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June 2019

June 26, 2019

Coming Home To Witchcraft

Were you the strange child wandering in the woods? Perhaps you mixed potions out of...

June 13, 2019

Practicing Moon Magick

It is natural for the witch to summon the moon’s energy. We draw her down,...

May 2019

May 17, 2019

The True Costs Of Being A Witch

Some of the tolls include giving up a safe life, ignorance, idleness, rigidity and often,...

May 06, 2019

Summoning Hekate And Her Sacred Fires With A Ritual On The May Full Moon

Hekate's Wheel of Fire comes full circle on the May Full Moon, when her torches...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

Keeping Her Keys: The Rise Of Hekate And Her Witches

Hail to the keys, the crossroads, the torch, and most of all, the moon. For...

April 17, 2019

April Full Moon: The Power of Becoming

I call out to the April showers that really do bring May flowers, And the...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

The Necessity of Baneful Witchcraft

Banishing, binding, cursing and hexing. Some consider these forms of witchcraft "baneful," implying that these...

March 16, 2019

Wonderfully Hekatean Ways To Celebrate Spring

Witches, spring is upon us. While I'll always prefer the glorious darkness of autumn, the...

March 08, 2019

The Witch And The Rabbit: Moon Magick, Shapeshifting, Messages From the Dead And A Rebirth Ritual

Once regarded as the favorite familiar of witches, rabbits have a long history of involvement...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Hekate’s Horde: Her Army of Misunderstood Powerful Guardians

Hekate's Horde has followed her throughout the centuries, enduring the same sort of vilification that...

February 23, 2019

My Goddesses Are Wild And Free

You say you put your goddess on a shelf, and that she comes at your...

February 07, 2019

Using Binding In Witchcraft

Lately it seems like binding spells have gotten a bad reputation. Far from being merely...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

“A Witch That Can’t Hex, Can’t Heal”

These days, there seems to be a growing divide between magickal practitioners who embrace the...

January 24, 2019

Using Sacred Fires in Witchery

As the Wheel of the Year spins us towards the season when Hekate’s Garden is...

January 11, 2019

Witch Bottle Spell

Witch bottles are one of my favorite spell techniques. When I wanted to cast a...

January 08, 2019

The Toxicity of Crystals and Ways to Practice Real Stone Spirit Magick

The use of crystals for healing, abundance and other energetic practices continues to grow in...

January 03, 2019

January Witchery To Heal The Soul And Bones

In the frozen energy of January, go boldly forward into the world of spirits, taking...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

Supermoons and Magick

Supermoons can provide an excellent source of energy for lunar witchery. Read on for what...

December 13, 2018

Entering Hekate’s Cauldron

On the darkest night, venture into the deepest reaches of Hekate’s Cave to discover the...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Hekate: December And The Winter Solstice

The darkness breathes into December, forcing some to run for the light while others embrace...

November 22, 2018

Rituals of the Sacred Cave

The shattered pieces of ourselves find refuge deep in Hekate's cave. Call upon the Mistress...

November 13, 2018

November 16: Hekate’s Night

Hekate's Night on November 16 is the time when she opens the gates to the...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Hekate & November

November is Hekate's month. There are two nights honoring her, Night of Hekate of the...

October 21, 2018

Hekate’s Origin

While her earthly birth place may never be known, Hekate's origin story tells of her...

October 16, 2018

Spiritual Death Walking

Whether we seek advice from departed loved ones, wish to connect to our witch ancestors...

October 15, 2018

Great Goddesses of Magick & Mystery: Ritual for Unleashing Your Inner Witch

Turn to the Great Goddesses of Magick and Mystery to unleash your inner witch on...

October 15, 2018

Hekate and Samhain

Hekate and Samhain should go together, but most mainstream practices don't include her. However, three...

October 11, 2018

Hekate’s Name

If there is one type of question about Hekate I get asked more than others...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Descend With Our Witch Mother

The glorious Season of The Witch is here. October is the month when the thinning...

September 20, 2018

Hekate And The Harvest Moon

While the Autumn Equinox can be acknowledged with the sun's fiery energy, I prefer to...