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October 2017

October 25, 2017

Witchcraft 101 – Sometimes You Have to Follow the Rules

There are rules that must be followed, even in the simple magics. Poison will kill...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Making Your Paganism Local – Begin at Home

We put these and many more non-native plants into our Books of Shadows, we add...

July 24, 2017

Which Moon – New Moon vs Dark Moon vs New Moon

There is nothing called the dark moon in astronomy, and our new moon, that beginning...

July 21, 2017

Miasma and Cleansing Self After Moving Home

The level of miasma that must surround me is pretty bad, even with regular basic...

July 17, 2017

Why I am a Hearth Witch and What is Hearth Witchery Anyway?

The hearth being, once upon a time, the centre of the home, makes Hearth Witchery...

July 07, 2017

The Witch Who Hates Spells

I would gather all the materials, set aside a time ... read the chant or...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Do Our Stereotypes Keep us Safe?

By keeping the displeasing stuff out of the public eye, we keep ourselves safe. We...

March 23, 2017

Undoing the Hard Work of Pagan Pioneers

The problem here is that the myths and stereotypes our predecessors dispelled weren't all myths...

March 14, 2017

Tauri Princess – The Human Origins of Hekate

In this post I am going to explore one of the origin stories of Hekate,...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

The Power of Music and Dance

I have a few times been able to miraculously achieve that quiet mind stuff that...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

Ending the Year in Darkness

I am going to extend my observances of the dark moon so that it falls...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

The Christian Witch Contradiction

The idea of a witch also being Christian - ie. Of the faith that once...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Ritual – What is, What isn’t

Brushing your teeth, sweeping the floor, washing the dishes in that particular order and method...

October 19, 2016

Make the Candle Dance

It led me to think about all those things, those funny little things that I...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Witchcraft 101 – Everything is Open to Interpretation

If you use some 101 bit of information because, that is the way it must...

September 16, 2016

Embracing the Evil Witch

By being offended or insulted by the stereotype, you give it power over you, you...

September 14, 2016

History and Lies or What’s Wrong With New Beliefs

Do we really need to pretend like a group of people just like us existed...

September 12, 2016

4 Lies We Tell the World

Don't fight misconceptions with misconceptions. The truth is actually much easier for people to believe.

September 07, 2016

Why Pagans Homeschool

We want our kids to be exposed to a multitude of religions and cultures and...

September 02, 2016

Here Comes Spring with Terror on Wings

People love to talk about Aussie spiders, snakes and dropbears. But no one ever mentions...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

30 Days of Hekate: 23 – Changes to Relationship with Hekate

30 Days of Devotion to Hekate. Day 23 and we're looking at how my relationship...

August 17, 2016

30 Days of Hekate: 17 – Other Gods and Pantheons

30 Days of Devotion to Hekate. We're up to day 17 and looking at how...

August 09, 2016

30 Days of Hekate: 9 – Mistakes and Misconceptions

30 Days of Devotion to Hekate. Day 9 and we are looking at mistakes and...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Pagans Aren’t Evil

No evil in paganism? You mean, you're not evil and don't like the fact some...

July 08, 2016

Ethics – Intent vs Consent

The most well-intentioned thing can become the worst thing, while the worst intentioned thing could...

July 06, 2016

180 Degrees of Separation – The Cardinal Elements

In this final instalment of 180 Degrees of Separation we are looking at the elements,...

June 2016

June 19, 2016

Full Moon Winter Solstice

In the southern hemisphere, this Junes winter solstice is joined and empowered by a full...

June 13, 2016

Observing Hekates Deipnon

A look at the Deipnon and my own rituals and observances during this Junes Deipnon.

May 2016

May 25, 2016

180 Degrees of Separation

180 Degrees of Separation is a series I will be doing discussing the differences between...

May 19, 2016

Not a Real Pagan

I feel it's important as a blogger to be honest to my readers about myself...

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