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June 2024

June 30, 2024

Tower Time Is Still Very Much With Us

I stopped talking about Tower Time because too many people were expecting an apocalypse or...

March 2024

March 27, 2024

Avoiding Discouragement in Magic and Devotion

Impatience leads to failure, failure leads to discouragement, and discouragement leads to abandoning spiritual practices...

January 2023

January 25, 2023

When Did You Know You Were a Witch?

Someone asked “when did you know you were a witch?” I’m not sure that was...

January 22, 2023

Mastering Magick: A Book Review

If you liked Psychic Witch and you want to take the next step on your...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

Do the Gods Care About Everyone?

Does Apollo care about me? I’ve never poured the first offering for Him, never called...

November 13, 2022

What I Believe (and how strongly I believe it)

Here’s a lighthearted look some of the things people believe in – or not –...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

Seeing the Reality of Gods, Spirits, and Magic

I’m convinced that almost everyone can experience the reality of Gods, spirits, and magic. It...

August 2021

August 22, 2021

Pagan Leadership: It’s Not A Competition

My fellow Pagan writers and teachers aren’t my competitors, they’re my colleagues. When one of...

August 03, 2021

Spiritual Warfare and the Need for a Pagan Worldview

There is conflict in the spirit world. The stories of our ancestor say there is....

March 2021

March 16, 2021

Why I Couldn’t Work Magic Without The Gods (even though others could)

A commenter said the best way to work magic is to “ditch the Gods.” Some...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

8 Important Events and Trends in Paganism in 2020

It’s always good to look back on the significant events and trends of a year,...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Psychic Witch: A Book Review

Psychic Witch is a beginner’s guide to psychic perception and energy work. It’s the best...

October 2019

October 17, 2019

Serving as an Oracle: When the Messenger is You

Regardless of why, the Gods occasionally employ humans as oracles to deliver messages for Them....

August 2019

August 25, 2019

15 Tips For Starting Your Own Blog

The readership for blogs isn’t fixed. Good writing motivates people to look for more good...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Why People Still Fear Witches and Pagans… and Why Sometimes That’s a Good Thing

Witches and Pagans have the same right to live our lives as we see fit,...

October 2018

October 02, 2018

A Conclave of Cats: Debating the Nature of the Gods

Imagine, if you will, a conclave of cats gathered to discuss and debate the true...

March 2018

March 20, 2018

Developing Power in Paganism and Witchcraft

Power is necessary, and power is corrupting. Power can be used to build a better...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

Beware Teachers Who Only Have Students

Pagan teachers have an awesome responsibility, a responsibility that’s too great to be entrusted to...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Differentiation is Good, Arrogance is Not

In matters of absolute religious truth, ultimately we don’t know and we can’t know. But...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

Cursing, Binding, and Punching Nazis – The Ethics of Violence

Violence is expensive, messy, and always brings collateral damage. But violence is also effective –...