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September 2021

September 05, 2021

Learning and Unlearning Witchcraft: Can Bad Info Ruin Your Practice?

Learning takes time, and it’s not simply a matter of reading the “correct” books, getting...

July 2021

July 03, 2021

Talking to Gods

I wondered if I might just be broken somehow. I had profound experiences, and my...

June 2021

June 06, 2021

Cicada Magic

A very serious shapeshifting ritual for stressed out people like myself.

March 2021

March 26, 2021

Secular vs. Religious: Making Distinctions as a Witch

Sometimes, when we say "witchcraft is a practice" or "I'm a secular witch," we're not...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Don’t Be an Expert Witch: Expertise, Advancement, and Small Ponds

How do you know when you're an expert at something? Or when you really are...

February 04, 2021

Serious Play: Shifting Our Perspective on Ritual

There’s been plenty written in the fields of psychology and education about the role that...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

Free Ways to Learn Witchcraft

It's easy to take a cursory glance at social media and leave with the impression...

December 2020

December 04, 2020

A Witch’s Guide to Fountain Pens

People are often pleasantly surprised to discover that the real reason they don’t like writing...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Why I’m Still Wiccan

A friend recently remarked that they appreciated how, after all these years writing and creating...

November 22, 2020

My Biggest Mistakes as a Witch

I've made a lot of mistakes in more than two decades of practicing witchcraft. Some...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

My Initial Reactions to The Craft: Legacy

I loved it. Here's why!

August 2020

August 23, 2020

The Pressure to be a Professional Witch

When a person writes books, travels to speak at festivals, blogs on a major platform,...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Don’t Put Other Witches on Pedestals

What do we do when our heroes disappoint us? Who should we be looking to...

July 22, 2020

Baby Witches?

"Baby" can be a term of endearment, and I think people should be allowed to...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

When I Do Spells: Thoughts on Working Magic and the “Craft” of Witchcraft

If witchcraft is a craft (in addition to being a religion, as it is for...

February 2020

February 15, 2020

My Five Favorite Recent Witch Books

We’re lucky today, because there are so many exciting new books coming out all the...

February 11, 2020

Fake Witch Books?

Books don’t make people authorities by themselves. They are often good indicators, but we are...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

The Benefits of Outer Courts and Training Circles

A long outer court is a good thing. A precious thing, for both you and...

January 19, 2020

Creativity, Competition, and Community

We’re living in a time when creating and sharing our ideas and our art is...

January 12, 2020

Review: Initiated by Amanda Yates Garcia

Memoir-lovers will appreciate Garcia’s adventures in Europe, in the nineties counterculture, and her triumph over...

January 04, 2020

If Everything Changes, What Good is Tradition?

We build traditions because we can't help it, I think, whether we identify as "traditional"...

January 02, 2020

Saying Hello to a New Year

When I start a new book of shadows, I also introduce myself and write a...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

The Witches’ Voice: A Love Letter

WitchVox helped me start countless book clubs, three college Pagan groups, launch two websites, and...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

How to Be a Better Beginner

There are tons of articles floating around about how to choose good beginner books, how...

September 07, 2019

Moving, Materialism, and Finding My Feet Again

The collection of tarot cards is not my ability to divine. The books are not...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

Working with Personal Cycles

I believe in True Will. I think I know what mine is. But is it...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

Conversion and Trauma

Religion can be profound and creative and enlightening and whatever else, but it also traumatizes....

May 25, 2019

Review: Wicca by Harmony Nice

Harmony Nice is one of the leading voices in this latest incarnation of Wicca, and...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Beginner Books that Don’t Suck

It’s been a long time since I’ve been a beginner, but being active on the...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

The Celtic Cross is Kind of Terrible

In the beginning, I did what most people who buy tarot decks do: I assumed...

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