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December 2022

December 16, 2022

Interview with a Vampyre Witch: Alexis Pharae

The nocturnal spirit in the form of the vampire has terrified and seduced mankind for...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

Bryan Staniewski: In League wyth the Devyl

Featured practitioner articles are one of my favorite things to write about. I love getting...

July 2021

July 14, 2021

The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful herbs, medicinal nightshades and ritual entheogens

The Poison Path is not about poisoning people, or being spooky by working with dark...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

The Goddess Book: A Celebration of Witches, Queens, Healers and Crones

The Goddess can be seen and felt all around us. She is embodied in nature,...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

Exploring the Shadow

Exploring the shadow and coming to understand these aspects frees us and and gives us...

January 04, 2021

Devil’s Conjure

Hoodoo, root work and conjure practices have a special place in my heart. I am...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

Nightshades: Ointments, Oils and Tinctures

Nightshades are a large and common group of plants. We are almost always nearb one...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

Plant Spirit Glyphs

Plant spirit glyphs are symbolic representations of the of the occult forces that are accessed...

June 2020

June 16, 2020

A Malediction to Lilith: A Curse for the Wronged

Lilith is the champion of those who have been ostracized, cast out and wronged. With...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Saturn, Pluto and the Plague Times

What can we expect during this period of saturnian and plutonian influence? The world is...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

Spellcrafting with Baneful Herbs

Baneful herbs are a most intriguing category of plant magic. These powerful botanical toxins are...

September 2019

September 03, 2019

Unguentum Venenum: A Flying Ointment

The infamous witches' flying ointment is a quintessential representation of the beliefs surrounding medieval witchcraft....

June 2019

June 18, 2019

Reducing Your Magickal Footprint

Picture what your own magickal footprint would look like. Picture all of the spells and...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

Remembering the Spiritual Properties of Entheogenic Herbs

To the witch and herbalist, plants are many things. It is important we do not...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

Many Approaches to Protection Magic

Charms, prayers and petitions for protection are found in virtually every religion and spiritual practice....

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Imbolc and Candlemas Candle Purification Rituals

Imbolc is a fire festival, observed by candlelight and burning the evergreens brought into the...

October 2018

October 01, 2018

Individualistic Witchcraft: Is the Craft Atheistic?

Putting the "I" in W(I)tchcraft Witchcraft is highly individualistic. Is it more practitioner centered than...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Connecting with the Familiar Spirit

Tutelary or guardian spirits are found in cultures all over the world, with different interpretations...

August 23, 2018

Lunar Herb: Evening Primrose

Lunar herbs help us connect with the energy of the Moon, bringing its influence into...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

This Is Witchcraft: That Which Cannot Be Named

Witchcraft is the innate ability to work with these tools and discover new ways of...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

Witches Take Flight on Midsummer’s Night

A Time of Magical Doorways and Planetary Alignments Along with Beltane, Samhain, and the Winter...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

A Collection of Belladonna Lore

This plant has always had a seductive and magical quality to me, and many others...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Assembling the Poisoner’s Pocket Guide

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

January 2018

January 22, 2018

The Totemic Art of Charlotte Rodgers

This part of my study on magical artifice and relics of witch power focuses on...

January 15, 2018

Relics of Witch Power

In addition to the magical tools that we use on a regular basis there are...

January 05, 2018

Gathering Your Personal Symbol Set

We internalize all of the symbols that we encounter and they become part of our...

January 05, 2018

Taking Back Power

There are many types of power and many forms it takes, witches work with personal...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

The Final Rite of Witching

If there was a universal rite of witch-making, what do you think it would look...

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