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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...

April 09, 2017

Loving “The Love Witch”

"The Love Witch" is a Witchy must, and some of the most fun I've had...

April 05, 2017

The Secret to Witchcraft & Magick is Intent

All of our activities as Witches benefit from specifics. Knowing just why we are doing...

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 13, 2017

Witchcraft Before Wicca: Three Important Magickal Books

There have been many influential books when it comes to magick and Witchcraft over the...

November 2016

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 01, 2016

Hillary Clinton as a Witch

The word "witch" is being used in a variety of different ways to describe Hillary...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Armchair Paganism

Pagan faiths are generally about what we do, and not what we think. Paganism without...

May 10, 2016

The Witch’s Toolbox: Altars

We don't often give a lot of thought to our altars, we are far more...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

10 Pagan Things To Do (Instead of Argue)

Spring is not really the season for apple pie, but it is great time of...

April 07, 2016

The Magicians Is the Show We Should Be Watching

"The Magicians" is currently the best show airing on television about both magick and the...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

All Things Samhain & Halloween (Histories, Rituals, and More!)

One stop shopping for all of your Samhain and Halloween needs. We've got rituals, perspectives,...

October 22, 2015

4 Halloween & Samhain Myths

Is the Day of the Dead another name for Halloween? Is Halloween truly a Pagan...

October 02, 2015

10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Modern Witchcraft

Modern Witchcraft is a vital and living tradition, but one shrouded in mystery and misconceptions....

September 2015

September 06, 2015

The Blessings of Autumn

I don't know if Pagandom has a "favorite season," but most of my friends seem...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

Deities Matter

If we are going to put time and energy into creating rituals, we should take...

August 20, 2015

I Don’t Like the Word “Woo.”

Many Pagan/Magical folk use the word "woo" to describe supernatural or occult experiences. But some...

August 12, 2015

American Paganisms: The Feri Tradition

Perhaps the most long-lasting and influential American Paganism has been the Feri Tradition, originally articulated...

August 08, 2015

Why I’m Still a Wiccan Witch (And a Pagan, For Now)

In my twenty-one years of Paganism I've used three different words to describe myself: Wiccan,...

July 2015

July 04, 2015

On Becoming American: Citizenship as Initiation

Here in the Pagan community, we speak of “Initiations” with a mixture of awe and...

July 01, 2015

Uppercase Paganism

What to capitalize in Paganism has long been a tricky and confusing subject, and how...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Selling Spellwork

"Selling spellwork" is a part of our heritage. Cunning-folk didn't give their expertise away for...

June 18, 2015

Etsy Bans Spellwork?

The online storefront Etsy has recently changed what can be sold on the site. Of...

June 12, 2015

Not Fakelore: The Burning Times

Were the Burning Times a real event? Most certainly, but not necessarily in the way...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

Be Nice to the “Fluffy Bunnies”

I have a confession to make. When I first started out in Paganism some twenty-odd...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

8 Ways to Celebrate Ostara

Just a few ways to celebrate the Spring Equinox . . . . Ideas for...

March 06, 2015

Not My Council

I have no doubt that many of the people involved in "The American Council of...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Finding the Common Ground at PantheaCon

Over the last few years I've tried to express the idea that our differences are...

January 2015

January 05, 2015

The Non-Adept’s Guide to Robert Cochrane

Robert Cochrane was a witch active in the early 1960's until his untimely death in...