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April 2018

April 29, 2018

Beltane: Beginning the Growing Season

The arcane practices of a solitary practitioner of occult herbalism and classical witchcraft during the...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

Creating Relics of Witch Working: Artes and Craft

The hand crafted athames of Artes and Craft are arcane works of art. A perfect...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Humanitarian Efforts within the Pagan/Magical Community

This was a reminder of how lucky I feel to be part of the magical...

December 08, 2017

Finding My Tribe and Re-Claiming Sovreignty

Finding one's space in the wider pagan community can be an exciting but daunting experience....

October 2017

October 24, 2017

A Witch’s Halloween

Now is the time to let you witch flag fly!  Even if you are still...

October 07, 2017

Exploring a New Pagan Community-St. Petersburg Florida

This is the first article Ive written since moving to Florida on October 2nd 2017....

September 2017

September 20, 2017

Fort Wayne Pagan Pride Day-Poisoner’s Apothecary Workshop

This article is a recap of the workshop that I led at Fort Wayne Pagan...

September 12, 2017

The Autumnal Equinox on the Poison Path

For Green Witches the Equinoxes are the perfect time for plant alchemy, a balance of...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

Devil’s Breath: A Trick of the Nightshades

The Nightshade Alkaloids The plants traditionally associated with witchcraft have shared infamous reputations and prominent...

August 07, 2017

Materialism, Impermanence, and Originality in Modern Witchcraft-Poisoner’s Apothecary

Have modern practitioners allowed too much importance to be placed on obtaining magical objects and...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

The Green Harvest of Lammastide-Poisoner’s Apothecary

Not all practitioners of magic observe the eight sabbaths that make up the Witch's Wheel...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Occvlta Interview

Flying ointments and incense blends made from traditional recipes penned in medieval grimoires are a...

May 01, 2017

Venus: The Witch Star

In classical and medieval folklore, Venus became associated with witchcraft via the "ars veneris," or...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

My First Time at ConVocation

A Gathering of Witches, Druids, Sorcerers, and the many practitioners of the Sorcerous Arte Come...

March 05, 2017

Witchcraft in Fundamentalist Evangelicalism

Witchcraft in Fundamentalist Communities Within certain Fundamentalist Evangelical groups and other Fundamentalist Christian communities witchcraft is...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Persecution in Pursuit of Knowledge

Science, Occultism, and Heresy During the time of the Inquisition, free thinkers of all kinds...

January 17, 2017

The Handfasting of Mr. & Mr. Ward

Just a couple of months ago my partner and I decided to go through with...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Photographer Captures the Power and Beauty of the Male Practitioner in ‘The Sabbath’

  Male fitness photographer, Allan Spiers, is a modern day Renaissance Man.  Born in Lima,...

August 2016

August 21, 2016

Saturn and the Witch’s Zodiac

Saturn: Retrograde and Return Retrograde is an astronomical term that refers to a planet's movement. ...

August 08, 2016

Paganism, Witches, and the New Age

​Over the weekend I worked as a volunteer at a New Age/Psychic Expo that was...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Representing Gay Pagans at Pride Fest 2016

  ​This past weekend was the annual Pride Festival in Fort Wayne, IN, my hometown....

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