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December 2018

December 14, 2018

Winter Solstice Chamomile

An elder of mine taught that Chamomile is the herb of the Winter Solstice. It...

December 12, 2018

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Or A God?

There's a giant of a ghost in the adjoining room along with seasonal greenery, turkeys,...

December 07, 2018

Elements of Magic – 10 Years Later

When I first took Elements I'd been practicing solo and in small groups for fifteen...

December 03, 2018

Winter Solstice Magick

This isn't about light and dark or day and night. This is about glowing. Stepping...

December 01, 2018

Saturnalia Wine: Get It While It’s Hot

This is a sweet, sweet, sweet, concoction so sip rather than gulp...Or gulp, no judgement...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

The Joy In Magic: Work, Play & Having Fun

There's an exceedingly high chance that all is not dandy for you but having a...

November 13, 2018

You Are Your Own Spiritual Authority

Why do you need another person to authenticate your beliefs or practices? Sure, maybe you...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Coven Break Ups

Coven dynamics are already complicated. In coven we know a lot about each other; the...

October 16, 2018

13 Lazy Ways to Celebrate Samhain

If you are finding yourself a bit lazy this year, here are 13 lazy ways...

October 08, 2018

Anne of Green Gables is a Witch

As a kid I wanted to be her so badly. I wanted to be her...

October 06, 2018

Spirits of Place

Spirits of Place are the unseen energies, or entities, that dwell in the same places...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Spiritual Growing Pains

Spiritual growing pains are an important indicator that something is not right in our spiritual...

September 10, 2018

Fluffy Bunny Witchcraft is Good

The thing that irritates me about the term fluffy bunny, is it leads to a...

September 09, 2018

You’re Not Cursed

I talk to a lot of people who think they have been cursed. When someone...

September 04, 2018

3 Unconventional Witchcraft Tools To Enhance Your Practice

There's a good chance that if you are a practicing pagan, witch, druid, polytheist, heathen,...

August 2018

August 18, 2018

Witchcraft Done Wrong

One of the things I hear over and over again is this: "I'm afraid to...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

What if Love is Not the Law?

Yes, love can make us care for others, but love also hurts. The highest highs...

July 18, 2018

Self Preservation in Witchcraft

Selfish; also meaning self-centered. Sure, selfishness can be totally problematic. However, to be self-centered is...

July 11, 2018

Discernment – The Most Powerful Tool

There are times that we do spell work with friends, coven mates, partners, in classes...

July 07, 2018

To Keep Silent

Talking about your magickal workings diffuses the power of that magick. When you first complete...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

What To Do When Spells Go Wrong

You’ve got the right candles, herbs, curios, tarot cards, crystals, incense, yadda yadda yadda. You...

June 10, 2018

Exploring Daily Practice

During my workouts I would get clear communication, like I would from a trance journey....

June 07, 2018

Circe – A Witch Guide

And just like all the Goddesses that are painted with the brush of being too...

June 07, 2018

Save The West Berkeley Shellmound

We, the undersigned members of the San Francisco, North Bay, and East Bay (and international)...

June 06, 2018

Flash Vs. Substance – Leadership in the Pagan Community

One of the most powerful, skilled, and talented witches I know has no social media...

June 04, 2018

Reading Tarot – Three Card Spread

Traditionally the placement of the cards in a three card spread is connected to specific...

May 2018

May 20, 2018

Witchy As F*ck – #WAF

As witches everything we do is witchy, but sometimes a ritual can be so magickal,...

May 18, 2018

Magic In The Office – 3 Sneaky Things I Really Do At Work

Someone asked me once, at the end of a project, if I was a magician...

May 06, 2018

The Ordinary Life Of A Witch – Dishes, Dinner, & Devotion

Devotion can look a thousand different ways. It could be something as ordinary as making...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

A Beltane Poem – Quite Possibly The Worst One Ever

Re-reading pieces I wrote in my teens, designed to woo someone into my supersized waterbed,...

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