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April 2019

April 03, 2019

The Goddess That Showed Up And What Happened Next

In some cases, the calling of the gods isn't much more than reciting their names...

December 2018

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,...

September 2017

September 18, 2017

Autumn Equinox – Finding Equilibrium on the Mountain Top

Standing in the full moonlight of the Autmun Equinox, speaking what is true and hard...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Goddess Ablaze – Where Are My Ruby Slippers?

So much trouble and heartache could have been avoided for dear Dorothy Gale, if only...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

After The Election – We Are Still Here

We witches are in the margins and here we are likely to remain, but it’s...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Medusa: Where Do I Go From Here?

In their clay covered bodies I saw the places I am stone. In their agonized...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

Lammas – Struggling With Abundance

I'm all for reveling in abundance. Abundance is great. I like abundance a lot. But...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

Summer Solstice -I Want To Stand In The Sun

I want to stand in the full light of the sun My arms wide open,...

June 02, 2016

What Happens When The Magic Stops?

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

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...

April 17, 2016

Pagan Burnout – Pagan Blessings

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

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...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Ritual Drumming – Cultivating Ecstasy

Picture this – A grove, deep in the woods, lit by a raging bonfire. The...

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...

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