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March 2021

March 03, 2021

Discovering Your Spiritual Allies

The truth is that we all have many spiritual allies. These may come in the...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Samhain Supper For Two

Samhain is a busy time for The Witches Next Door. On Samhain night itself, before...

May 2019

May 16, 2019

Hey Gents – Let’s Talk About Abortion

Speak up gents. You might not realise it gents, but this is your fight too....

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Coven Break Ups

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

May 2018

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 18, 2018

Leadership Versus Leaders. The Difference Matters.

I'm much more interested in people who are willing to step into leadership than I...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

The Witches Next Door – Our Five Favourite Posts Of 2017

The Witches Next Door listed our favourite blogs. A few were super well received, others,...

January 2017

January 03, 2017

An Old Tradition For The New Year

Every plate, every bowl, every packet of tea and jar of spice was deliberated over...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

Depression – Buckets, Spoons, And Hatchets

I'm working to see depression as a part of my overall experience of life and...

November 2016

November 08, 2016

In Perfect Love And Perfect Trust

I’ve learned something that may be counter-intuitive about perfect love and perfect trust. I don’t...

October 2016

October 21, 2016

I’m a Hysterical Woman

I was inundated with messages from the world around me that taught me being emotional...

October 13, 2016

Depression – Inside And Out

I have a hundred ways to hide Depression from you and Depression demands that I...

September 2016

September 03, 2016

The Power Of Choosing My Name

If someone you know and care about changes their name, no matter what you think...

August 2016

August 09, 2016

Barely Polytheist

For some folks devotion comes first. I can understand that. But is that the only...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

An Altar, A Tree And Devotion

This basic witch craft 101 ritual allows for a few moments of deeply, sensuously connecting...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Losing Persephone. Becoming Demeter.

As my children have grown up and left home my relationship to parenting has changed....

March 15, 2016

Walking The Talk – Personal Integrity

Integrity is about doing what you said you were going to do. Walking your talk....

March 04, 2016

I Am A Pagan – Let The Rant Begin

I am a Pagan. I live my life, raise my children, approach my livelihood, manage...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

PantheaCon – The Rite of Great Collaboration

PCon can be a great place for like-minded folk to connect, collaborate, and share best...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Imbolc In The Reclaiming Tradition

Outside of initiatory oaths and our personal vows to each other, these pledges are the...

January 22, 2016

Creating Your Own Rituals & Daily Practices

Rituals can be wonderfully complicated, requiring tools and incantations and over the top locations and...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

The Year That Was 2015

We said goodbye to some loved ones and made new friends and cultivated community and...

December 16, 2015

A Pagan Christmas – Eat, Drink And Be Merry

Okay, okay! We get it. Christmas is all about celebrating the birth Christ and what...

December 01, 2015

Pagan Practices – Telling Stories

I tell stories about workshops and rituals and WitchCamps and festivals and that one time...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

It’s Mabon – Or Something Like That

And here’s the thing about Mabon - We’re not all that concerned with what the...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Pagan Prayers Gladly Accepted

Community showed up and offered to help in whatever ways they could. We are an...

August 20, 2015

Why I Am Still A “Community” Witch

Community is a place where I can go for support. Community is real people that...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Lammas – Bread Magic

Lammas may reach back into Pagan European Harvest rituals and clearly the word “Lughnasadh” has...

July 13, 2015

Baba Yaga – A Week Lost in The Woods

I just spent a week in the redwoods with more than one hundred witches. We...

July 08, 2015

Sex – It’s All About Sex with Pagans, Right?

By and large, the Pagan community we’ve come to know, is willing to have frank...

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