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2020-04-24T23:28:09+00:00

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Review: The Luminous Stone

Last updated on: April 24, 2020 at 11:28 pm By Mat Auryn

This may be one of the most fascinating anthologies that I’ve ever read. Compiled and edited by Daniel Schulke and Michael Howard – whose memory the book is also dedicated to – you know that it’s already going to be good just by those two names. The Luminous Stone: Lucifer in Western Esotericism is just as it sounds, an exploration of Lucifer and his history in his various masks and incarnations from ancient pagan beliefs including the ancient Canaanite religion that influenced the... Read more

2020-04-22T18:53:53+00:00

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Witchcraft Takes Work

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:53 pm By Mat Auryn

Some people come to witchcraft and try out a few spells that never manifest and then give up and decide that magick doesn’t work. While there’s nothing wrong with deciding that a path isn’t for you, this isn’t the fault of magick itself. Boiled down to it’s most basic definition to remove religious or spiritual differences, witchcraft is indeed a craft. It is a skill set that is constantly worked on and improved to gain greater and greater mastery of... Read more

2020-04-22T18:50:33+00:00

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Once A Witch, Always A Witch: Remembering Reincarnation

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:50 pm By Mat Auryn

Gerald Gardner wrote in The Meaning of Witchcraft that “The witches are firm believers in reincarnation, and they say that ‘once a witch always a witch.’” Read more

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2020-04-22T18:46:30+00:00

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Review: Keys to Perception

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:46 pm By Mat Auryn

Ivo teaches many secrets behind perceiving and understanding the energy and worlds hidden from our eyes. Read more

2020-04-22T18:43:41+00:00

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The Many Epithets of Hekate

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:43 pm By Mat Auryn

An epithet is an honorary and praiseful descriptive title used as part of a name.The following is a list I compiled of Hekate's many historical epithets. Read more

2020-04-22T18:39:39+00:00

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Review: Magical Destinations of the NorthEast

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:39 pm By Mat Auryn

While the American South may be known for it’s folk magick, New England is known for a different type of magick – specifically its witchcraft and paganism. In Magical Destinations of the NorthEast: Sacred Sites, Occult Oddities & Magical Monuments, Natalie Zaman charts out over 300 places full of magick from famous witches to spiritualist communities to mysterious structures to places in nature full of magick and mystery. The book covers Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,... Read more

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2020-04-22T18:20:51+00:00

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Why Would Anyone Willingly Choose To Call Themselves A Witch?

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:20 pm By Mat Auryn

I have been asked many times, why I would choose to call myself a witch. Why not a more society-friendly word like a Wiccan, or a Pagan, or a Polytheist... Read more

2020-04-22T18:18:29+00:00

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Review: The Witch’s Journey

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:18 pm By Mat Auryn

If you’re a Pagan Witch in the Western World there’s a strong chance that you grew up with Christianity. Read more

2020-04-15T00:13:37+00:00

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The Warlock Ways of Storm Faerywolf

Last updated on: April 15, 2020 at 12:13 am By Mat Auryn

When I think of the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft in a modern context, one name comes immediately to mind… Storm Faerywolf. With the heart of a poet, a soothing lyrical voice and the ecstatic ritual drama of a mystic – these qualities cannot help but make their way into his magick and writing as it just radiates from his soul naturally. Storm Faerywolf is professional author, teacher, warlock, and co-owner of The Mystic Dream, a metaphysical and occult retail shop in Walnut Creek, CA. An initiate... Read more

2020-04-22T18:13:44+00:00

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Review: The Three Rays of Witchcraft

Last updated on: April 22, 2020 at 6:13 pm By Mat Auryn

He never misses the forest for the trees. Read more

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