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March 2019

March 27, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Radical Witchcraft, An Interview with Kristen Sollee

Witchcraft, however, can show us how our bodies can be vessels for dissent and forces...

March 25, 2019

Phosphoros’ Illuminations: The Concept of Sin in Paganism

Our Deities, our practices, and our resolute walking of our chosen path all help us...

March 15, 2019

Phoenix Rising: EnCHANTment — Sacred Sound as an Offering

As we continued to chant, our voices effortlessly weaved together to create an otherworldly mosaic...

March 09, 2019

The Corner Crone: Hekate, Is That You?

Some folks regularly experience vivid dreams, sometimes every night of the week. I’m not one...

March 07, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Unitarian Universalist, CUUPS, and Pagans

I have found that I can be an active member, not only at Circle Sanctuary,...

March 04, 2019

Acorn & Antler: What’s Under Your Robes?

I was taught about “Seeing the God in Every Man and Seeing the Goddess in...

March 03, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Gender Identity, and Sexuality

Fairies have always represented the liminal, the outliers, the forbidden, and the things disallowed by...

March 01, 2019

The Corner Crone: The Lenten Season—One Witch’s Perspective

In the Christian mythology Christ removed himself to the desert not only to fast, but...

February 2019

February 20, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: The Horse, Nature, and Sovereignty

Based on paleolithic art in Europe, we know that horses were held in high regard...

February 17, 2019

The Corner Crone: From Tomb to Womb to Bloom

Perhaps you, too, find yourself reluctantly being pushed toward new growth this season. You might...

February 13, 2019

Omens & Oracles: The Witch’s Pyramid for Beginners

The Witch’s Pyramid is a good way to center your thoughts when you’re feeling lonely...

February 12, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Pillphobia, Ableism in Witchy Spaces

Meditating and spending more time in nature are excellent ways to calm our minds and...

February 12, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Spirits, Ghosts, and Hekate

Every Dark Moon I give up more of what doesn’t serve me anymore. Every New...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

The Corner Crone: Hex Your Cares Away!

It’s not that I cannot hex; it’s that I do not hex. Does that mean...

December 2018

December 24, 2018

Dance of the Maenad: Shielding

Moving through the world, we all collect energetic debris, come into contact with people who...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

The Millennial Witch: The High Horse Problem in Modern Paganism

We have a High Horse problem emerging in Modern Paganism. Or at least, it is...

November 20, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Be Your Own Spiritual Leader

When we start to give up our spiritual autonomy to any other mortal I think...

October 2018

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 16, 2018

The Millennial Witch: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Here is Sabrina, facing a choice of whether to embrace her magick and sign herself...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Spooky in the South: The ‘Dark’ Side of Paganism and Witchcraft: Death, Curses, and the Otherworld

A common misconception by non-Pagans is the comparison of the Pagan concept of the Otherworld...

August 08, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Witchy Life Hacks

I've found things like this are good options for keeping little bits of magic going...

July 2018

July 05, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Confessions of a Bad Witch

No one is perfect and no one's witchcraft practice is perfect either, at least no...

June 2018

June 03, 2018

Spooky in the South: Annoying Things You Have to Deal With as a Pagan

You would think in this day and age, with all the knowledge that is available...

June 03, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Acceptability Politics and Being a Goth Witch

Acceptability politics and gatekeeping are not doing witchcraft any favors. I strongly believe that rather...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Between Two Worlds: New Moon, New Crossroads, New Journey with Hekate

I just knew that Hekate would be involved in the entire process, including being with...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Things I Wish I’d Known As a New Witch

Looking back, there are always things we wish we had known when starting the practice...

November 2017

November 06, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Hexing for a Good Cause

Hexing is a tool that can be used when all mundane options have been exhausted...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Tree City Witch: Blood Magick & Pluto Goes Direct

Today I started a conversation about Pluto. Pluto has been retrograde and Pluto goes direct...

September 19, 2017

Tree City Witch: Irma & Rebirth of a Witch

My witchcraft has never been based on theory or books, but on real life experience,...

July 2017

July 22, 2017

Tree City Witch: Getting Unstuck For The New Moon In Leo

Do you set New Moon intentions? There’s a lot of red hot power behind this...