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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...

December 2019

December 11, 2019

what is remembered lives: grappling with loss in the midst of the white island tragedy

As I write this, I am struggling to understand how my beautiful friend Hayden Marshall-Inman...

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...

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...

March 04, 2019

Review: Witchbody by Sabrina Scott

What do you call someone who shows you that you don’t have to look elsewhere...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

Lost in Transcription: On the Difficulty of Writing Oral Narratives

As a pagan and as an anthropology student, I spend a lot of time reading...

December 2018

December 11, 2018

The Pagan Origins of the Yule Goat

In Sweden, the Julbok, is a goat that delivers presents alongside the Jultomte on Christmas...

November 2018

November 20, 2018

Artist Feature: Opal Moon Designs

Those that know me are well aware of my passion for beautiful, quality clothing. I...

October 2018

October 06, 2018

When the ancestors say #metoo

I was named after my maternal great-great-grandmother, Julia Penelope. She passed on over a hundred...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

10 Highlights from Templefest 2018

I just got back from attending Templefest, the annual weekend event put on by the...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Eclipses: The End of the World As We Know It?

I recently read an article claiming that this month’s full lunar eclipse occurring on July...

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...

July 06, 2018

Making Offerings at Sacred Places

As paganism has grown exponentially in the past 100 or so years, so too have...

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...

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

April 04, 2018

Ancient Asheville

My brother moved to Asheville a couple of years ago. I’ve been meaning to visit...

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...

January 2018

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 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...

September 28, 2017

The Black Madonna and the remnants of ancient pagan belief

This past summer I spent 6 weeks exploring France. Throughout my travels here, I have...