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June 2023

June 14, 2023

The Rebirth of Cernunnos

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

January 2022

January 19, 2022

Astonished & Influential Witches Yesterday & Today

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

July 2021

July 01, 2021

What If?: Alternative Histories of Witchcraft & Paganism

What if things in the Pagan and Witchcraft world's had unfolded just a little bit...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

More Witchcraft & Pagan Trivia

Fifty (more) questions to test your Pagan and Witchcraft knowledge.

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Finding & Building a Better Beltane

Our circles should always be welcoming places and they should represent the entirety of human...

March 2019

March 13, 2019

Five Witchcraft Books That Changed My Life

The books we love influence how we practice our Craft and view its history. For...

March 06, 2019

Wiccan-Witchcraft at 80

Wiccan-Witchcraft is one of the largest Pagan and Witch traditions in the world today, and...

December 2018

December 15, 2018

Yule is the Best Sabbat

While there is no "best sabbat" I like to think I make a pretty good...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

The Promise and Peril of “Pagan”

The word "pagan" has always been problematic, perhaps now more than ever. Its continued use...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

The Witch’s Toolbox: The Pentacle

Most Witch books that include the pentacle say very little about it. Generally it’s listed...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

Have We De-Mystified Wicca?

Have we explored Wicca to such an extent that knowing about its history has somehow...

August 16, 2018

The Power & Peril of Tradition

I think there are many positive things about traditions, as well as some perils that...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

Priestesses & Priests: A Somewhat Spirited Defense of Titles

Terms such as High Priestess or High Priest can be problematic, but I still think...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

Wrong Things I Sometimes Read About Wicca

There are a lot of people out there with some seriously strange ideas about Wiccan...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Druids & Witches: More Than Just Acquaintances

Witches and Druids share a very real and special bond, probably because much of what...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

A Wiccan-Witch (and Sometimes Pagan)

For the most part these days I'm really content with just being a Witch, but...

June 2017

June 01, 2017

Magick & Deity are Two of the Foundations of Modern Paganism

The exact start date of Modern Paganism, might be up for debate, but not the...

March 2017

March 14, 2017

Just How “Silent” Should a Witch Be?

One of the central tenet's in some Witchcraft traditions is "to keep silent," but just...

March 07, 2017

Witchcraft and Wicca Can Be the Same Thing

It gets old hearing from certain segments of the Witching World that I'm not allowed...

January 2017

January 09, 2017

Show Your Work: Silence & Skepticism in Modern Witchcraft

Magickal ideas are remarkably resilient, and while they may not be Witchcraft, they most certainly...

October 2016

October 03, 2016

Faith, Intolerance, and Religious Veracity

Our faiths are about what we believe, they aren't about how our neighbor interprets what...

June 2016

June 09, 2016

Four Witchy and Magical Show Ideas For Television

The occult has been a trope in television for decades, but how about a show...

September 2015

September 08, 2015

You Don’t Have to Be Initiated To Be a Wiccan

Does one have to be an initiate to be a Wiccan? Words evolve and definitions...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

Not Fakelore: The Witchcraft Revival

So was Gerald Gardner initiated into a coven of Witches in 1939? Even if he...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

How the Claim of Being Old Saved Modern Paganism

By claiming a historicity for his Witchcraft Gerald Gardner saved us all from a more...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

20 Questions with Sable Aradia

Sable Aradia is a peer, a friend, and now a published author! Her first book...

September 01, 2014

Paganism & The New Age

For many Pagans “New Age” is a dirty turn of phrase often dismissed as any...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

Pagan Time Capsule: 1950’s

The 1950's marked the beginnings of "Public Paganism" and for the first time in modern...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Maybe Wicca is Not a Nature Religion?

For many people Wicca is a harmonious walk with Mother Earth and the Horned God,...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Witches Toolbox: Athame

The athame might be the most recognizable tool in the Modern Witch's Toolbox. It's a...