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April 2017

April 13, 2017

Five Ways Witchcraft Changed My Life

Of course Witchcraft has changed me, what's the point of adopting a spiritual practice if...

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 02, 2017

Who Should Be In Our Circles? On Minors, Children, and People Who Don’t Want to Be in Ritual

When it comes to kids and ritual the most important thing is (probably): do they...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

So You’re Going to an Indoor Festival (What to Bring & How to Survive)

What to bring, what to do, and most important how to avoid the con-crud. It's...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The 2016 Hornie Awards

Celebrating the best (and sometimes worst) in Paganism from 2016 with the least coveted awards...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Pagan Things Made By Pagans Generally For Pagans & Other Magickal Folk

Pagan stuff for Pagans by Pagans, just in time for all your holiday shopping!

November 16, 2016

Faces of the Horned God: Cernunnos

Though much about the historical Cernunnos is likely lost to history, his presence today is...

November 11, 2016

10 Things I Love About Witchcraft

Witchcraft offers an escape when the world gets to be just too much, but it...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

Demons, the Occult, and the 2016 Presidential Campaign

The occult is usually absent from Presidential contests, but it's becoming a part of this...

October 06, 2016

Proselytizing is For Weak Gods

A god that needs people to facilitate an introduction has no agency, and I’d take...

October 03, 2016

Faith, Intolerance, and Religious Veracity

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

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Mirth & Reverence: You Can Laugh During Ritual

Laughter isn't always appropriate in circle, but sometimes it's simply necessary.

September 12, 2016

An American in Britain: Doreen Valiente Pilgrimage

An exhibition in Doreen Valiente's Brighton England featuring some of her ritual tools and a...

September 09, 2016

Public Ritual Is Hard (And Sometimes We Fail At It & That’s OK)

ow do we fix "bad Pagan rituals?" I don't have all the answers, but I...

September 05, 2016

Who’s Your Daddy? (Or You Like St. Expedite, I love Zuni)

Whether servitor, guide, spirit or friend, it is said that the spirits pick us, not...

September 04, 2016

Do Your Bad Pagan Ritual

There is good, even great, Pagan ritual,and there is bad Pagan ritual. But even a...

September 01, 2016

An American in Britain: Tintagel & The Witchcraft Museum

Some adventures at Tintagel Castle and the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall.

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Wonder Woman: Resurgence of Feminine Power or Patriarchal Lap Kitten?

Wonder Woman might be "the best" Pagan superhero.

August 25, 2016

What is the Pagan Community?

I was asked the other day about what exactly I (and many other Americans) mean...

August 17, 2016

Looking for “That Moment”

One of the things that makes "the moments" in Paganism so special is that they...

August 04, 2016

My First Steps Toward Paganism

My childhood was full of things that would serve as a sort of prelude to...

August 01, 2016

We Will Get Fooled Again (The Stamp Thing, The Generation Gap, & Social Media)

Why do things go viral online, and just how easy is it to get fooled...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Ever-Changing Deity

I love experiencing my deities as they were worshipped in the past, but they most...

July 26, 2016

Lammas: A Square Peg In a Round Hole

It's Lammas weekend, time to celebrate a sabbat that doesn't quite work for a lot...

July 21, 2016

5 Worst Witch Books Ever (Possibly)

There's no way to definitively rank the worst Witchcraft books of all time, but we...

July 18, 2016

Paganism & Politics

Politics are an inescapable part of our lives, and for many of us so is...

July 12, 2016

There Are Many Reasons For Ritual

Rituals can and should be about everything. In Paganism we are free to celebrate the...

July 06, 2016

Creating a More Welcoming Pagan Community

We can build a better Pagan mousetrap and create a community, both online and in...

July 01, 2016

Occult and Pagan Pioneers in America

The United States has been home to some of the most important and revered figures...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

A Somber Solstice

If you were to ask me what sabbat rituals should be about I would say...