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June 2018

June 26, 2018

Witchcraft Has Always Been Political

Witchcraft IS political. It’s been political since the first kings summoned sorcerers for a strategic...

May 2018

May 06, 2018

What Does A Goddess Truly Look Like?

Here's the thing I think most people are forgetting, the gods don't have form, not...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Empowering Pagan Prayer

Time is one of the most valuable things that you can give a spirit or...

April 24, 2018

Review: Encyclopedia 5,000 Spells

Someone recently asked what everyone's favorite spell book was. This is so easy for me....

April 01, 2018

I’m Not Your Marionettist

Individuals are individuals and we're all wired differently and different things work for different folks....

January 2018

January 22, 2018

Things That Ruin Occult Podcasts

But then there are some occult podcast I really, really, want to like. They have...

January 15, 2018

Missing The Forest For The Trees

The witch is of the forest and the witch is the forest.

January 11, 2018

My Gods Are Wild And Alive

I don't quite understand those who worship gods and assert that they must be confined...

January 04, 2018

What If Witchcraft Isn’t Real?

So, what if Witchcraft isn't real? What if we're all just hairless apes on a...

December 2017

December 03, 2017

Witchcraft & Prayer

“Wait. You actually experience the gods?” This is a question I’ve had posed to me...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

The Yule Goat

The Yule Goat has an ancient history. While associated with Thor, the Yule Goat is...

November 28, 2017

Seasonal Depression & The Winter Solstice

For most the Holiday Season is a time of joy, cheer and love, but this...

October 2017

October 19, 2017

Review: Psychic Witch

An apocalyptic age demands an apocalyptic witchcraft.

October 15, 2017

Review: The Cunning Man’s Handbook

Baker takes a very academic approach to the subject of the Cunning Folk, relying solely...

October 01, 2017

Awakening From Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories have an addictive quality to them, making you believe that you're waking up...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

Gods & Spirits Are Not Correspondences

It's no wonder that I hear from many witches and pagans that they aren't sure...

August 2017

August 06, 2017

The Magickal Properties of Carrier Oils

I have chosen (arguably) the ten most popular carrier oils for magickal oils and researched...

July 2017

July 18, 2017

Why Would Anyone Willingly Choose To Call Themselves A Witch?

I have been asked many times, why I would choose to call myself a witch....

July 15, 2017

Review: Pan

Falling just barely under 100 pages long this book can easily be read in one...

July 06, 2017

That Time I Danced With The Devil

I began having thoughts such as, perhaps this is the Devil trying to lead me...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Synchronicity & the Psychic Witch

A talented psychic is an observant psychic, in this physical reality and others, constantly translating...

June 14, 2017

Are Your Healing Vibes Consensual?

Someone posts that they're sick and suddenly a landslide of people start commenting stating that...

June 11, 2017

Born This Wyrd

By accepting that you may be different and that there's nothing wrong with that, you...

June 10, 2017

Holding Spaces of Perfect Love & Perfect Trust

“It is better that you should rush upon this blade than enter the circle with...

June 01, 2017

Deity As A River

The gods themselves are a paradox. One of the things that has always intrigued me...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Unearthing The Magickal Mandrake

The mandrake plant has been highly prized for its magickal properties since ancient times and...

May 28, 2017

Witch, You Do You

One of the things that is beautiful about witchcraft is its lack of central authority...

May 26, 2017

Witchsplaining & How To Avoid It

Witchsplaining is all too common, and I've been guilty of it now and again myself,...

May 22, 2017

Overcoming Past Indoctrination

The chains of religious indoctrination are not the easiest to overcome. While we may denounce...

May 11, 2017

Pagan Cannibalism

Paganism has a problem and it isn't that it's dying. Paganism has given rise to...