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June 2019

June 16, 2019

Calling Yourself A Witch Is “Identity Politics”

The term “witch” didn’t come out of a vacuum. It has a long history associated...

June 14, 2019

Review: The Mighty Dead

There are so many brilliant books by Christopher Penczak that it's hard to pick a...

June 09, 2019

Review: The Witch’s Athame

Anytime I pick up a book that has "Jason Mankey" on the cover, I know...

May 2019

May 04, 2019

Review: Good Juju

Najah Lightfoot carefully curates a selection of magical techniques to invite blessings of luck, peace,...

May 01, 2019

Queerness, Spirits, and the Psychic Witch

I had a great time and the conversation also got into the topics of the...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

You Cannot Be Taught To Be A Witch

You can be taught witchcraft, but you cannot be taught to be a witch. This...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

The Power Of Cursing Yourself

Along with limiting themselves, one of the things I constantly see people do is curse...

March 21, 2019

Review: An Carow Gwyn

An Carow Gwyn: Sorcery and the Ancient Fayerie Faith by Robin Artisson is his most...

March 11, 2019

In Memoriam: Raven Grimassi

My heart is a bit heavier than normal today. With the passing of Raven Grimassi,...

March 03, 2019

What Is Black Rose Witchcraft?

The Black Rose School of Witchcraft is a unique learning experience for modern practitioners of...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Staying Weird With Hauntings, Magick, and Divination

I don’t know exactly what happened in those woods. I suspect the spirit of the...

February 23, 2019

What Marie Kondo Can Teach Witches About The Shadow

Marie Kondo is someone whom I absolutely adore. She's a former Shinto priestess and her...

February 23, 2019

How I Work With The Gods & Might Possibly Worship Them Too

When meditating on how to explain my relationship with gods, the best example I could...

February 12, 2019

Review: Keeping Her Keys

Through keeping one foot firmly planted in historical pagan context and one foot in modern...

February 06, 2019

Review: Stones of the Goddess

What's refreshing about Pearson as an author is that he doesn’t just regurgitate information because...

February 01, 2019

Review: The Witch’s Book of Mysteries

The closest any book has come to the material in this book are Sabbatic Grimoires...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

Review: Casting Sacred Space

When I think of "genius" in terms of occultism, Ivo Dominguez Jr. is usually the...

January 23, 2019

A Rebuttal to Doreen Virtue’s Attack On Unicorns

Doreen Virtue states that "Neon-colored unicorn images can be used by the devil to mesmerize...

January 09, 2019

Review: Weave The Liminal

Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft will enrich not only your understanding of witchcraft,...

January 08, 2019

The True Story Of The Witch Who Solved A Murder

Police began to search the bay for Martha’s body but couldn’t find it. That’s when...

January 05, 2019

Review: Witchcraft Activism

David is neither an armchair occultist nor a keyboard warrior activist - he's someone who...

January 05, 2019

Review: Transformative Witchcraft

Transformative Witchcraft: The Greater Mysteries is hands-down his best work to date and is a...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

Setting the Tone with Janus

New Years is sacred to the Roman god Janus. The month January is named after...

December 18, 2018

Winter Solstice Books For Pagans & Witches

I was told by someone that they were having trouble finding good books on Yule...

December 15, 2018

Review: Utterly Wicked

Utterly Wicked: Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions by Dorothy Morrison is one of the...

December 11, 2018

The Child-Eating Scarecrow Of Christmas

His hermitage in the woods made him go insane and soon he found himself craving...

December 08, 2018

Elizabeth Autumnalis On Growing Up As A Witch & Land Spirits

Something that I am extremely grateful for about growing up in the witchcraft community is...

December 07, 2018

What Millennial Witches Really Want

I was curious as to what other reforms Millennials (and a few Xennials) wanted to...

December 06, 2018

Chris Allaun on Shamanism, Witchcraft, and Ancestors

Being part Native myself, I take Native American spiritual practices very seriously. I’ve had many...

December 04, 2018

A Brief History of The Krampus

Deriving his name from the word “krampen” meaning “claw,” the Krampus is described as half-goat,...