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December 2020

December 16, 2020

Yule 2020: After The Darkness Comes The Light And We Must Embrace It

How will Yule 2020 be different from all other Yules? What can we do to...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance As A Pagan Or Polytheist

What is Trans Day of Remembrance about? How does one honor it as a pagan...

October 2020

October 23, 2020

COVID, Samhain, And You: Why This Year Is Different

Samhain will be a LOT different this year, and this will both be profound and...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

Tips For Perfectionist Witches And Pagans During COVID

We're all undergoing a collective traumatic experience. Those inclined to be a perfectionist about their...

September 25, 2020

Pumpkin Spice Latte Spellwork For Caffeinated Witchcraft

It's the little things like having a pumpkin spice latte that are holding us together...

July 2020

July 27, 2020

Beyond Bread Baking: How To Cope With Lammas During COVID

I blogged before about COVID-19 and surviving now, thriving later. For Lammas, a wheat harvest...

April 2020

April 29, 2020

Beltaine: Is It Virtually Impossible To Do It Virtually?

Is it virtually impossible to do Beltaine virtually? How are we all going to honor...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Working Remotely: Making Distant Group Ritual Work For You

Doing group ritual regardless of distance between the participants, is this at all possible? Sure!...

March 11, 2020

Spiritual Hygiene And Safety In The Age Of Coronavirus

Coronavirus got your coven, grove, or spiritual group down? Here are some suggestions for ritual...

December 2019

December 17, 2019

Should Yule Or Winter Solstice Be The Actual Pagan New Year?

Some mark Samhain as the pagan new year, but what about Yule or Winter Solstice?...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

When Is Samhain? What Is Astrological Versus Astronomical Samhain?

Samhain is always on October 31st, right? Actually there are a few dates to choose...

October 02, 2019

Pagan Autumn: Ways For Pagans And Polytheists To Best Appreciate Fall

How can we best appreciate pagan autumn? What do I even mean by "pagan autumn"?...

December 2018

December 18, 2018

Honoring The Winter Solstice As A Modern Hellenist

How do Hellenists/Greek polytheists honor the winter solstice in the modern world? For those of...

December 17, 2018

Review: The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Holiday Special

"Satan bless us, every one." My review of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's...

December 16, 2018

Review: Witches’ Almanac Spring 2019 “Animals: Friends and Familiars”

How about that Witches' Almanac for 2019? Here's my review of their latest publication, themed...

December 12, 2018

Yule Shopping? What To Get For The Witch Or Pagan Who Has Everything

Having difficulty doing holiday shopping for the witches, pagans, polytheists, and general occultists in your...

December 10, 2018

There’s No Place Like Polytheism And Paganism For The Holidays

What do polytheists and pagans do around the holidays? Well, that obviously depends on the...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Celebrating Hermes, Messenger God & Guide Of Souls, On Samhain

Hermes is known for not just being a god of travelers and for communication, but...

October 18, 2018

Honoring Hekate, Queen Of Ghosts And The Restless Dead, At Samhain

Hekate is not only a goddess of witchcraft, but was traditionally associated with liminal spaces,...

October 17, 2018

On Samhain For Some, The Dead Are Not Silent–They Speak And They Are Loud

Samhain is traditionally when we honor the dead, but some of us naturally have a...

October 15, 2018

Life After Life: Honoring The Ancestors And Our Dead At Samhain

Honoring the dead and our ancestors on Samhain can be as simple or as elaborate...

October 13, 2018

Descent And Ascent: Persephone Claiming Her Throne At Samhain

In modern traditions based on ancient lore, Persephone descends to the underworld, but ascends to...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

The Descent Of Persephone: Honoring The Autumnal Equinox

The fall equinox was the time when Persephone's descent into the underworld was celebrated, and...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Beyond Fertility: The Cycle Of Life, Death, Nature, And Sacrifice

Fertility is so much more than just baby-making, and has intense importance in many pagan...

July 22, 2018

Honoring Lammas As A Greek Polytheist: Celebrating First Fruits

As a modern day Hellenist, I feel that the neo-Pagan wheel of the year and...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Summer Solstice In Ancient Greek And Modern Times

How have ancient Greeks celebrated the summer solstice, and what are ways that modern Hellenists...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Why I Really Hate And Despise Beltaine But Not Beltaine

Why am I of two minds about Beltaine? Why do I really, really hate Beltaine?...

March 2018

March 07, 2018

She Comes, She Comes! Kore Returns: Spring Equinox For Hellenists

Kore, best known as the goddess Persephone, returns to us in the springtime. How can...