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November 2019

November 05, 2019

The Balancing Path: Many Ways to Perceive Energy

How do you perceive energies? Do you predominantly filter those perceptions through one physical sense,...

November 01, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Hekate and My Shadow Self

For most of my life I had no idea that my shadow self was really...

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 29, 2019

The Balancing Path: Mourning & Commemorating Transitions at Samhain

We don’t get to choose to what we mourn. We can’t help the fact that...

October 26, 2019

Starry Eyed Witch: The Banshee Screams for You

If the surviving Morrigan mythology tells us anything it is of the ferocity of warfare,...

October 23, 2019

The Corner Crone: Samhain-palooza and Expectations

Your “Samhain Moment” may not happen exactly on Samhain. If we slow ourselves down in...

October 21, 2019

Simple Witchery: Reclaiming the Crone

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

October 17, 2019

Magick IRL: Elevator to the Moon

The moon has always drawn me in. Its bright, changing face was a comfort to...

October 16, 2019

The DruWitch Way: Think Twice, Banish Once

This is the time of year when magick is often dedicated to the Ancestors of...

October 13, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Connecting with Anubis at Samhain

Samhain is not an Egyptian-originated holiday. But if you take a look at the religion...

October 09, 2019

Magick IRL: Book Review – True Magic by Cyndi Brannen

Cyndi Brannen's latest book is about growing into your true self. It gives you the...

October 02, 2019

Magick IRL: Spiral Out; Keep Going

Real magick happens in the seemingly mundane conversations with a coworker, when you realize you’ve...

October 02, 2019

The Corner Crone: What Were You Expecting?

But, you ask, what if I’m doing it all wrong? Ask yourself this: Are you...

September 2019

September 24, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Defining Unethical Magic

Witches, pagans and muggles alike need to stop using the terms “black magic” and “dark...

September 21, 2019

The Corner Crone: Where Energy Goes, Magic Flows

In this season of rebalancing, of mindfulness and paying attention to the metaphysical ingredients I’m...

September 20, 2019

Magick IRL: I Am Ready for a Fall

I know that I am growing in ways I wouldn’t have if my world had...

September 19, 2019

The DruWitch Way: Dragon’s Breath and Pawprints in the Dew

I realised that after 20 years I’d actually had enough of feeling guilty and it...

September 09, 2019

Magick IRL: I Can’t Help Loving Myself

I’ve been stringing myself along with poor work decisions my entire life. Not only that...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

Magick IRL: Riders On The Storm

It doesn’t matter if you are under a hailstorm, firestorm, rainstorm, or in a tornado....

August 22, 2019

The DruWitch Way: Tearing Down The Tower – Using Tarot to Change Your Viewpoint

As witches we are hard-wired to take responsibility for ourselves and how we interact with...

August 19, 2019

The Corner Crone: The Persecuted Modern Witch

It’s hard to meet a pagan or witch who hasn’t felt marginalized or persecuted at...

August 17, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Meeting Hekate Einalia

There was something about standing next to the ocean, hearing the waves crash upon the...

August 09, 2019

The Corner Crone: Saying Goodbye to Hekate Brimo

Hekate Brimo has been my boon companion these past 10 months. In that aspect She’s...

August 06, 2019

Magick IRL: Word Up, Witches

At the end of the day, however you choose to word your work is likely...

August 01, 2019

The Corner Crone: Nobody Expects the Fires of Transformation!

When we come out the other side of the fire our first inclination is to...

July 2019

July 25, 2019

Imperfect Witchcraft: Embracing Imperfect Witchcraft

Lately, the more I read, the more pressure I feel to do things perfectly. But I...

July 15, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Favorite Witchcraft Authors

These books not only provided me with wonderful insight and information that I incorporated into...

July 10, 2019

The Corner Crone: Harvesting the Brambles

I’m harvesting brambles this year, taking up my imaginary pruning shears and wading into the...

July 09, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: Magick the **** Out of the Patriarchy

For me, being a Witch is both my spiritual and personal worldview. How I live...

July 03, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Return of the Othercrowd

We are ultimately returning to a balance of the order between this world and the...