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By Athame and Stang

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April 2020

April 22, 2020

A Walpurgisnacht Ritual of Transvection, Or A Journey To The Brocken

The following ritual is to be used as a means by which to transport oneself...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

Suspicious Witchy Authors: Community Reactions And My Final Thoughts

There has been a depressing amount of others who have completely misconstrued the conversation about...

February 01, 2020

The Witch Father And Mother: Gender In Traditional Witchcraft

I believe in a Witchcraft that is inclusive and one in which all gender expressions...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

I Spent A Week Becoming A Witch: A Saga Of Arrogant Bitterness

The Independent, a British "news" publisher, incited rage in the Witchcraft community after publishing an...

December 2019

December 29, 2019

The Witch And Social Comparisons: How To Avoid Buzz-Killing Your Craft

As part of my winter tide introspection, I am tackling my own hangups regarding social...

December 08, 2019

Musings On The Wild Hunt And The Winter Tide

Windy are the nights and it’s upon the frigid gale that a furious horde rides...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

Honoring The Ancestors: A Samhain Ritual

As we get closer to Samhain and the veil thins, we are prompted to pay...

September 2019

September 19, 2019

Autumn Tide Magic: Holda And Her Releasing Geese

As you prepare for the coming of the autumn tide, use the following spell to...

September 03, 2019

Blockula: The Swedish Witches’ Sabbath

The Sabbath as it appeared in the confession of accused Swedish Witches contained as many...

August 2019

August 18, 2019

Initiation In Traditional Witchcraft: Folklore And Practice

While perhaps not as outwardly apparent as those within Wicca, initiation rituals can play an...

July 2019

July 17, 2019

Of Witches And Faeries: A Brief Examination Of Working With the Fae

Folklore does show that the Fair Folk can be dangerous, it also makes one thing...

July 09, 2019

The Magic Of Persephone: An Interview With Wendy Rule

Demeter is on the surface, going through an emotional descent, while Persephone is in the...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

Connecting With Your Local Genius Loci

Summer is a time when the land spirits are particularly active - making it the...

June 08, 2019

How Important Is It For Witches To Read Witchcraft History?

I find that researching into the past and learning the history of our Craft is...

June 03, 2019

Breaking Up With Your Familiar Spirit

The relationship between a Witch and and their Familiar tends to be intimately close and...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

The Ultimate Traditional Witchcraft Quiz

Test your knowledge of Traditional Witchcraft with the following quiz, which contains questions ranging from...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

A Mercurial Spell to Combat Writer’s Block

Writer's block sucks. Over this last year I have been working on writing my very first...

February 2019

February 09, 2019

On Traditionalism, Authenticity, and Traditional Witchcraft

Among numerous factual inaccuracies, is the tired insinuation that Traditional Witchcraft represents some ancient, unified...

January 2019

January 26, 2019

The Magic of Cecil Williamson

When looking at the history of modern Witchcraft, we find ourselves being introduced to many...

January 22, 2019

The Compass Round as a Navigational Tool

Like other variations of the Magic Circle, the Compass Round serves many different purposes. However,...

December 2018

December 08, 2018

Not too long ago, someone asked me what spellbooks I'd recommend, particularly as a practitioner...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

American Witches: Bishop, Hobbs, and the Toothakers

The stories of these three people from Salem stand out among the rest because the...

November 01, 2018

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Representative Witchcraft

Unlike the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch series from the 90’s, The Chilling Adventures of...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

Halloween Love Spells

Besides being the night when spirits roam freely, Halloween is a time when many people...

October 11, 2018

The Rutabaga: A Samhain Tale of Authenticity

It’s October. The season of the Witch, so to speak. I, like so many of...

September 2018

September 02, 2018

American Witchlore

While perhaps not as widely told, there are amazing bits of history and folklore regarding...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

Pagan Experiences in Therapy

Based off my experiences working with these clients, and one of my own encounters with...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

What Makes it Witchcraft?

As a Traditional Witch, I believe that there are three essentials of what makes Witchcraft,...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

The Political Witch

Witchcraft by its very nature is the Craft of the disenfranchised, the downtrodden, and the...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

The Stereotypes of Trad Craft

If there is one thing as timeless as Witchcraft, it’s the stereotypes that come along...