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April 2019

April 26, 2019

Where Witchcraft Really Lives

The working witch experiences, indeed cultivates, a deliberate stepping out of the accepted and everyday...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

The Wu Way…Going With The Flow

無 Wu - emptiness, the pregnant void Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub; It is...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

The Ever Changing Face of Witchcraft

Anybody with an Instagram account has probably become aware of a social and cultural movement...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Wyrd, Orlaeg, Fate and the Primordial Goddess

“I am Protennoia, the Thought that dwells in the Light. I am the movement that...

May 02, 2018

What Does it Mean to Practice Witchcraft

What does it mean to practice witchcraft? Rather, before that we should ask another question;...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

Working Compass Magic

To Every thing there is a season, a time to every purpose under Heaven (Ecclesiastes...

April 20, 2018

The Farmer, The Shepherd, Robin, Marian and the May Queen

There are twelve months in all the year, As I hear many men say, But...

April 13, 2018

Three Rings of Power

Or how to tread the mill There are three rings of power that are distinct...

April 05, 2018

The Ced Tarot – A Complete Book Of Traditional Witchcraft

Review of the Ced Tarot Tarot in Traditional Witchcraft has a strange relationship and many...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

Cain And The Land of Nod in Traditional Witchcraft

To the West lies an island, far across the sea and nestled upon the horizon,...

March 29, 2018

Tubal Cain in Traditional Witchcraft

A name frequently heard and repeated amongst Old Craft adherents is Tubal Cain - tutelary...

March 21, 2018

Hope in Light: Hilaria and the Vernal Equinox

In Luce Spesi In our discourse upon the feast of the Vernal Equinox, and the...

March 08, 2018

Cycles in Time – The Myth of the Year

A Pagan myth of Christian origins, of pagan inception As Neopaganism matures, the unveiling of...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

The Stang as Ancient World Tree

In spite of all the evidence to the contrary, the witches’ staff, or ‘stang’ as...

February 13, 2018

Modern Traditional Witchcraft – a Mystery

A witch today is an unlicensed practitioner of the mysteries of witchcraft since there is...

February 11, 2018

Keep pure your highest ideal…

Being a reflection upon the condition wherein modern witchcraft remains plagued by the limits of...

February 02, 2018

Cursing a curse: Taking advantage of a double negative

“The witch that cannot curse cannot bless” This is an oft repeated axiom within both...

April 2016

April 23, 2016

Dragon Fire and the Green Knight

“He may be like Khidir, the green one, who travels the earth in a variety...

April 19, 2016

Into the House that Jack Built

The Spiral Castle, here, is the Grail Castle and Underworld, bounded by the river of...

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