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June 2016

June 08, 2016

Witchcraft & Voodoo Episode 6: Deities, Orisha & Loa (Part 2)

Lilith Dorsey, Voodoo Priestess, and Sable Aradia, Wiccan Priestess, compare and contrast their traditions and...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Video: Witchcraft & Voodoo Episode 5- Deities, Loa, Orisha

The concept of deity is a both a personal and a public thing. In the...

May 24, 2016

Seekers and Guides: The Doers and the Don’ters

In any field, you will find those who are outstanding. These are the Doers; people...

May 19, 2016

Seekers and Guides: Why Witches Wield Wands

In the age of the athame, a Witch might wonder why we bother putting a...

May 11, 2016

Book Review: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Atwood's basic scenario here is a weird mating of The Time Machine, The Stand, and...

May 06, 2016

The Irrational Fear of Death

The irrational fear of death prevents us from truly enjoying life. You can never tell...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

From the Shadows: Faith & Politics in Paganism

It is possible -- perhaps even necessary -- to separate Church and State. But is...

April 17, 2016

Book Review: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

My book review of Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, a science fiction masterwork that...

April 13, 2016

Video: Witchcraft & Voodoo Episode 3 – Initiation

In this episode of Witchcraft & Voodoo Lilith and I discussed initiation; what it is...

April 05, 2016

Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

A review of Naomi Novik's Nebula-nominated fractured fairy tale, Uprooted.

April 01, 2016

Seekers and Guides: Magick with a K

Magick with a K -- how silly! Except that it isn't. And even if it...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Video: Witchcraft & Voodoo Episode 2 – Syncretic Religions

In Episode 2 of Witchcraft & Voodoo, Voodoo Priestess Lilith Dorsey and I discussed what...

March 24, 2016

From the Shadows: “By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them”

How do you determine whether or not a faith has value? If I, again, were...

March 20, 2016

Reciprocity: A Witch’s Relationship with Her Deities

How much respect and obedience is due the Gods? This is an issue that has...

March 16, 2016

Video: Witchcraft & Voodoo Episode 1 – The Good, the Bad, and the Not So Ugly

Episode 1 of Witchcraft & Voodoo, a collaboration between myself and sister Patheos blogger Lilith...

March 15, 2016

#BerntheWitch Wasn’t About Misogyny, but Now it Might as Well Be

Context is everything. #BerntheWitch is a hashtag that has been used by the Pagan community...

March 08, 2016

An Ordinary Day: Thoughts on International Women’s Day

Today was just an ordinary day for me; but how little I appreciate my blessings.

March 07, 2016

Book Review: A Pagan Testament by Brendan Myers

A Pagan Testament: The Literary Heritage of the World's Oldest New Religion by Brendan Cathbad...

March 02, 2016

All the News That’s News: Witchcraft & Voodoo, a New Live Internet Show!

I'm excited to announce that I'm teaming up with Voodoo Priestess Lilith Dorsey to bring...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Leap Year Magic

February 29th is a liminal "time that is not a time on a day that...

February 23, 2016

All the News That’s News: My PantheaCon No-Show, the Flu, and Anthologies

An update on why I've been so quiet lately, why I wasn't at PantheaCon, and...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

The Handmaid’s Tale

Two days and one hundred years ago, women first achieved the right to vote in...

January 22, 2016

Book Reviews: The Last Herald-Mage of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey

Sable reviews "The Last Herald-Mage of Valdemar" series, which she named among her list of...

January 11, 2016

Book Review: The Witch’s Athame by Jason Mankey

My review of our very own Jason Mankey's brand-new book, "The Witch's Athame."

January 07, 2016

Interview with Jason Mankey, Author of “The Witch’s Athame”

Our very own Jason Mankey has been a very busy man. Tomorrow his second book,...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

Blessed Solstice

Blessed Solstice to one and all! Hail the Turning of the Wheel!

December 17, 2015

Ten Pagan Ideas that I Learned from Star Wars

Star Wars has been cited by many as a modern myth which borrows from a...

December 14, 2015

22 Novels that Popularized (and Influenced) Pagan Ideas (Part 2 of 2)

I've compiled a list of twenty-two novels, or novel series, that spread Pagan ideas, made...

December 11, 2015

Support Project for Awesome & National Novel Writing Month

Decrease World Suck! Support Project for Awesome and National Novel Writing Month! Let me tell...

December 06, 2015

22 Novels that Popularized (and Influenced) Pagan Ideas (Part 1 of 2)

I've compiled a list of twenty-two novels, or novel series, that spread Pagan ideas, made...