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February 2021

February 22, 2021

Hyssop – The Best Magickal Herb

For spiritual purposes I highly recommend hyssop as a cleansing and purification ally. Here are...

February 14, 2021

A Quick Magickal Shower

Magick, water, ritual - Count me in. But sometimes I need a quick magickal fix...

December 2020

December 05, 2020

How Braised Cabbage Made Me A Better Witch

I found my own way to cabbage through experimenting with vinegar and apples and red...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

House Magick: How To Leave A Home

We collected the magick we'd placed when we first moved in and bolstered ever since....

May 2020

May 15, 2020

Processing Collective Grief

You don't have to be psychic or an empath to connect to the collective energies...

May 11, 2020

5 Ways To Use Salt In Your Magickal Practice

At its roots Witchcraft is about working with what you've got, which is another reason...

April 2020

April 06, 2020

Famous Pagan Pics. Well, Sort Of…

We decided to recreate pictures of famous Pagans, Occultists, and Witches with our own little...

March 2020

March 20, 2020

Kitchen Witchery: Easy Vegetable Stock

I love to use all the left over bits and pieces when I make vegetable...

March 16, 2020

Self Care, Magic, & Social Distancing

I started making my morning shower and sweeping the kitchen floor and making pots of...

March 03, 2020

A Classic Love Spell

As with most love spell magick, be careful what you ask for, you just might...

February 2020

February 19, 2020

Witch, Know Thyself

Written above the entrance at the temple of Delphi are the words "know thyself". What...

February 13, 2020

PantheaCon: Sorry (Not Sorry) To See You Go

PantheaCon is both a shining beacon of what is good and great and wonderful about...

January 2020

January 09, 2020

A Devotional For Athena

Find a book of mythology or any resource you have and find some tale of...

January 01, 2020

The Magick Of Food – Rituals, Offerings, & Why We Eat Together

If I was able to articulate one human emotion associated with the act of eating...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

Samhain and Beloved Pets

At Samhain when we call upon our beloved dead, it isn't just humans that we...

October 14, 2019

The Scent of Magick

After working a full day at my shop, I get home smelling of candle smoke...

September 2019

September 03, 2019

The Magic Of Mountains

Mountains directly impact the people, animals, and the very land simply by their omnipresence. Imagine...

August 2019

August 31, 2019

The Magical Practice Of Singing

Singing is part of my regular magical practice. I've discovered insights about my magic, how...

August 16, 2019

The History of a Goddess

When entering into relationship with a spirit, entity, Goddess, we have to ask what our...

August 13, 2019

Dinner & Drinks With Dionysus (Mostly Drinks)

I set two plates and two glasses. One for me. One for Dionysus. I piled...

August 06, 2019

Kitchen Witchery: Old Ways & New Magic

As it turns out, much of what we think are the "old ways" are really...

August 01, 2019

Kitchen Witchery: The Connection Between Food & Magic

It's no big secret that a big part of my craft practice centers around food....

July 2019

July 29, 2019

In Granny’s House: A Story About Pie & Belonging

She saved every greasy spoonful of bacon fat to dress a salad, cook greens, or...

July 18, 2019

Pagan Mood Music

Music is one of the best ways for me to alter my consciousness. The right...

July 10, 2019

The Most Powerful Spell

Be mindful of what you think because your thoughts become your words. Be mindful of...

July 05, 2019

Five Pillars Of Kitchen Witchery

There's a lot that goes into kitchen witchery as a practice. Cooking, growing, mindfulness, hospitality,...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Summer Witchin’ – Reveling In The Summer Sun

It's my plan to swan about at least once a month, and better it be...

June 11, 2019

Working with Deities

The how and why doesn't really matter because belief requires some amount of faith. Faith...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Hometown Magic: Witchin’ Downtown

There's a particular magic that happens living and working in a small town. Sometimes our...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

What’s Your Most Influential Pagan Book?

Could you name the one Pagan book that most influenced your path? We asked Witches,...

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