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October 2018

October 04, 2018

Egregores & Semiotic Ghosts: Group Thoughtforms in Magic & Culture

Recently I discovered a concept in science fiction, attributed to William Gibson, called "semiotic ghosts."...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

From the Shadows: Technopagans, the Total Non-Controversy

An article from Broadly in 2016 has been circulating on Pagan Twitter over the past...

August 2018

August 13, 2018

Sit for a Spell: Tarot Spell for Courage

Here's an episode of Sit for a Spell you haven't seen yet. This one is...

August 03, 2018

Seekers and Guides: Creating Spells for Creative Pagans

Once again I joined Sarah Buhrman on the Pagan Musings Podcast! This time we discussed...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Sit for a Spell: Physical Protection

Here's an episode of Sit for a Spell you haven't seen yet. This one is...

May 2018

May 07, 2018

Sit for a Spell is Back!

Hey everyone! I'm bringing back my popular web series Sit for a Spell! This time...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Witch Crafting

I always thought that this desire to make and create things, and to combine them...

May 2016

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...

April 2016

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...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Sit for a Spell Episode 21 – Weather Magick

Sit for a Spell Episode 21: "Weather Magick" - Recent events in BC give Sable...

August 01, 2015

The Magical Battle of Britain

It's a strange footnote of history. Germany never invaded Britain. Dion Fortune organized an extraordinary...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

The Many Faces of Wiccan Divinity

Wiccan theology is actually very complex. It is perfectly valid to interpret Wicca as duotheism,...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Solstice: Solar Appreciation Day!

The Solstice is coming! Why not observe a Solar Appreciation Day? Here's some fun facts...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

Quantum Woo: The Placebo Effect

"There's no such thing as magick" says the hard-core rationalist. But modern science does not...

March 13, 2015

As Above, So Below

What do I seek from the Divine? For myself, I seek the numinous. I want...

March 03, 2015

Quantum Woo: The Moment of Choice – Precognition, Magick & Quantum Mechanics

It is the moment of choice that shapes the universe we live in. Sometimes bad...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Quantum Woo: The Multiverse

What if everything we know, everything we conceive of, is merely one of an infinite...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Apollonian and Dionysian Religion

Nietzche in his classic The Birth of Tragedy conceived of these two poles as opposite...

January 05, 2015

Quantum Woo: The God Particle

Most scientists shudder at the use of the phrase "God particle." I don't blame them,...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Short Ritual for the New Year

Here's a little non-tradition-specific ritual to acknowledge the change of the year with some of...

December 01, 2014

Quantum Woo: Schrödinger’s Cat

A man named Erwin Schrödinger conceived of a revolutionary idea; that elementary particles of matter...

November 2014

November 03, 2014

A Story for Samhain: Cold Iron

This is Part 2 of a true story of life, death, and rebirth; of gods,...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Walking Between the Worlds

Witches are walkers between the worlds. Sable shares her thoughts about why this matters, and...