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March 2019

March 11, 2019

Pagan Book Review: The Chains that Bind by Sarah Buhrman

I've long been a fan of the Runespells series, which I'm sure everyone knows by...

October 2018

October 15, 2018

Witchcraft & Voodoo: Protests and Protection

Activism and Paganism seem to go hand-in-hand lately, and a lot has been happening within...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

Magical Realism, Pagan Symbolism in Fantasy, and Working Class Writing with Sarah Buhrman

Sarah Buhrman, whom I've mentioned before, and whom you probably know from the Pagan Musings...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

Seekers and Guides: Empathy in Trauma and Drama

If you're an empath overwhelmed by the stress of healing trauma, for yourself or others;...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

I Was on the Pagan-Musings Podcast

Here's the archive of my appearance on the Pagan-Musings Podcast. It's very off-the-cuff! This is...

March 2018

March 06, 2018

Contemplating Life and Death on My 43rd Birthday

Life and death. The two poles in a magnet. The seed in the swirl of...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

Walk in Nature: 30 Days 30 Authors

(Video) #30days30authors Today I am walking in nature, and nature is not feeling particularly peaceful...

July 09, 2016

Book Review: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Sable reviews "All the Birds in the Sky" by Charlie Jane Anders.

July 01, 2016

Canadian Magick

To celebrate Canada Day, Sable breaks down the magickal and symbolic meaning of a few...

March 2016

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...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Book Review: Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando is a wonderfully realistic fantasy in which the fantastical aspects are simply presented as...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Samhain: The Wheel of Life & Death

Celebrate being alive with all of your passion and might; because Death comes for us...

October 24, 2015

Book Review: In the Service of Life – A Wiccan Perspective on Death

Sable reviews Ashleen O'Gaea's "In the Service of Life: A Wiccan Perspective on Death".

October 13, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Prevent Antagonism in Paganism

How can one create an environment that discourages Antagonists? In many respects the Pagan structure...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Deal with Antagonists in Paganism

One thing that I took away from the recent conflict in my own tradition was...

September 23, 2015

Happy Equinox!

Happy Equinox blessings everyone!

September 12, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Recognize an Antagonist

Antagonists, who brew destructive conflict, are a plague upon any religious group. In my last...

September 08, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Antagonists in Paganism

Sooner or later, as a leader of a coven or within the religious community, you...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Godspousery: Mysticism and the Hieros Gamos

One of the more interesting phenomena I've encountered in Paganism is something known as godspousery....

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Dance of the Underworld: the Pluto Flyby

Today we kissed the God of the Underworld and the farthest commonly-known "planet" in our...

July 02, 2015

The Many Faces of Wiccan Divinity

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

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Seekers and Guides: The Three Degrees of Wicca

The three degrees of initiatory Witchcraft are often misunderstood by Witches and Pagans, especially those...

April 2015

April 26, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Your Mileage May Vary – Embracing Contradictory Truths in the Craft

Witchcraft and Wicca often ask us to embrace contradictory truths, especially about the nature of...

April 03, 2015

The Life and Death of a Pagan Spirit Warrior: Heather Arlene Carr

You may have seen the news by now, probably because of the headline: "Pagan fire...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Hanging With the Horned God

Am I devoted to my god? Absolutely. Do I love Him? Without a doubt. Do...

March 13, 2015

Belief Makes it Real: In Memoriam of Terry Pratchett

Yesterday Terry Pratchett died. His work contributed directly to my spirituality and many witches and...

March 13, 2015

As Above, So Below

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

February 2015

February 27, 2015

D is for Death & the Afterlife

Having lost a good friend, and having almost died myself, I'm giving a great deal...

February 20, 2015

Daughter of the Moon

A Christian would say that "God moves in mysterious ways." Apparently so do Goddesses. This...