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July 2018

July 21, 2018

Spell Books, Training Manuals and Treatises

The importance of Pagan books. In the West, the image of a wizard with his...

July 14, 2018

Three Gates to Transformation

The Three Gates are the ways that we, practitioners, enter the Path of Transformation. It is...

July 07, 2018

Pagan Tribalism in America

America's tribalism is tearing the country apart, and (sometimes it seems) us with it. The...

June 2018

June 16, 2018

Three Essentials of Daily Practice

Getting started with daily practice is hard. I will not deny that. I know the...

June 09, 2018

The Path of Transformation

Real change. It's the hardest thing in the world, and the best reason to step...

June 02, 2018

Spiritual Anatomy: Never Mind

Mind, body, and spirit; these are ideas we take for granted. We are taught to...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

How to Make a Wizard’s Staff

The Wizard's staff is far more than a big wand. While it might have started...

May 19, 2018

Making and Using Magical Tools

Magic is a craft, and every craftsman has his tools. Finding the right tool for...

May 13, 2018

Modern Myth: The Wizard of the Mounds

While everyone remembers Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian, we might not remember Mako's Wizard of...

May 04, 2018

Lost Wisdom: The Journeyman

Though there is no guild stopping us from claiming the title, in truth most of...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Six Hundred Days

Yesterday was the day. I have completed six hundred days of "daily practice." I write fairly...

April 20, 2018

Daily Practice: Train for Success

It is a big universe out there, and there is nothing we can do that...

April 14, 2018

Becoming Magic

Being chosen is not the only path to practicing magic. Some are chosen. Some begin...

April 07, 2018

The Great Work, Nine to Five

Work. The daily grind. The rat race. There are a lot of ways we describe...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: Animal Wisdom

Animals have not forgotten the geography of the real. They know things that we either...

March 08, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Formula of Mastery

What we need most is often the exact same thing that is hardest for us...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: Dignity for Dunces

If we want to have more than naked power, and earn the respect of others,...

February 13, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Future of Paganism

Paganism is a social revitalization movement. It is a return to some semblance of older...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: Groundhog Day Revelations

The lesson is simple. If you’re waiting for a leader, it’s you.

January 29, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: Lie like a Magician

This is not an admonition against lying. The world of magic is a place for...

January 16, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: The First Disciplined Step

Self-discipline is not a skill that can simply be learned. It must be grown.

January 04, 2018

The Other Side of the Hedge: Street Magic and Magic Theory

Street magic is necessary for theory. The practical is the field of training. We must...

November 2017

November 20, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: What Harry Potter Got Right (and X-Men: Apocalypse Got Wrong)

The Ministry of Magic was an admission that people who don’t do magic don’t trust...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Defining Paganism

By defining “Pagan” we’re learning who we are – and who we’re not. Defining Paganism...

October 09, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Four Hundred Days

There are a number of ways to begin our spiritual training. We can join a...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: A Deep Dive on Orthopraxy and Immanence

The Pagan community pays more than occasional lip service to the idea that modern Western...

September 05, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Witchhack

We feel intuitively that the closer we are to the creation of a magical tool,...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: True Discipline

True discipline comes from neither rule nor iron rod. It is not something we learn,...

August 14, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Don’t Panic

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the moment and forget the simple power of...

August 07, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Magic Is in You

We must abandon the self-help movement, step away from comforting gods, and throw ourselves into...

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