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June 2017

June 05, 2017

Tree City Witch: The Queen of Swords & Instructions For Your Exorcism

As an exorcist, you will see the possessed shed their skin in front of you,...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

Tree City Witch: A Witch’s Grief & Advice for the Living

What’s a witch to do but talk to the dead? We are supposed to, right?...

May 16, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Witches & Mages, Borderfolk at the Threshold

Drui and the Witch walk on the outside edge, between the wild and the village....

May 15, 2017

Queer Femme Mystic: The Pagan Case Against Donald Trump

Do we want to live in the real-world version of "The Handmaid’s Tale?" Or are...

May 07, 2017

Book Of Blackbirds: A Witch’s Tale

Magic always works better by cooperation than by force. In fact, trying to force magic...

May 06, 2017

Queer Femme Mystic: Why Queer Femmes Make Incredible Witches

You could say that queer femmes, for a number of reasons, make for incredible witches.

May 05, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Appalachian Granny Women Reviving a Tradition

A tradition near and dear to my heart is that of the Appalachian Granny Woman....

May 04, 2017

Tree City Witch: Dear Instagram, Magick Can’t Be Bought

You don't need anyone or anything to do your magick effectively. You don’t need any...

May 03, 2017

Star Made Witch: 13 Steps for the Witch Decluttering Spell

I am getting into spring cleaning this month in a witchy way, and I figured...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Tree City Witch: The Kabbalists of Florida and a Story about the Heart

Is it one path? Is it more? How many chambers does a heart have? Four....

April 17, 2017

Star Made Witch: Some Meanings of Witchcraft

When it comes down to it, a witch is a witch is a witch. Terminology...

April 13, 2017

Tree City Witch: Lighthouse And Lessons from Venus Retrograde

Venus is currently retrograde and will turn direct April 15th. During these weeks you may...

April 08, 2017

Urban Earthwitch: Urban Animist

Feeling connected to nature in the city isn't impossible. It's as simple as stepping outside...

April 07, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Crafting A Springtime Herbal Offering Blend

The beginning of the growing season is cause to celebrate and give thanks to my...

April 06, 2017

Tree City Witch: Stitches, Witchcraft, & Change, With Mercury Retrograde

As witches during retrograde season, we may feel compelled to think about our daily, weekly,...

March 2017

March 25, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Hidden Knowledge

The occult isn’t inherently evil. It is powerful, and often opaque. That can be scary...

March 19, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: To Keep Silence

The occult is a journey to ascend the Witches’ Pyramid to reveal in ourselves the...

March 09, 2017

Star Made Witch: Women and Witches on International Women’s Day

Although people of any gender can be witches, the term has always been more heavily...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Star Made Witch: Creative Potion Making

Every potions master begins somewhere—I started just jumping in. Knowing that with enough trial and...

January 17, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: Magic Where You Stand

I've been an advocate of making use of what we have at hand when it...

January 12, 2017

Outside the Circle: The Dark, Dreich Days Of Auld Reekie

There’s nothing like coming face to face with the smell of a dungeon and the...

January 09, 2017

Star Made Witch: Five Witchcraft Resolutions for 2017

Many witches are feeling uncertainty for what the new year will hold. I'd like to...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Star Made Witch: Goddesses, Mountains, and Potions

I’m an opportunist and my days have magical themes. Today it was: local landscape, wormwood...

December 06, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Power of Witchcraft in Troubled Times

I asked myself what value witchcraft has at times like these, when the rubber is...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Star Made Witch: Guide to Traditional Witchcraft Daily Practices

Daily practice is a fulfilling form of devotion and discipline. A simple daily anchor to...

November 15, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: In the Footsteps of the Myths

I had the opportunity to travel to Ireland as part of a sacred sites tour...

November 14, 2016

Star Made Witch: Potion Making

The manner in which a witch makes recipes into a spell is by carefully selecting...

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 21, 2016

Adventures in Wortcunning: Witch, as in Craft

It’s Witch, as in Craft, not some horrey old hag, With a wart on her...

October 04, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Wild Witchcraft

There's a blog I follow called Seo Helrune which often posts things I find thought...