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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...

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...

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 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;...

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...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Ask Me About Witch Ritual: Tips & Tricks

There's a lot we can do to improve public ritual, and most of those things...

July 2021

July 06, 2021

Why We Need to #DefendOccultBooks

Simply, we are defending the tradition of seeking, the tradition of looking for information, and...

June 2021

June 06, 2021

Reopening Paganism

s the days grow longer, vaccination rates slowly tick up, and COVID cases fall, it...

October 2020

October 07, 2020

The Call of the Gods: Moments, Practices, & Doubts

Do the gods reach out to us, or are we required to reach out to...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

The Know-Nothing-Witch

There are many types of Know-Nothing-Witchery. There are those who truly know very little, and...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Liminal Gateways & Porous Boundaries

The boundaries between our world and that of literature and film is not as absolute...

May 2020

May 13, 2020

Through the Looking Glass: The Pagan Community After Covid-19

I am not a seer. I don't own a crystal ball, and while I own...

May 06, 2020

That’s Not Our Paganism

Like the Paganisms of old, our Paganism is ideally a place for free thinking and...

March 2020

March 16, 2020

Supporting Pagan Community During a Pandemic

Things are going to get worse before they get better, but if we all work...

March 04, 2020

Expectations & Pagan Authors

My early days as a Witch were heavily influenced by what I read, and one...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Celebrating Yule: Light in the Darkness

Lights, snow, gifts, battling brothers, wassail, carols, partying, Lords of Misrule, mystical gift- givers, the...

December 06, 2019

Paganism & Witchcraft in the 2010’s

The last ten years have seen a renewed interest in Witchcraft traditions, along with the...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

The Witches’ Voice is Shutting Down

On November 19, 2019, the staff at the Witches' Voice website (also known as Witchvox)...

November 11, 2019

Paganism’s Growing Pains

"Paganism" is growing, but much of that growth is beyond our field of vision, and...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

5 Ways to Make Your Paganism Better

Over the years it's the little things that have made my Paganism better. Grand gestures...

September 2019

September 29, 2019

The Magickal Is Here NOW

The mundane and the magickal worlds are colliding in unprecedented ways. Magick is on the...

September 27, 2019

More Witchcraft & Pagan Trivia

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

September 06, 2019

Sharon Knight: Myth, Music, and Magic

Sharon Knight is more than a musician, writer, Witch, ritualist, and organizer, she's a force...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Of Course Paganism Makes Me a Better Person

Does Paganism shape you into a more honest, moral, more productive, better socialized person? Absolutely.

August 20, 2019

Secrets of a Pagan Blogger

So you want to be a Pagan blogger? It’s not for everyone, but if you...

August 07, 2019

Generation X Pagan

Today there are a whole host of Generation X writers, bloggers, and doers in the...

July 2019

July 24, 2019

Pagan Soup & The Changing Pagan Community

The changing faces of Pagan Community, Pagan Music, and Pagan Presenting. Plus the power and...