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March 2018

March 07, 2018

The Fallacy of Black or White Magick

In my recent post "4 Things People Confuse in Witchcraft That Drive Me Crazy" I...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

4 Things People Confuse in Witchcraft That Drive Me Crazy

So here are some things that I constantly run across online where people are often...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Inflating Vs. Distilling Witchcraft

"Sometimes you have to read between the Blavatsky."

January 25, 2018

Witching in the Space Between Virgin and Whore

Human beings have a tendency to view things as either being A or Z, black...

January 24, 2018

Becoming Aradia

I know Aradia was real.

January 15, 2018

The Seed of Greatness

What is the seed of greatness? The occult world is full of myth and folklore...

January 11, 2018

The Question To Ask: Are We Doing Better?

When turmoil happens in the macrocosm, so goes the microcosm as well. So it's not...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Winter Solstice – Burn It Down

Now is not the time to passively expect the light to return - we can...

December 05, 2017

Welcome to the Conspiracy

Let me let you in on a little secret. There is indeed a conspiracy happening...

December 04, 2017

An Attempt at Holiday Witchery

In which I turned to art to reconsider the winter holidays...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

One Year Later: The Power Sigil Helps Us Power On

It's a small thing, barely 3" across - but it has become so much larger...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Navigating the Witch’s Maze in Dark Times

When confronted with a puzzle, there's a compulsion to explore, maybe get lost for a...

September 2017

September 17, 2017

Strange Bedfellows or Speed Dating With the Deities

It's a question I see asked on a regular basis. How do I pick which...

September 11, 2017

The Witch Is Not a Victim

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with admitting you've been hit hard by life in...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

Is My Vagina* Magick?

When I was a Witchlet, I swung pretty hard to Goddess side of things. Which...

August 22, 2017

Immediate Witchcraft: Flying With My Feet On the Ground

But perhaps the most beautiful thing about Immediate Witchcraft - and about being a Witch...

August 16, 2017

The Only Choice Is To Fight Nazis (Part 2)

My words crystallized their deepest fear: that I could see they were insecure and vulnerable....

August 16, 2017

The Only Choice Is To Fight Nazis (Part I)

There is no safe space, no place to hide, no place to be silent. There...

August 09, 2017

Dark Deities Aren’t Getting Popular – They’re Necessary

But there's a more profound reason why "dark" deities are becoming more and more visible:...

July 2017

July 08, 2017

I Didn’t Find the Witch Life, the Witch Life Found me…

I have yet to come up with a succinct Witch "origin story." You know, one...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

My Witchcraft Is…(A Poetry of Contradictions)

I'm currently on the road for my book tour, but I decided to take a...

April 2017

April 13, 2017

The Gods Who Come With Us

I listened. Then I lay back on the table, hair sprawling out, and looked up...

April 06, 2017

One God, A Multitude of Jerks?

A few months ago, probably in response to an onslaught of political insanity and world...

April 05, 2017

What’s In A Pword?

The other day I spotted a friend using "pword" in their vernacular, another friend messaged...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Witchcraft is Cookies

I swear, the things that come out of my mouth when I'm teaching. Which then...

March 10, 2017

Discovering The Truth of Myth

Have you ever found yourself asking, "Is this person trolling or are they really that...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

The Elegant Curse

When asked "what is cursing?" most people will reply with one of the two following...

February 07, 2017

Flood: An Anthem Album For Our Times?

As I was falling asleep late last night, trying to win back space on the...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

A Different Cut: The Witch on the Edge

Getting back to our series on looking at the essence of being a Witch series....refer back to...

January 27, 2017

Witch Theology: The Sacredness of the Now

Occasionally I am asked about my theology as a Witch - especially what about the...

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