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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...

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...

June 2023

June 14, 2023

The Rebirth of Cernunnos

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

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...

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?...

March 2021

March 09, 2021

COVID-19 & Witchcraft Practices: One Year Later

The current pandemic will result in changes for both Witchcraft and Paganism going forward. But...

February 2021

February 08, 2021

Witch, You Vex Me

What follows are a few things that vex me in the Witchcraft world. They are...

February 02, 2021

Wicca: Misconceptions & Misidentity

If people are going to throw the entire Wiccan-tradition in the trash, they are going...

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...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

The Varieties of Wicca

There are probably hundreds of different Wiccan (or Wiccan-style) traditions in the world today. However...

August 25, 2020

My Practice is Not Lost, But it Is Struggling

My practice has not been lost, but it is struggling.

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...

July 07, 2020

Books Aging Poorly: Scott Cunningham’s “Wicca”

Scott Cunningham's "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" is now over thirty years old,...

March 2020

March 04, 2020

Expectations & Pagan Authors

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

February 2020

February 24, 2020

Wicca & Cultural Appropriation

As the largest and most noticeable subset of Modern Paganism, the mistakes of many Wiccans...

January 2020

January 03, 2020

Witchcraft Pet Peeves

Many of the comments said with the best of intentions by other Witches are among...

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

Solitary Rituals: The Witch Alone

If you find solitary ritual difficult, the following tips and suggestions are for you. The...

November 12, 2019

All About Cakes and Ale (or Cakes and Wine)

I was recently asked about the origin of the phrases "cakes and wine" and "cakes...

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 05, 2019

Samhain: When the Veil is Thin

Knowing how the ancient Celts might have celebrated Samhain can inform our own rituals and...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

More Witchcraft & Pagan Trivia

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

August 2019

August 14, 2019

Paganism & Witchcraft Are Not Venn Diagrams

In the end Witchcraft, Wicca, and Paganism overlap (or don't) where we as individuals need...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

Why Can’t There Be Christian Witches?

Witchcraft is empowering, I'll all in for anyone with an open mind using it to...

May 22, 2019

Witchcraft & Pagan Trivia

Fifty questions to test your knowledge of Paganism and Witchcraft! From Witchcraft to Druidry to...

May 03, 2019

Of Course We Like Sex

But the majority of our dalliances at Beltane occur outside the circle, and they are...

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...

April 15, 2019

Defend the Gates! (Sometimes Gatekeeping is Necessary)

I think the doors to Paganism and Witchcraft (and everything else) are generally welcoming and...