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February 2019

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 04, 2019

Review: The Witch’s Mirror

So what makes The Witch's Mirror stand out in regards to magickal mirrors? Aside from...

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...

February 01, 2019

Review: Mildred Payne’s Oracle of Black Enchantment

While Patrick Valenza is best known for his Deviant Moon tarot, his best offerings tend to...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Video: The Most Important Tool Of The Modern Witch

Anyways, here's another super serious video I made a while back for my Facebook profile...

January 30, 2019

Video: In Defense of Witchcraft Books

This video is in response to a comment that was left on one of my...

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 22, 2019

The Mysterious Goblins of Appalachia

Following clues left by previous occultists and UFOlogists, the paranormal investigation team is searching for...

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: Transformative Witchcraft

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

January 04, 2019

Eleven Books To Enhance Your Spell-Casting

You have no idea how many times I've seen people recommend ancient grimoires as 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

Our Pagan War On Christmas

The right-wing Christian demagogues keep saying that there's a "War on Christmas" and the truth...

December 17, 2018

Ded Moroz: The Cruel & Kind Grandfather Frost

Ded Moroz, unlike most Santa figures, doesn't come with a Krampus-like companion as most do...

December 16, 2018

Review: Elfhame’s Children

The book is well balanced between how-to, poetry, research, anecdotal stories, and messages from the...

December 16, 2018

Grýla & Her Yule Lads

Unlike her depiction in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Grýla isn't depicted as a beautiful woman who...

December 15, 2018

Review: Utterly Wicked

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

December 14, 2018

Hexenhäuschen: Origin Of The Witch’s Gingerbread House

To make a long story short, the children begin devouring the witch's house and the...

December 14, 2018

Saint Lucia: Lilith in Disguise

In part of Norway St. Lucia is associated with the various hidden folk 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,...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Review: The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman

The book is written as a radical battle roar for self-love and feminist empowerment to...

November 15, 2018

Modern Myths Versus Literalism in Witchcraft

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

November 12, 2018

Review: A Book of Pagan Prayer

A Book of Pagan Prayer by Ceisiwr Serith is a beautiful and inspiring collection of...

November 12, 2018

Review: The Witch’s Altar

What is great about this collaboration is that for how different their practices and beliefs...