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June 2024

June 24, 2024

On spiritual inheritance: What to keep and what to release?

Recently I cleared out my garage. Well, I cleared out a chunk of it anyway,...

July 2023

July 29, 2023

Harvesting the grain: A bread baking ritual for Lammas

Whilst I’ll always be a witch and a pagan, I’ve found my rituals are a...

July 21, 2023

Ritual design for witches and pagans who’ve stepped off the traditional paths

Firstly, there’s no wrong way to write a ritual. You can design your witchcraft and...

June 2023

June 18, 2023

Manifesting with the Summer Solstice

I’m always surprised by how fast the summer solstice comes around. No sooner have I...

January 2023

January 09, 2023

Working with the Ancestors

Ancestor work is a two-way process. As spiritual beings, we search for answers from energies...

December 2022

December 29, 2022

New year, new plans? Here are some tips to making changes stick.

Whether you call it ‘Twixtmas’, ‘the perineum between Christmas and New Year’, ‘midwinter break’ or...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

Awakening the Seer inside of me: Teaching seidr for the first time since 2014

The last time I taught an intensive seidr course was in 2014. I found a...

August 05, 2022

Hypnotherapy: Building a life I don’t have to retire from

I’m a hypnotherapist. It’s very much like being a witch, except I have a fully...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

Why “Sending Energy” Or Praying Isn’t Always Best (And What Else You Can Do Instead)

Do you send energy or healing to people you know are in need? Or do...

June 2021

June 10, 2021

Celebrating The Strawberry Moon – And It’s Been A Long Time Coming This Year!

In this blog post I talked about how I was going to celebrate the seasons...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Transforming The Art of Tarot – A Conversation With Emily Carding

Tarot is something most of us know of. We probably visualise it as the same...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Working With The Hagalaz Rune During The Winter Lockdown

The Hagalaz (or Hagel) rune is given the description of hail in both the Anglo...

December 2020

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...

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 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 24, 2020

Magick Without Spoons

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

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 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 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 14, 2020

Don’t Wait For Your Guides To Become Ancestors, Listen To Them Now!

Being a Seer, the ancestors are a key part of my spiritual practise. I honour...

September 11, 2020

The Autumn Equinox Is Dull. Fight Me.

I don’t care for your second harvest, the Autumn Equinox's main reasons for existing are...

September 09, 2020

What Does Paganism Mean To Me?

I live a varied and eclectic life where I meet lots of different kinds of...

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