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April 2015

April 06, 2015

Developing a Daily Devotional Practice of Place

For many of us, there is no choice but to re-dream the magickal practices that...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Arianrhod

The second in a five-part series on where I've met the gods. Part Two: Arianrhod.

May 23, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Brân

The first in a five-part series on where I've met the gods. Part One: Bran...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Creating a Place-Based Practice

On the second dark moon of January, a group of 9 gathered in my front...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

Wide Angle Vision Part 1: A Useful Meditation

My friend calls this wide angle vision a "useful meditation technique" because you can use...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Place in the City

The fantasy of the witch's cottage is romantic, but is largely a fiction: most of...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Words

Many Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving this week by gathering with loved ones to feast, and...

November 21, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Rot

Death and decay, forces that have concerned human-persons for millennia, are still actively propitiated in...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

Naturalizing: Bringing Our Practice Home

Much of North American paganism is influenced by imagined European ancestral practice, even when the...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Connecting with the sound of place

Sound is often neglected as a way of relating sensually to place. Elinor explores why...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

London Calling: connecting with big cities

Cities can get a bad rap in modern paganism, especially in modern witchcraft. We idealize...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

The People Around Here…

Last week I was sitting with a group of people at lunch time listening to...

April 12, 2013

Why getting outside matters

Whatever acts bring you in closer connection to your gods, your loved ones, your communities,...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

Finding place through the eyes of a child

Turns out, any green space is magical to a child.

March 12, 2013

Expanded awareness

I wrote a while back about sitting in one spot for an hour at a...

March 11, 2013

Knowing our places, inside and out

T. Thorn Coyle's book "Make Magic of Your Life" focuses on desire and making desires...

March 01, 2013

Make Magic of Your Life: wherever you are

Niki Whiting takes the concepts from T. Thorn Coyle's recent book, Make Magic of Your...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

In love with the Gods of the city

Joshua Graham hates trees! --No, not really. But he loves the city. This month's guest...

February 18, 2013

The importance of beauty

Beauty is a vitally important part of my relationship with place, and I think of...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

The Sit Spot

No matter how well you think you know a place, you can't really know it...

January 17, 2013

A Place Within A Place: reconsidering what is sacred

In thinking of Places within Places, and finding deep connection in an urban environment, it...

January 08, 2013

Walking meditation

One of my key practices is the walking meditation. Usually, I just step outside and...

January 03, 2013

Place-Based Practice: or dancing with the one who brung ya

Fast-forward a few years to my first initiation, which began with a visioning along Barton...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Traci’s Top 10: Tips For Cultivating Place In The City

My return to the U.S. last week felt disconcerting, but it's rarely a smooth transition....

December 13, 2012

Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting connection

When our Place changes in ways we don't entirely like, in ways we feel an...