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September 2025

September 05, 2025

Witchcraft is the flower of the Western Magical Tradition

I’m a Witch and a magician. Can I be both? If so what do I...

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...

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Surprise and Consent in Initiation

I’m not a big fan of surprise. I’ve developed a particular dislike of surprises in...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

The Witch-Magician

I am a Witch and a magician. There are more of us than you might...

July 2022

July 18, 2022

Charles Godfrey Leland, The Grandfather of Witchcraft

I owe Charles Leland an apology. He’s arguably the grandfather of Witchcraft.

May 2022

May 21, 2022

Tips for Magical Beginners

I got to sit on a panel this week sharing tips for beginners, specifically new...

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.

November 2021

November 29, 2021

In Praise of the Wise Old Woman

We need to talk about aging.

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 14, 2020

Wiccan Devotionals Revisited

I'm revisiting an interfaith talk I gave almost three decades ago. It's fascinating to mark...

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...

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...

March 2020

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...

September 2019

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 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...

April 2019

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...

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Shaping the Witch’s body

Magick has been shaped on the able white male body. Right now the people with...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Seven things I learned from Babalon Rising

At Babalon Rising I heard “Thelema is the religion that we are making.”

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...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

Thelema and Witchcraft, Part Two: Aleister Crowley, Witch?

Gerald Gardner met Aleister Crowley in the last year of his life. We know that...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Thelema and Witchcraft: was Gerald Gardner head of the O.T.O.?

Many Witches are unaware how deeply involved Gerald Gardner was with Ordo Templi Orientis. How...