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October 2021

October 28, 2021

Review: The Witch’s Path

You aren’t necessarily getting training on “how to be a witch” or “how to cast...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Review: The Horned God of the Witches

Jason Mankey leaves no stone unturned in his quest to uncover the Horned God of...

August 26, 2021

Review: Do I Have To Wear Black?

Do I Have to Wear Black?: Rituals, Customs & Funerary Etiquette for Modern Pagans by...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

Passing On The Magick To The Kids

This interaction will be with me my entire life. I wanted to share this interaction...

December 04, 2019

Review: The Witch’s Wheel of the Year

Whether you perform the rituals straight from the book or simply use it to inspire...

September 2019

September 22, 2019

Having An Unconvoluted Psychic Framework

It's important to understand the work of those before us and where our metaphysical concepts...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

I Watched The Craft, I’m A Witch Now.

Something I hear regularly are witches mocking the 90's cult classic The Craft, or more...

January 2019

January 05, 2019

Review: Transformative Witchcraft

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

November 2018

November 15, 2018

Modern Myths Versus Literalism in Witchcraft

When it comes to the grandmother myths, origin stories, folklore, "fakelore," etc. within witchcraft -...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

Salem & The Magick of Halloween Costumes

There is perhaps no other holiday so closely tied to wearing costumes as Samhain or...

September 2018

September 09, 2018

Thorn Mooney & A New Generation Of Traditional Wicca

Thorn Mooney is a priestess and coven leader in the Gardnerian tradition of Wicca, and...

September 03, 2018

Review: Silver’s Spells

The important thing to know about this spell book is that the spells work. Many...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

Review: The Enchanted Candle

Lady Rhea has been a Gardnerian priestess since the 1970s and co-founded the Minoan Sisterhood....

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Four Books To Learn More About Aradia

There may be no other text more debated or controversial than Aradia, or Gospel of...

April 2018

April 06, 2018

Review: The Rede of the Wiccae

During the 1960s and 1970s, many folks came forward stating that they came from a...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Review: Traditional Wicca

As someone who is not Wiccan myself, I still enjoy reading about other traditions. I...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

Talking With Silver Ravenwolf 25 Years Later

Her writing was pivotal in propelling Wicca as one of the fastest-growing faiths in the...

January 2018

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 07, 2018

Review: Ascension Magick

What can a witch learn from the New Age movement? Is there anything in the...

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...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

The Man, The Myth, The Mankey

Jason Mankey is the editor at Patheos Pagan Channel and the author of The Witch’s Book of Shadows and The...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Review: All Acts of Love and Pleasure

Yvonne Aburrow’s All Acts of Love and Pleasure: Inclusive Wicca is a greatly needed book...

September 2017

September 01, 2017

Review: The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags

Charm bags are known by many different names in many different traditions of magick. In...

July 2017

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 23, 2017

Review: Solitary Witch

Silver Ravenwolf was the very first author on the subject of witchcraft that I ever...

June 19, 2017

Why Witches Use Candles

So why exactly do witches use candles in magick? Here's my understanding.

June 18, 2017

Review: The Witch’s Eight Paths Of Power

In his Book of Shadows Gerald Gardner wrote of the Eightfold Way - eight pathways...

June 11, 2017

Fluffy Bunny Witches

I think it's absolutely amusing how people will use "Fluffy Bunny" as if that says...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

When Your Ancestors Are A**holes

But what about ancestors that are less savory characters, that caused trauma, that were toxic,...