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December 2019

December 11, 2019

Tradition and Customs of the Season

Christingle sounds a bit like Kris Kringle... And that's about all there is, really. Ostensibly,...

December 01, 2019

The Old Devil Saint Nick

The Santa Claus we now know, incorporating the older British Father Christmas and Lord of...

November 2019

November 12, 2019

Drinking the Wine of the Immortals

Let me tell you a story... a story of a being somewhere between angel and...

November 05, 2019

Keep a Crooked Sixpence

Like many cultures and countries, Britain and America share a rich history of fairy and...

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Castles in the Sky

1. Within Caer Sidhi doth our tale commence, That spectral Castle, spiralling abode Where Pale-Faced,...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Where Witchcraft Really Lives

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

April 08, 2019

Experiencing Lucifer: Rebel Without a Cause!

"...the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did...

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...

December 2018

December 16, 2018

Wyrd Witchcraft

"Wyrd", says one scholar, "is the compelling power and final destiny which no man and...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Flags, Flax and Fodder – A Benediction Explored

Fýr, fleax, fódder, frið (Fire, Flax, Fodder & Frith) Since the private letters of Robert...

August 07, 2018

Warlock – Breaker of God’s Covenant

"Lo, I have not been mindful of the sons of men, but the tribe of...

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 13, 2018

Three Rings of Power

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

April 05, 2018

Planetary Hours and the Witch’s Compass

The Planetary Hours and the Traditional Witch's Compass There is a time for everything, and...

March 2018

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 14, 2018

Robert Cochrane and the Middle Pillar in Traditional Witchcraft

Within every man and woman is a force that directs and controls the entire course...

March 11, 2018

The Wanderer – A Translation & Interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon Poem

The Wanderer is an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem, ostensibly written in a narrative form, surviving in...

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...

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