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August 2020

August 13, 2020

It’s Okay To Grieve

To grieve offers more than clarity. It opens the gate to a liminal space where...

May 2020

May 16, 2020

How the Pandemic Has Developed My Pagan Sitting Practice

The pandemic has moved my spiritual life inside. I don't just mean I've abandoned public...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

How to Hold an Online Beltane party

My coven has been holding our rituals online since the stay at home orders went...

April 06, 2020

Creating a Magical Refuge

Do you have a refuge? There's so much stress in the world and our lives...

April 02, 2020

It’s Time to Recognize We Are All Connected

Spiritual systems tell us that humans are all connected. Just as trees are connected through...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Healing Ritual to Hygeia and Asclepius

For the first time in living memory the world faces a pandemic. It’s not the...

March 18, 2020

The Armor of Ra Hoor Khuit

In this time of extraordinary demand we are all drawing on our inner and outer...

March 13, 2020

How to Hold a Group Ritual Online

We can't always meet in person. Your coven, grove or lodge might decide to cancel...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

Top Six Things I Learned By Travelling to India

One: The Trip is Only Part of the Journey I did a lot of reading...

February 12, 2020

Nema: Thelema’s Oracle of the Future

As a magician I draw inspiration from the women who came before me. Generation over...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

A Thelemic Pilgrimage to India

There are three pilgrimages a Thelemite can make: Scotland, Egypt, and India. This week I'm...

September 04, 2019

Building Pagan Community at Sacred Harvest Festival

The Pagan community I dreamed has become a reality at Sacred Harvest Festival. In my...

July 2019

July 18, 2019

The Black Goddess Nuit

I sing of the Black Goddess Nuit. I sing of the limitless velvet expanse of...

July 08, 2019

What Witches and Magicians Can Learn from Jewish People

In the era when I converted to Witchcraft my religion could endanger my my place...

July 01, 2019

The Heart of a Theurgist

Theurgy always been about both the personal and the communal. It speaks to the individual...

June 2019

June 24, 2019

Sun herbs for St. John’s Day

St. John's wort, feverfew and comfrey: this trio of herbs of the sun blooms at...

June 17, 2019

Babalon Rising is the freedom of Thelema

Babalon Rising manifests the freedom of Thelema. This is the second year I've attended, and...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Creating the Magical Womb

What is the benefit to creating a magical womb? This operation renews the body and...

April 2019

April 20, 2019

And the Earth Helped the Woman

The earth echoes through the religions of the world. Even religions which have explictly rejected...

April 19, 2019

How do Thelemites and Witches celebrate Easter?

Thelemites and Witches generally define ourselves as non-Christian so we wouldn't normally think about celebrating...

April 10, 2019

I will give you a war engine

Ra-Hoor-Khuit speaks: "I will give you a war-engine." It is the high holy days for...

April 09, 2019

Existence is pure joy

Hadit speaks: "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy." It is the high holy...

April 08, 2019

Every man and every woman is a star

Nuit speaks: "Every man and every woman is a star. " It is the high...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

How does spiritual worth look on me?

Does my body demonstrate my spiritual worth? I've been meditating recently on the body as...

March 15, 2019

The body as spiritual focus

The body is a powerful spiritual focus. I take a stretching class at the gym...

March 04, 2019

Questioning my faith

As a Thelemite use the word faith differently than most people do. I don't mean...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Connecting at Pagan Conventions

Going to PantheaCon this year reminded me that connecting is why I go to Pagan...

February 06, 2019

The Value of Diversity in Thelema

At Pantheacon a few years ago I ran a discussion on diversity in Thelema. We...

July 2018

July 02, 2018

Statement from AODA Grand Archdruid About Treatment of Asylum Seekers

I choose to act from Love, in the knowing that I can only truly manifest...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

Is the Term Black Magic Racist?

White light is good. Black magic is evil. We use these terms routinely in everyday...

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