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December 2018

December 29, 2018

Saying No to New Year Resolutions

New Years Resolutions, the silent goal-killer. Or as they are otherwise known as: Expectations Inspired...

December 26, 2018

Photo-Op Witch: You Are Welcome Here

Now we have the capitalist witch—born in a world whose Almighty Dollar is not our...

September 2018

September 18, 2018

Mind Over Spirit: Be. QUIET.

To feel something is very different from verifying something. Facts can often be explained in ways easy...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Seeking the Liminal: It Starts as a Search for Self

There are few humans in this world untouched by the expectations of the people around...

August 19, 2018

An Unexpected Education by Accidental Ritual

Sometimes, maybe more often than we say aloud, rituals can be accidental. They can be guided...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

Desecration of the Divine: Awareness and Safe Spaces

The default in the pagan circles should not be, "I will encroach upon your comfort...

July 17, 2018

The Practice of Patience: Where Mud Becomes Lotus

I have a problem. I mean, I have many, but let's just focus on this...

June 2018

June 11, 2018

Tarot, Snakes & Ladybugs; or, What the Hell, Universe

They say that humans are trained to spot connections where there are only coincidences. I...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

On the Topic of Magical Evocation

"...The name of your husband, wife, lover, favorite politician, film star, or most hated dictator...

May 18, 2018

Mental Health, Meditation, Witchcraft & Accountability

There's this little self-deprecating idea in my head: a story or book or something titled Confessions...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

Godtouched: Chosen or Choice?

When playing D&D, I shy away from clerics or paladins. Rangers and sorcerers have long...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

When Tarot Cards Don’t Want to Play

I was beginning to think I'd lost my abilities to read—one of the few mystically...

March 12, 2018

Approaching Witchcraft With Mental Illness

Among the many things rattling around my skull, approaching the concept of Witchcraft with mental...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Coloring Outside the Lines: Ancestry and Metaphors

Between the lines is where I live. Where I operate best. It's my identity and my...

February 25, 2018

Searching for Color Under All This White

My privilege is enormous and my history, although rich in culture of its own, is...

February 19, 2018

Magic, Magick, and Making Changes: an Introduction (Pt II)

The magic I know today, I know because I grew up reading it. But when...

February 15, 2018

Making Wishes, Wasting Time: an Introduction (Pt I)

Brain Weasels: "You are or you aren't a witch. Magic isn't real. Everybody will think...