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September 2019

September 25, 2019

Preview: Psychic Witch (Foreword by Devin Hunter)

What sticks out most in this book is the emphasis on fusing the landscape of...

September 24, 2019

Review: Honoring Your Ancestors

Mallorie Vaudoise's Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration is without a doubt one of...

September 22, 2019

Having An Unconvoluted Psychic Framework

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

September 11, 2019

Review: Making Magic

There are many books full of spells and occult theory - but this book is...

September 07, 2019

The Magick & Psychism in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

While the original Dark Crystal Movie seemed to have more Mystical, Occult, and Spiritual themes,...

September 04, 2019

Review: Southern Cunning

Southern Cunning, on one hand, has the type of folk magic you'd expect from a...

August 2019

August 04, 2019

Review: Morbid Magic

Coming from a background as a mortician and a magickal practitioner devoted to Santa Muerte,...

August 04, 2019

Trauma and Psychic Awakening

I've seen anthropologists refer to this as "shamanic death." It's also not uncommon for Buddhist...

August 02, 2019

I Believe In ‘Woo-Woo’ Healing and Science

The 'woo-woo' is the approach of the witch. It's said that witches don't directly try...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

Review: What We Knew In The Night

As the final book written by Raven Grimassi before his passing, What We Knew in the...

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...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

Tara-Love Maguire On Her Trad Craft

I kind of fell into witchcraft. I was an extremely precocious little girl who had...

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 12, 2019

Our Problematic Occult Ancestors

Something I often think about and struggle with is the fact that almost all of...

June 12, 2019

Witchcraft in Media, Activism, and the Internet

Is the portrayal of witchcraft in media helpful or harmful to witches? Is witchcraft political,...

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 04, 2019

Review: Backwoods Witchcraft

In Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia, Jake Richards shares his memories of...

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...

April 13, 2019

Review: Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic

Blackthorn is an amazing fount of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to the topic...

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 10, 2019

Discovering The Power Of Your Home Frequency

In the tradition of witchcraft I am initiated into, The Sacred Fires Tradition, one of...

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

Review: Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada

Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada is a gorgeous deck created by artist...

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 12, 2019

Review: Keeping Her Keys

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