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February 2020

February 21, 2020

Defying Museum Fatigue: 6 Tips to Keep You Going

Ever wondered why you feel so exhausted after visiting a museum? You'd think that as...

November 2019

November 17, 2019

Life Update: The Wandering Witch

As some of you may have noticed, I've taken a step back from writing and...

April 2019

April 16, 2019

An Ode to Notre-Dame de Paris

I mourned yesterday, much like the rest of the world, for the damage done to...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

7 More Reasons to Stop Using the Word “Shaman”

Following the post “6 Reasons to Stop Using the Word Shaman,” I decided to clarify...

March 11, 2019

6 Reasons To Stop Using the Word “Shaman”

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the word shaman out of...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

Groundhog Day: History, Lore, and Weather Divination

Every year on February 2, news channels across the country broadcast from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (fun...

January 19, 2019

Göbekli Tepe: The Worlds First Temple

Göbekli Tepe is one of the most enigmatic archaeological sites discovered in recent years. Located...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Artist Feature: Wings of Sin

I am counting down the weeks till Yule by featuring some of my favorite pagan...

October 2018

October 15, 2018

A Trip to America’s Stonehenge

In the residential recesses of Salem, New Hampshire lies a most unlikely monument- America's very...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

How Do You Worship the Gods In a Museum?

For those that have been following my trip on Instagram, you’ll know that I’m about...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

Responsible tourism for witches and pagans

Respecting Sacred Spaces In my years of traveling and working as a crew leader for...

June 04, 2018

Travel Magick: Advice for Witches on the Move

It’s that time of the year when most of us are taking a vacation. Perhaps...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Death Becomes Her: How Loss Led Me to the Morrigan

I wondered for years why I felt called to The Morrigan. I'm not a soldier...

April 2018

April 23, 2018

Beltane- Is it actually a fire festival?

Beltane is one of the four (or eight, depending on the person) major Neo-Pagan

March 2018

March 05, 2018

A 2000 year old wall in New Zealand?

Deep in the bush south of Lake Taupo, New Zealand lies a mysterious stone wall...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

New to Paganism? 5 Books to Get You Started

When I first became interested in paganism, I remember looking around for resources and being...

February 23, 2018

I went to a ritual with the Morrigan and I'm still not sure what happened

Last weekend I attended Pantheacon in San Jose, CA. It is always an amazing and...

February 02, 2018

Groundhog Day is actually an old pagan divination holiday

Every year on February 2, news channels across the country broadcast from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania where...

January 2018

January 14, 2018

Pantheacon 101: How to Survive Your First Con

It’s the most wonderful time of the year...Pantheacon season is almost upon us! For those...

January 11, 2018

Reclaiming the sacred sites of the Twin Cities

Exploring the Sacred within Mississippi National River and Recreation Area As an American of Swedish...

January 06, 2018

How come no one talks about racism in the Salem Witch Trials?

The Salem Witch Trials are one of the most notorious events in the history of...

December 2017

December 12, 2017

Sankta Lucia: The Survival of a Nordic Sun Goddess

In Pre-Christian Scandinavia, the sun was represented as a solar goddess-Sol or Sunna. She is...

December 07, 2017

Mary- a mother goddess?

The concept of a mother goddess is one as old as humanity itself. Much of...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

Is witchcraft evil? and other common misconceptions

This post was prompted by an interaction I had in one of my classes last...

November 02, 2017

How to start honoring your ancestors

The word ancestor comes from the Latin words ante(before) and cedere(to go); meaning the ones...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

The Greatest Halloween Special Ever

Stop everything you're doing and watch this. It's a 1974 interview with Tom Snyder featuring...

October 17, 2017

Understanding Ancestor Veneration

As we move towards Samhain and the thinning of the veil, one of the things...

October 03, 2017

I heard the call of the Morrígan. This is what I did.

I can’t remember when I first heard of the Morrígan. All I know is that...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

A Year and a Day With the Temple of Witchcraft

As of this past week, I have formally submitted my final homework for Witchcraft One...

September 29, 2017

Best Witch Movies for the Halloween Season

The Wicker Man (1973) Probably my favorite ‘pagan’ movie of all time. It features a...