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December 2015

December 11, 2015

The Taste of Magic

The kids at the fundamentalist bootcamp for LGBT children were slogging through the mud on...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore (Review)

Alan Moore has profoundly influenced the direction of both mainstream and literary comics... plus, he's...

July 2015

July 18, 2015

What colour is your witchcraft?

Why the question "are you a black witch or a white witch?" is such an...

July 12, 2015

7 things I wish people knew about Wicca

1. That Wiccan theology is diverse This one applies equally to Wiccans, polytheists, and everyone...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

Woman with the Pen: Five Moments On My Way Back to Patheos

There are many radical and beloved and ferocious warriors whose voices I treasure above my...

March 06, 2014

Old magic versus new magic

Recently I received an enquiry from a seeker in Eastern Europe, where much of the...

March 05, 2014

Drugs: it’s all about the context

Drugs and other mind-altering substances have been used in a sacred context for millennia. It...

February 2014

February 11, 2014

Thought forms

One aspect of deities seems to be thought-forms. That is not to say that deities...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Pathways in Modern Western Magic (Review)

Pathways in Modern Western Magic has the most to offer to a reader who is...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

What is magic and how does it work?

A friend on Facebook asked, how does magic work? My immediate response to this was,...

April 04, 2013

Ritual, liturgy, and worship

There are several different modes of ritual, which have different meanings and purposes. When writing...