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June 2015

June 29, 2015

What Do You Mean by “Scary”?

Witchcraft should be scary.

May 2015

May 14, 2015

Paganism 101

What does a Paganism 101 presentation to undergraduates look like? A little like this!

April 2015

April 24, 2015

The Vocabulary of Spiritual Practice, part 1

Humans like boundaries and definitions. We like order. Niki breaks down words: religious, spiritual, high...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

The Mystic Hunger

I am looking for something. And I don't know what it is. Always this longing....

January 2015

January 16, 2015

The Witches’ Almanac 2015

The Witches' Almanac has been around for ages. Is it relevant? Should you pick up...

November 2014

November 17, 2014

What We’re Reading

What we're reading in my house.

November 05, 2014

Homesick, or Learning to Love a “New” Place

I'm still homesick and it sucks. I feel like a bad witch.

November 01, 2014

Home Ownership and Death

Death, witchcraft, and home ownership - an uncomfortable co-mingling.

August 2014

August 10, 2014

Spiritual Boundaries and Full Moons

Tonight is this year's largest supermoon. Not only is it extra pretty, it's extra potent...

August 06, 2014

Looking from Lammas to Mabon

Sometimes we need the ecstatic doing to appreciate the small daily efforts. At least, that's...

August 04, 2014

The Tyranny of Perfectionism

If let trying to be perfect get in our way of practicing we'll never do...

August 01, 2014

(Not) Working with the Ancestors

I'm not entirely ignoring my Ancestors. I'm honoring them, but I am not working with...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Pagans and the (Zombie) Apocalypse

The zombie apocalypse isn't going to happen. Sorry. Let's get rid of using apocalyptic language...

July 14, 2014

Magic and Community in the Pacific Northwest

A look at various Pagan and magical offerings in the PNW.

May 2014

May 21, 2014

The Left Hand Path

Niki writes about her experience and study of the Left Hand paths she practices.

May 12, 2014

What I Do

What exactly does a witch or a magician do? Niki shares the core of her...

May 02, 2014

What is Feri?

What is Feri? It's a form of witchcraft, it's a set of tools, it's a...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Guest Post: Why I Am A Faerie Witch

Willow Moon shares his journey to Faerie witchcraft and why it's his preferred tradition: "Faerie...

April 28, 2014

What Do You Mean by ‘Scary’?

Do you practice the 'scary' stuff? What does that mean exactly?

April 16, 2014

What is a Witch?

TL;DR? "A witch is a label for someone who has mastered a set of skills...

April 08, 2014

Values

I argue that Feri is highly amoral and yet is highly ethical. To carry the...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Why Not Wicca

Wicca is perhaps the most well known of all the modern Pagan traditions. So why...

March 19, 2014

Birth as Edge Walking

"I've given birth twice and I completely trust that my body will birth a healthy...

February 2014

February 07, 2014

Superheroes, Magic, and Kids

A brief musing on raising magical kids in a superhero world.

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Guest Post: Confessions of a Buddhist Witch, part 3

Willow Moon's final installment of his post about practicing both Tibetan Buddhism and Faerie Witchcraft....

January 24, 2014

Guest Post: Confessions of a Buddhist Witch, part two

We have the second installment of Willow Moon's comparison between Tibetan Buddhism and Faerie Witchcraft.

January 22, 2014

On Being a Student

The most important thing I've learned over my many years of studying is that you...

January 17, 2014

Guest Post: Confessions of a Buddhist Witch, part one

Guest post from Willow Moon! "I am an initiate and practitioner of both Tibetan Buddhism...

January 15, 2014

The Four Powers of the Sphinx

Keeping silent is one of the "four powers of the Sphinx," four admonishments for the...

January 07, 2014

Shiva the Witch God

Shiva is a god of witches. But it's not his witchiness that makes devotion to...