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October 2017

October 18, 2017

Broken Hearted Samhain

There is so much that I could point out about the world being broken right...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

How to Use Knot Magic in Your Practice

I bet you already know a little knot magic. Some of the most common magic...

September 14, 2017

The Pearl Pentacle – The Work of Many Lifetimes

For me it's about relationships, or maybe more accurately, being in relationship with other people,...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

My Witchcraft Is Wild

I crave rituals unfolding like some crazy magical chaos, not knowing what is happening from...

August 10, 2017

Dark Deities – Can We Be More Specific, Please?

Fear and a fear of darkness have implications that cross right over from the mythic...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Lammas , Lugnasad and Harvest Celebrations

Was there a holiday called Lammas in ancient Pagan Britain? Probably not. Were there celebrations...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

Elements Of Magic – Becoming Air, Magic, Breath

I am breath. I am chaotic. I am whispers on the wind. My thoughts can...

March 01, 2017

A Case For Anger And Magic

Sorry to tell you, but witchcraft was not born out of the need to make...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

The Magician – Tarot For Today

It seems almost sacrilege to admit this, but I am not a tarot witch. I'm...

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...

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...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

13 Reasons It’s Cool To Be A Witch

There is nothing better than feeling the glow of the full moon shining off your...

August 09, 2016

Barely Polytheist

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

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Grounding – You Have To Be Here First

Nothing brings you present and helps you to ground into the moment like paying attention...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

What Happens When The Magic Stops?

Somewhere a few hundreds words ago I wrote "I practiced magic and then I stopped."...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Pagan Tattoos – Devotion In Ink

The needles feel like they are piercing me from the inside out and the buzzing...

April 2016

April 17, 2016

Pagan Burnout – Pagan Blessings

I allow myself to feel the anger, the rage, the pain; and I hand it...

April 12, 2016

The Sky Is Not Falling Here.

This Just In – According to the interwebs, it seems that the sky may be...

March 2016

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...

February 09, 2016

Pantheacon – And So It Begins

P-Con is a roiling, bustling, boisterous, intensely earnest and wholly magical temporary village

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 20, 2016

A Ritual For January

We speak out loud as if the Old Year was just a few hundred yards...

December 2015

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...

October 2015

October 06, 2015

Spiraling Into The Center

A spectacular gift to be in the presence of a thousand Pagans, witches and seekers...

October 02, 2015

What Does It Mean To Work With Your Ancestors?

Our ancestors have been as much rowdy as gentile, artistic as bawdy. If we were...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Lammas – Bread Magic

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

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