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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...

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 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 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...

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 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"...

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 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 08, 2018

The Hipster Witch: Aesthetics, Empowerment, and Instagram

What I’ve called “aesthetic witchcraft” in jest in the past is a real thing, and...

June 2018

June 03, 2018

Finding Community on YouTube

I got on YouTube because I was lonely. I wanted to connect with other Pagans...

May 2018

May 06, 2018

Going Within, Going Without: Exploring Multiple Traditions to Deepen Practice

There are people who jump from coven to coven, tradition to tradition, looking for someone...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Lessons Learned Running a Coven

There have been times where I’ve felt like my group was going to implode, or...

August 2017

August 10, 2017

Going Through the Motions: Bodies in Worship

In worship, there’s no such thing as an empty going through the motions. The motions...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Five Things I Wish I’d Known as a Beginner

The most significant lessons are often the ones we have to learn over and over.

March 2016

March 09, 2016

But is it witchcraft?: Me and My Daily Practice

Developing a "daily practice" seems to be everyone's goal, but what does that actually look...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

#witchcraft: Unrealistic Expectations in Your Personal Practice

There's plenty of great advice floating around on how to make your life more magical,...

January 21, 2016

All Wiccans are witches, but some of us are bad at it.

What does it mean when people insist that not all Wiccans and witches?

September 2015

September 13, 2015

How to Choose Better Books (and appreciate the moderately crappy ones)

There are thousands to choose from, so how do you go about finding the good...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Wicca: Not as Stupid as You Think

Wicca definitely isn't what's trending now, but don't be so surprised to meet practitioners who...

August 18, 2015

Wicca and Depression

There's a trend in Pagan and New Age communities to eschew conversation about mental illness,...