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January 2022

January 02, 2022

Presenting at The Gathering Paths Conference

I will be giving three presentations at The Gathering Paths conference 2022: Nonbinary Ritual, Animistic...

May 2021

May 05, 2021

Nonbinary Magic for All at BTV Conference

Nonbinary magic is for anyone, of any gender, and any path, for there is a...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Making Room for Anger in Your Life and Practice

Anger is an incredibly powerful emotion that can facilitate amazing transformations, but can also be...

April 20, 2021

Discussing Animism with Mistery’s Mystical Cupboard

I was recently a guest on Mistery's Mystical Cupboard discussing animism, what it is, reincarnation,...

April 02, 2021

Cats Can Teach Us Many Fantastic Spiritual and Personal Lessons

When observing cats, we can learn a lot about how different dynamics, actions, and attitudes...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

Exploring Animism as a Natural Human Impulse

Animism places us within a massive, interconnected world that is brimming with independent entities who...

March 21, 2021

Video of CTCW’s Otherworldly on Speaking Ill of the Dead

Sidney Eileen was the guest on CTCW Otherworldly on speaking ill of the dead. If...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Trauma Response and Trying to Find Joy

Navigating trauma response is not easy. There is no one answer to the problem of...

February 03, 2021

What Exactly Is the Point of Divination Anyway?

Divination is one of the few fundamentally human activities found anywhere and anywhen. Buy why do...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

The Trap of Waiting for Perfection Before Acting

You can never be certain that everything will go perfectly, so if you wait until...

January 18, 2021

Working With Fear as a Positive Force for Good

If we are conscientious and deliberate, we can work with fear to choose responses and...

January 11, 2021

Practicing Loving Honesty Instead of Brutal Honesty

It is important to be completely honest with yourself, at all times. I believe that...

January 04, 2021

Why “Haters Mean I am Doing Something Right” Is Wrong

Sure, having haters does not inherently mean you are doing something wrong, but it also...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

The Paradox of Estrangement in the Time of COVID-19

It creates a paradox of conflicting emotions to be worried, and yet know that it...

December 23, 2020

What Chronic Pain Can Teach Us About Avoiding Shadow Work

Doing shadow work is hard. Managing chronic pain is hard. Both have less negative impact on quality...

December 18, 2020

Winter Solstice and Finding Balance in Extremes

As an extreme, the winter solstice can teach us a great deal about how to...

December 07, 2020

Spiritual & Practical Reasons to Have an Artificial Yule Tree

It may seem counter-intuitive to include a plastic tree as a sincere spiritual component of...

December 01, 2020

Finding Confidence and Direction as a Pagan Blogger

Since I became a pagan blogger, at times I have drowned in doubt. I finally have...

December 01, 2020

Tarot Spread for Problem Solving and Shadow Work

This tarot spread was created for when anxiety, lack of confidence, or misperception creates an...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

Toxic Forgiveness and Warring Definitions of Forgiveness

Instead of promoting healing, toxic forgiveness usually gives perpetrators a free pass on bad behavior...

November 04, 2020

Heal the Nation? I am Braced for Wounds Yet to Come.

I desperately want this to be over, and to be able to move on to...

November 02, 2020

The Interplay of Baneful and Blessing Magic

Harm and benefit are not absolute universal values, and the magics we weave can and...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

May Samhain Blessings be Upon the World

I do not feel much like celebrating Samhain this year, but there is a great...

October 26, 2020

Is It Fate, Cause and Effect, Coincidence, or Self-Determination?

How the events of our lives shape reality is a complicated mess of interrelations, cause...

October 20, 2020

Why I Do Not Formally Venerate My Ancestors

These are my personal reasons for not formally venerating my ancestors, and some things I...

October 06, 2020

Embodiment – The Magic of Claiming Ownership of Your Body

Claiming unconditional ownership of your own body has profound positive implications for mental, emotional, physical,...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

25 Forms of Banishing – A Versatile Tool in Witchcraft

Banishing is used across all forms of magic. It is a loss that is welcome...

September 22, 2020

Beyond Magical Names – Many Names for Many Reasons

Names, even magical names, are mutable and can change over time as we and our...

September 15, 2020

Transient Balance and Duality of the Equinoxes – Mabon and Ostara

The equinoxes are a balance of day and night and a duality of spring and...

September 08, 2020

An Introduction to the Craft of Blessing Magic

Understanding and learning how to effectively use the versatility of blessing magic is worthwhile, especially...