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December 2020

December 23, 2020

Little Lights – Why Community Matters to Manston Right Now

As I write an undetermined number of lorries sit stationary at Manston Airfield, near the...

December 16, 2020

Hereditary Witches: Learning To Work With Energy And Associations

I’m teaching my hereditary witch (otherwise known as my teenage daughter) the basics of modern...

December 09, 2020

Hag Stone Magic –Working With Beach Holey Stones

Walking on the beach in Kent my footsteps are littered with hag stones. These are...

December 04, 2020

Snowflakes and Avalanches – Being Present Whilst Staying Sane

“You can’t change the world, only your reaction to it” Yes, this is true. But...

November 2020

November 27, 2020

The Disir Circle

The best kind of spiritual bouncer, I reasoned, was one who’d already been given the...

November 24, 2020

One God Plus One Goddess: Do We Need To Painstakingly Invoke Gender Binary Anymore?

In Wicca we have a standard invocation style of one god plus one goddess in...

November 23, 2020

Empathy And Hyper Vigilance – Where Psychic Meets Psychological Trauma

My empathy means I notice things maybe others don’t, but my hyper vigilance means I...

November 18, 2020

Working With The Dead During The Pandemic

Not only are we living through a time with high numbers of deaths; we’re also...

November 15, 2020

I No Longer Invoke The Elements At the Quarters, Here’s Why

Whilst the elements are still an important addition to my pagan beliefs, the "Mighty Ones"...

November 01, 2020

Love Warriors: Fighting Hate Politics With Positive Actions

We live in a time of incredible binaries in politics. It feels as though hate...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

What Witches Look Like

This Halloween season has seen a challenge meme on Facebook proudly displaying the tag #whatwitcheslooklike...

October 30, 2020

Don’t Cancel The Holidays – Downscale And Re-evaluate

As a Pagan I don’t technically celebrate ‘Christmas’, but it’s a cultural festival and therefore...

October 28, 2020

Revisiting Ergi With A Non-Binary Lens (Updates to Seidr: The Gate Is Open)

Our unconscious misogyny colours the view we have of the way Norse society would have...

October 26, 2020

Pagan Parenting: No-Buy Garden Lockdown Challenge

I find the October half term the most difficult school holiday in terms of entertaining...

October 24, 2020

Magick Without Spoons

Paganism and magickal practise are a big part of my life. Witchcraft and meditation have...

October 19, 2020

When Is Your Paganism Cultural Appropriation?

It's hard to unpick what is and isn't cultural appropriation but as authors and practitioners...

October 16, 2020

The Creative Industries Have Been Eroded And Undervalued For Years

Now the public expects to consume art for free. It’s not their fault, it’s the...

October 12, 2020

Reskilling Isn’t Like Popping To The Hairdresser For A New ‘Do

Fatima’s next job could be in Cyber! I’m sure many people have spoken about this...

October 10, 2020

I’m Schrodigner’s Mad (World Mental Health Day)

It’s World Mental Health Day, here’s my tale of being too mad to be supported...

October 09, 2020

Hereditary Witches (Teaching The Next Generation)

My daughter wants to learn witchcraft now, but the ancestors have been waiting since the...

October 07, 2020

We Need To Dance!

In a pandemic world enclosed spaces, sweaty bodies, and uncovered open mouths are some of...

October 04, 2020

Free Babalon. Let Her Be More Than The Goddess Of Male Entitlement

My Babalon rides the beast. She isn’t a fetishization of the male ideal of tameable...

October 03, 2020

Lockdown Halloween Will Help Me Reconnect With the Spirit of the Festival

Almost daily my eight-year-old asks me what we’re going to do for Halloween this year....

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Private Traditions On Public Forums, What’s Oathbreaking?

So much of my tradition has been published by people within that tradition. What then...

September 25, 2020

Same Sex Initiation Should Be Valid In Wicca

Whilst no one is making the first step towards conducting Same Sex Initiations yet, I...

September 22, 2020

If Your Mentors And Teachers Don’t Charge, How Can You “Pay” Them?

Coven leaders are always buying wine, incense, and candles, but we tend to get bought...

September 20, 2020

We Can’t All Be Ginsburgs (And That’s OK)

The truth is we can’t all be RBG’s and that’s ok, because individually we can...

September 19, 2020

Engage The Younger Generation, One Day They’ll Be The Only Ones Left

If I hear the term ‘baby witches’ or ‘millennials’ said with distain once more within...

September 16, 2020

Should You Charge For Magickal And Spiritual Training?

Spiritual training is not an easy undertaking and as a candidate you probably aren’t aware...

September 16, 2020

Sorry JK Rowling, It’s Not “Cancel” Culture, It’s “Being Right” Culture That’s The Problem Here

The news of JK Rowling’s new book having a transphobic subtext is surprising but, in...

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