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August 2026

August 14, 2026

The Great God Pan Among the Stars

I took her hand and replied "You're not lost anymore, I've found you." She looked...

March 2026

March 09, 2026

What Makes a Good Ritualist? No Idea

What Makes a Good Ritualist? No Idea, But Here Are Some Things I Do. (This...

February 2026

February 25, 2026

The Horned God & Masculinity

I think the Horned God breaks down barriers and blurs lines when it comes to...

November 2025

November 17, 2025

Yule is Also a Time for the Dead

And after those loved ones leave us, their ghosts still hang around the Holidays, finding...

November 04, 2025

Witchcraft Remembrances & Appreciation at Samhaintide

The first books we read about Paganism and Witchcraft often have an outsize impact on...

September 2025

September 11, 2025

Violence Is Not the Answer

On September 8 the website Jezebel ran an article with the title "We Paid Some...

August 2025

August 26, 2025

Starting Autumn

A few years ago I stumbled upon a sweatshirt for sale with the words "Fall...

April 2025

April 28, 2025

Raymond Buckland & The Big Blue Book

"Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft" is seen as a classic today, but it's road into...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

The Embers (September-December)

My favorite time of you are "The Embers" the final four months of the year,...

April 2024

April 04, 2024

You Don’t Need a Bible

But I don't care when radicals use the Bible against me because I don't believe...

February 2024

February 13, 2024

(Indoor) Festival Season is Upon Us

Indoor festival season is here once again! How would I make our already great events...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

The Return of the Pagan Scapegoats

We are all kin, children of the same earth, and within each of us lies...

December 12, 2023

Some Thoughts on Yule

The Holiday season offers a little something for everyone, as long as they are willing...

October 2023

October 26, 2023

13 Samhain Thoughts

13 quick thoughts on Samhain/Halloween Season.

August 2023

August 30, 2023

The End of the Summer

Maybe the end of Summer is more than a celestial event, more than the harvest...

June 2023

June 14, 2023

The Rebirth of Cernunnos

(Adapted and excerpted from The Book of Cernunnos, edited by John Beckett & Jason Mankey....

May 2023

May 09, 2023

Magickal & Pagan Gathers: Some Thoughts

I'm often asked "how is the festival scene?" and it's something I never really have...

January 2023

January 26, 2023

Hekate: Goddess of Witches

When discussing the Greek gods in the modern era, it’s hard to escape the idea...

January 20, 2023

The Good & Bad of Witchcraft Book Covers

What makes for a good book cover? It's hard to quantify. What I love you...

October 2022

October 19, 2022

9 Pagan Gods You Should Know

There is no one goddess of the Witches and no one god of the Pagans;...

August 2022

August 22, 2022

New Selves New Witchcrafts

A Witchcraft that doesn't grow, doesn't allow for change and innovation, doesn't allow room for...

July 2022

July 18, 2022

Remembering Rhi Melissa Koetting

On July 10th, with the sun shining outside the cabin, Rhi Melissa Koetting hopped a...

June 2022

June 09, 2022

Festivals & Authors

I like going to Pagan festivals and conferences for a variety of reasons. Some of...

May 2022

May 24, 2022

Lessons Learned: Ten Years at Patheos Pagan

My ten years writing this blog have been a profoundly life changing experience, complete with...

April 2022

April 04, 2022

Instagram Does Not Care About Witches & Pagans

Numerous scam accounts? Check. No way for Witch content creators to verify themselves? Check. To...

March 2022

March 08, 2022

Poppet Magick

To put it simply, a poppet is a puppet used for magickal purposes. Poppets are...

February 2022

February 09, 2022

What Really Matters?

Before worrying about the hate and bile of others I'd much rather focus on building...

January 2022

January 20, 2022

Can We Lose Deities? Fuzzy Polytheism, and Wicca on Mars

What would Wicca be like on Mars? Can we lose deities? My fuzzy polytheism.

January 19, 2022

Astonished & Influential Witches Yesterday & Today

Post-Yuletide can be a little blah, so how about some questions from friends and readers?...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

Best Witchcraft & Magickal Books of 2021

Everyone's tastes are different, but here are my favorite Witchcraft and magickal books from 2021.