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2016-04-20T21:21:41-08:00

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The Magick of Being Silent

Last updated on: April 20, 2016 at 9:21 pm   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

It’s very easy nowadays to get caught up in the “Information Age.” In a daily feed where you can see people sharing photos of their daily meals, celebrities being open and vocal about mental illnesses/sexual preferences/gender identity, and hot debates about whether or not an issue is making the “media news” and why or why not, it’s hard to imagine that there is information not being shared.* We tend to fall into the frame of space that if it’s something... Read more

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2016-04-11T11:41:14-08:00

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You’re Not a Real Witch

Last updated on: April 11, 2016 at 11:41 am   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

What I do is far more important than what I call myself or what others may call me, and the same goes for everyone else. People’s actions are more important than their labels. Read more

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2016-04-11T11:40:53-08:00

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Crossroad Vision – Or – We’re All Naked At The End

Last updated on: April 11, 2016 at 11:40 am   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

If you find yourself swept up into the next big “best/worst ever,” take a moment to step back and position yourself on the crossroads. Take a good long look in all directions, and breathe in deep. Read more

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2016-03-22T14:34:14-08:00

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The Evolution of Gods

Last updated on: March 22, 2016 at 2:34 pm   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

It was not religious ideas that separated us first, but simply survival. When a group of people thrived in a given area (despite of or in the face of weather, illness, and other propensities of nature), eventually there would come a point where the balance between people and resources would become in jeopardy, and part of the group would need to splinter off and go to a new area.  Being nomadic – migrating with the seasons and animals,  was one... Read more

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2016-03-14T21:00:16-08:00

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The Voice of the Witch

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 9:00 pm   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

  The way of the Witch is not an easy one – nor despite the cyclical brushes of culture limelight, a truly popular one. To be a Witch is to be of the marginal, and for the marginal of society.  This path is often iconoclastic, drawing a route against the grain of the majority.  This truth is nothing new, it’s been this way for centuries, and I would hazard to suspect longer than that, given the patterns of human nature. The... Read more

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2017-07-08T10:24:12-08:00

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The Age of Secrets

Last updated on: July 8, 2017 at 10:24 am   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

I believe that there are no secrets, only revelations. Read more

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2016-03-14T20:58:53-08:00

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Living Tradition

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 8:58 pm   By Laura Tempest Zakroff

Our Witches’ Almanac* lives in the bathroom. This location is pretty much the only guarantee that I will look at it regularly, instead of losing it in my studio.  (Seriously, in a former life, I misplaced past issues for nearly a year, so the bathroom placement is a revelation.) I tend to check in with the monthly calendar, but I particularly revel in opening it to any page and see what comes up – and am nearly always finding new... Read more

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