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February 2022

February 08, 2022

Philosophia Toxicum: A Discourse on the Poison Path

The Poison Path According to One Poisoner I have been writing and teaching about my...

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...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

Spellcrafting with Baneful Herbs

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

April 2019

April 25, 2019

The Fly in the Witch’s Ointment: Redefining the Poison Path

The Poison Path can be a misleading term for the practice of working with baneful...

April 18, 2019

Baneful Herbs and Traditional Craft

Some plants heal, some are great for cooking and others are especially useful for the...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Wortcunning: A Folk Medicine/Folk Magic Herbal

Wortcunning: A Folk Medicine/Folk Magic Herbal by Nigel G. Pearson, a recently released title published...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

Robin Artisson: Writings on Old Style Witchcraft

The Witching Way of Hollow Hill is a tome of knowledge on the topic of...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

A North American Perspective on Traditional Witchcraft

"Besom, Stang and Sword," is a new publication from Weiser Books on a unique path...

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...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

The Astrological Importance of Lughnasadh

The festival of Lughnasadh, later known as Lammas, is one of the four grand sabbats...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 18, 2017

The Poisoner: Pharmakos and Veneficus-Poisoner’s Apothecary

There are as many branches on the World Tree as there are paths to the...

July 06, 2017

Children of Earth and Moon

The image of the classical witch has been shaped over the centuries to become an...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Cultivating Atropa Belladonna

Atropa belladonna or Deadly Nightshade is a plant with a long history in magic and...

June 06, 2017

A Vessel for Elder Gods

In classical witchcraft circles based on traditional European folklore the elder gods are those nameless...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Altar Bones: More Than Decoration

Bones of all shapes and sizes have been used by numerous cultures in ceremonies and...

May 01, 2017

Venus: The Witch Star

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

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...

April 02, 2017

The Talismanic Tome: Books of Hidden Power

There are many types and styles of book making; all of them an art form....

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Herodias and the Queen of Witches

The figure of the Witch Queen is an integral part to classical witchcraft. A counterpart...

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