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May 2025

May 12, 2025

Witches Care for the World

Witches care for the world. We care for ourselves, we care for our people, we...

January 2025

January 10, 2025

Magical Work with White Ancestors

It all started when my therapist recommended ancestor work. I was initially resistant. “My ancestors...

December 2024

December 20, 2024

Instant Yule, A Last Minute Guide

How did it get to be Yule already? It's rather late to be decorating, pulling...

December 26, 2023

The Winter of the Recluse

This winter I've become a recluse. Everything is just hard. Here is what you do...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Rethinking Initiatory Oaths

When I resigned from Ordo Templi Orientis I promised myself I would keep all my...

May 2022

May 03, 2022

The Sun Came Out At Beltane

There’s a sweet scent in the north woods. It’s Beltane and everything is blooming, the...

January 2022

January 01, 2022

Spring Will Rise Again

The year is ending. Let it. This is the magic of change, unmaking and remaking.

September 2021

September 07, 2021

Six Ways My Catholic Upbringing Prepared Me to Be A Witch

It turns out that being Catholic was a good preparation for being a Witch.

July 2021

July 07, 2021

Five things I love about spellcraft and magic craft

I love doing traditional spells and making new ones for my family and friends.

June 2021

June 01, 2021

Remaking Community Connections with Cord Magic

Connections are like threads tying us together. The pandemic frayed those connections. I’m doing cord...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

The Blessing of Uncertainty in the New Year

In 2020 uncertainty developed into a dangerous threat. At the end of the year I...

December 08, 2020

The Forest Is My Salvation

Reconnecting with magic in the forest has been one of the bright spots of the...

November 2020

November 18, 2020

The Demon Is Also Me

What does the world look like when there is no devil, no adversary, when there...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

Magical workings and prayers for peace

I'm involved with a number of private efforts to maintain peace in the world through...

October 12, 2020

Taking Refuge in the Mother

In living Goddess practice she isn't just a picture on the wall, she's tangible, she...

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 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...

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...

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...

July 2019

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...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Creating the Magical Womb

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

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...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Seven Magical Ways to Prepare for Your Own Crossing

Part of dealing with life is facing the fact that it will one day come...

October 24, 2016

Helping a loved one die

I helped someone die this week. It was a sacred privilege. It's Samhain season, the...

May 2016

May 04, 2016

What remembering you on circle means

Whenever a friend talks about some difficulty they are facing in life I ask “can...

October 2015

October 05, 2015

Cultural Appropriation and Theft

Exchange only happens when people are meeting as equals. Who decides what is cultural exchange,...