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November 2018

November 10, 2018

The Real Witchcraft in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Joshua Conkel is a Los Angeles based playwright and screenwriter. In recent years he has...

November 08, 2018

Six Books For The Activist Witch

I have selected six of my favorite books which I feel are useful for magickal...

November 04, 2018

When You Don’t Know Your Ancestors

I have been asked by several clients lately what to do when they don't know...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

Review: Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

The book explores taboo topics of witchcraft. This ranges from necromancy, working with demons (both...

October 04, 2018

Review: Llewellyn’s Little Book of Halloween

She invokes the fun of our modern secularized Halloween that we grew up with back...

October 04, 2018

Salem & The Magick of Halloween Costumes

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

October 04, 2018

Review: Besom, Stang & Sword

Besom, Stang and Sword: A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft, the Six-Fold Path, and the Hidden...

September 2018

September 04, 2018

Christopher Penczak On The Spiritual Bond Of Plants And Witches

A plant familiar is the consciousness of a plant species or plant family that works...

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 30, 2018

The Modern Keys to Hekate

In The Orphic Hymn, Hekate is called the Keeper of the Keys of the Universe....

July 27, 2018

The Magickal Battle For America

I’ll just say that anyone who doesn’t see the ongoing dangers of Trump and his...

July 24, 2018

Review: Bell, Book, And Camera

Heather Greene’s Bell, Book, and Camera: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and...

July 14, 2018

A Witch Interprets ‘God Is A Woman’ by Ariana Grande

As a gay man, when I saw that Ariana Grande had a new music video,...

July 11, 2018

The Etymology of Auras

The word aura comes from the Latin word aurae which means a breeze. In Greco-Roman...

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 26, 2018

Witchcraft Has Always Been Political

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

June 15, 2018

The Hillfolks’ Hoodoo of Byron Ballard

Byron Ballard has called western North Carolina home since her birth at the local Seventh...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Astral Projection, Witchcraft, Spirits, and Psychic Abilities

I was recently interviewed on Weird Web Radio by Lonnie Scott. I had a lot...

May 10, 2018

Review: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

If Sabrina the Teenage Witch was about as fluffy bunny as you could make Witchcraft, The...

May 07, 2018

The Talismans & Spirit Work of Aidan Wachter

Aidan Wachter is well known in magical, pagan and occult circles as a highly respected...

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

Lilith’s Love Magick

If you surround yourself with positive love magick through spells and rituals, you will hopefully...

April 30, 2018

Empowering Pagan Prayer

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

April 28, 2018

The Art & Spirit Work of Vibrational Essences

Jessica Rose Booth is a healer and writer, thriving in family community at Sweet Lovin’...

April 26, 2018

Astral Parasites

Astral parasites are exactly what they sound like - energetic entities that are parasitic in...

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 23, 2018

Misconceptions About Shadow Work

The Shadow is not something to be fought against or condemned. It is not something that's...

April 01, 2018

I’m Not Your Marionettist

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

April 01, 2018

Preparing Candles For Magick

There are countless methods and ways to work with candles, but I wanted to share...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

Your Ego Is Holy

In modern spiritual teachings, the ego is viewed as a negative thing and in abusive...