incredibly fascinating, but to me they are also terrifying. Despite my own fear...

July 2022

July 20, 2022

Of Light & Shadow: Disconnecting to Reconnect

There’s something about walking alone in nature and getting lost in your thoughts that is...

July 20, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Things I Haven’t Told You

My own little part of the Patheos world has some deeply personal stories. Here's one...

July 10, 2021

The Corner Crone: The Parable of Cernunnos and Swallowtail

The relationship I'm building with The Horned God is in its infancy. I seem to...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

Salt City Pagan: What If Druidry Survived?

Imagine a world where Christianity had not become the primary religion throughout Europe. What images...

June 17, 2021

The Corner Crone: Midsummer Rains

As we tilt toward the longest day I find myself in a rainy season, pondering...

June 01, 2021

Salt City Pagan: My Paganism and My Politics

I was asked if my religious beliefs influence my political beliefs. Say what? How could...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Choosing to Leave Paganism

I do not believe anyone can tell you if any of the paths of Paganism...

May 07, 2021

The Corner Crone: An Altered State of Being

What magic waits in the forgotten places, in the overlooked spaces? Those pockets of “not...

May 05, 2021

Salt City Pagan: The Value of Unverified Personal Gnosis

Unverified Personal Gnosis is a term that describes your personal experience with spirituality as an...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Salt City Pagan: Crystals Are the Future and the Past

What is our fascination with gemstones and crystals? Have we always looked at these stones...

April 15, 2021

Salt City Pagan: What Type of Witch Are You?

When it comes to a beginner or even someone who has had a spiritual crisis...

April 12, 2021

The Corner Crone: The Infinite Possibility of Twilight

I want to dissolve into the coming storm, to become one with the elements. I...

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...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Between Two Worlds: Dark Moon, Tarot, Facebook and Lunar Imbolc

Last week on the Dark Moon I finally decided to leave Facebook. Permanently. To release...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Druid in the City: Defining Druidry From My Perspectives

To me, Druidry is about connection and relationships. It’s about how we live in this...

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...

September 2020

September 20, 2020

The Corner Crone: Lift Every Voice

How you view and hear yourself impacts how you speak, no matter the form that...

September 17, 2020

Druid in the City: A Moment of Balance

In this Equinox season, it’s time to find my balance again. Time to take that...

September 02, 2020

Living the Liminal: How to Witch When Moving

Remember, witchcraft happens with or without tools. Here's some tips on how to Witch when...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

The Corner Crone: Hekate Einalia and Hurricane Season

During hurricane season I'm honoring an aspect of Hekate's energy specific to the ocean: Hekate...

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 30, 2020

The Corner Crone: Lammas and the Wisdom of Pizza Dough

Many of us are up to our elbows in flour in these days leading up...

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...

July 28, 2020

Living the Liminal: A Local 2020 Lughnasadh

There is a real magick in this time of year in Atlantic Canada. Here are...

July 28, 2020

Parenting the Divine: Teaching the Joy of Lammas

Lammas isn’t just an early Thanksgiving celebration—it’s a time of gratitude towards our past selves...

July 18, 2020

The Corner Crone: High Priestess of the Kitchen

You may already know I am a Foodie. Yet even so it wasn’t until a...

July 14, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: Understanding & Identifying Cultural Appropriation

Cultural appropriation, or more precisely, cultural misappropriation, has been a hot-button issue over the last...

July 12, 2020

Druid in the City: Where’s the Water?

For those of us in urban landscapes, it can be a bit challenging to connect...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Cross and Crossroads: In Defense of Gatekeeping

Claiming “gatekeeping” has turned into an all-access pass for folks to force their way into...