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May 2018

May 08, 2018

Now the Witch is Back

Learning to Love the Land of One's Birth I think it is important to be...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Nicholas Kingsley, Professor at The Grey School of Wizardry

This article features Nicholas Kingsley who is an instructor of Performance Magic and Wizardry at...

February 25, 2018

Integrating Astrology into Classical Witchcraft

The myths of our ancestors are written in the sky, going beyond the archetypal association...

February 20, 2018

The Ravages of Conservative Christianity on Non-Christian Children

The Christian Church has influenced nearly every aspect of Western Civilization since its rise to...

February 13, 2018

Assembling the Poisoner’s Pocket Guide

This unique guide to the Crooked Path features an arcane compilation of various tools of...

February 04, 2018

Tredara: A Place for Spirits

A complex of shrines dedicated to the gods, the ancestors and the spirits of the...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Candlemas, Imbolc, and Serpent Fire

The Typical and Not-so Typical Imbolc Traditions Imbolc is one of those holidays that is...

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 16, 2017

The Arcane Art of Halloween Decorating

Halloween decorations are part of the magic of the season, I love seeing the diverse...

October 15, 2017

A Blessing from Land, Sky and Sea

On my mother's last day in St. Petersburg the two of us joined in a...

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...

August 2017

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...

April 2017

April 17, 2017

The Passion of the Craft

The passion for witchcraft runs deeper than the superficial escapism of New Age spirituality. For...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Bones, Blood and Poison: The Path of Traditional Witchcraft

Traditional witchcraft is a popular topic within the magical community. Traditional witches seek to understand...

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...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Witches: Keepers of the Deceased

As witches and magical practitioners who traffic with the Unseen one of the purposes that...

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,...

October 2016

October 14, 2016

The Magician and the Witch: A Modern Magical Hybrid

  The modern division of magic into dualities of high and low, ceremonial and practical,...

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Traditional Wicca, Traditional Witchcraft, and British Traditional Witchcraft???

The word "Traditional" can lead to a lot of confusion if taken out of context. 

September 12, 2016

A Year-and-a-day, Armchair Occultism, and Witchcraft

In many traditions, there is a customary period of study and reflection for novices before...

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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