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Modern witchcraft

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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 23, 2017

“A Deed Without A Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft”

A Deed Without a Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft Written By Lee Morgan,...

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 25, 2016

Spell Casting to Word Processing

Many new witches focus on spell casting as their main priority when they first get...

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,...

November 01, 2016

The Season of the Witch is Just Beginning

  I have always loved Halloween and the time of year that accompanies it.  I...

October 2016

October 14, 2016

The Birth of the Magus

  The Magician or Magus has always been my favorite tarot card.  Naturally, as a...

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,...

October 06, 2016

A Witch’s Practice

  As a solitary practitioner with an eclectic background I have researched various magical traditions...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

The witch's cauldron is a quintessential symbol of witchcraft and magic even in mainstream society. ...

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...

September 03, 2016

The Horned One, Part One: A Reflection

  Horned Deities and Divine Inspiration Throughout Human Evolution Here is a short reflection that...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Witch’s Stones and New Age Crystals

Magical practitioners are innately connected to the earth, nature and her energies.  Naturally, many magical...

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 23, 2016

Lugh, Lucifer and the First Harvest

​This time of year is marked by the burning rays brought down by the Dog...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Witchcraft Persecution, 21st Century Style

persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html?_r=0 This article sheds light on the growing issue of brutality against those who...

February 18, 2016

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

Witches were often the outcasts of society. They were those people that were disliked, and...

February 18, 2016

witches, Witchcraft and Sorcery

  In human society, religion serves the function of explaining our social stratification, and giving...

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