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January 2024

January 30, 2024

Medusa as a Modern Deity of the Arts

We are beyond the point of passive muses, we need a force to be reckoned...

August 2023

August 23, 2023

Donut Revelations or the Rise of the Gnomes

Sometimes I think the Universe is yelling at us in giant billboards and bright lights...

September 2021

September 22, 2021

A Witch’s Walk of Balance

The Equinoxes always signify change for me. They are points of no return, because you...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

Welcome to the Time of the Ascending Star

Sometimes we look for signs and sometimes they look for us. Oftentimes we make those...

December 2020

December 17, 2020

Winter Solstice – Embrace the Shadows

The year to come will bring a lot of change. While most may not be...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

6 Minutes of Witchcraft: About those Veils…

It's that time of year again - when folks wax poetic about the "thinning of...

July 2020

July 20, 2020

Magical Resistance: Queen Nanny of the Maroons

Not only was Queen Nanny a 18th century freedom fighter, but she was also a...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

6 Minutes of Witchcraft: The Truth of Myth

Myth plays a very important role in Witchcraft. But when we start to take myths...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

A Witch in Fantasyland

What does it mean when a Witch feels out of place in Fantasyland? What is...

January 16, 2020

Witch, Are You Even Listening?

Inspiration comes from the oddest of places sometimes. Then again, the universe speaks in mysterious...

December 2019

December 13, 2019

A Witch’s Yuletide: Making the Mari Lwyd

Possessed by the spirits of Yuletide present and homeownership, a Witch creates a little artful...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

A Witch In Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

We tend to think of sacred sites as things that are ancient, but not everything...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

August is Cauldron Month (Tempest-style)!

I present to you: a calendar of Cauldrons - inspiration for every day in August!...

July 23, 2019

6 Minutes of Witchcraft: Rethinking the Threefold Law

I know, I know, how many times we can talk about the "Threefold Law" right? ...

July 17, 2019

A Witch’s Hunch About Avebury – Intersecting Time & Tradition

This would be my second trip to Avebury and Nathan's first. I was really excited...

July 10, 2019

Majesty & Madness at the Museum

...as I walked the halls of the British Museum, this ouroboros kept circling my mind....

May 2019

May 06, 2019

A Witch’s Overland Odyssey

It was a strange trip that seemed otherwordly, and I'm still not quite sure how...

January 2019

January 17, 2019

The Super Amazing Blood Wolf-Storm Moon Thingie

So the nice folks over at Refinery29 asked me about my thoughts on the "Super...

December 2018

December 14, 2018

An Interview with the OG Wyrd Sisters – The Fates!

The following is a partial transcript from a recent episode of Liminal Dreamspace RayDio.

December 12, 2018

Taking Tea in Baba Yaga’s Hut

As the days become shorter, the winds change their tune, and the trees become bare,...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

Connecting With Spirit (My Art on a Magazine Cover + Giveaway)

A little backstory about some cover art + a giveaway!

September 2018

September 18, 2018

Witches, It is Time For a New Myth.

It's time for a new myth - one that we actually need.

September 10, 2018

Oh White Dude Magic

In that moment, the issues of elitism among certain magicians/occultists, patriarchal tunnel-vision interpretations/opinions on history

September 04, 2018

Presenting The Ultimate Witch Kit (TM)

Well, how the heck do you get one? I'm glad you asked.

July 2018

July 25, 2018

Baba Yaga Gets A Painting

One important thing to know and remember: you don't argue with Baba Yaga. "You need...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

The Power of the Quiet Witch

Often true in both art & the Craft, the quieter the work/worker, the deeper &...

May 14, 2018

Meeting God Should Not Be a Threat

A word to the wise - if we're on a roadtrip together, and I'm the...

May 04, 2018

Be the Witch (I Know You Are)

Be the Witch (I know you are) Treading upon the earth Each step a testament...

March 2018

March 11, 2018

One Order of Witchcraft Medium-Rare, Hold the Gods please

I recently polled young and/or beginning practitioners about their most pressing questions about Witchcraft. The...

March 08, 2018

In The Witch’s House, Weird is Normal and Normal is Weird.

Sometimes you really don't know how weird you are, until the outside world stops by.

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