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November 2025

November 07, 2025

A Witch’s Funeral Rite For Release and Remembrance

Samhain is the Witch’s season of endings and beginnings — when we face death as...

November 21, 2024

A Witch’s Baneful Rune

Today as I continued work on my next book manuscript on Lunar Witchcraft, I took...

September 2022

September 18, 2022

Witches’ 2023 Astrological Calendar for Magickal Planning: Black Moon in Aries!

An integrated 2023 astrological calendar for Witches and Pagan's Wheel of the Year, with auspicious...

September 01, 2022

Elemental Witchcraft: Pranic Breathing Meditation with a Witch’s Charm of Affirmation

Pranic breathing is an intentional method of breathing inspired by practices from the east which...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

Pymander the Rainbow Dragon: The Hermetic Creation Story

A creative re-telling of the Hermetic creation story called The Divine Pymander, heavily adapted into...

February 2020

February 07, 2020

Love Magick Index: Spells, Rites, Advice of the Heart

Divine Love is everything to me; Love of myself as an incarnate God/dess; Love of...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Samhain Evocations to the Land of Shadow

I offer these Samhain evocations as seeds of thought, or for inclusion in your own...

September 2019

September 21, 2019

No more CHUR-cle! Witchcraft Ritual Techniques to Engage Everyone

Don't you hate it when group witchcraft becomes a boring, tiresome slog? If you're in...

September 08, 2019

Mabon Sabbat Index: Rites, Recipes and Thealogy for Autumn Equinox Balance

At Mabon, Witches celebrate the second harvest of fruits and vegetables, and the shift into...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

Lammas Sabbat Index: Rites, Tales and Recipes for Witch’s High Summer

Lammas is the Witch’s Grand Sabbat of high summer. I celebrate with garden-fresh food, playing...

July 01, 2019

A Solar Eclipse in Cancer and the Dark Moon Reboot

Eclipses are always energetic gateway events. This Solar Eclipse is going to provide a hard...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

Litha Sabbat Index: Rites, Potions, and Recipes for the Summer Solstice

Litha Sabbat for Witches is celebrated on the longest day of the year. This index...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Crafting a Grand Compass for a Perfect Witch’s Circle

This Grand Compass is my magickal tool for drawing gigantic visible circles on the earth,...

April 19, 2019

Beltane Sabbat Index: Rituals, Crafts and Aphrodisiacs for Witch’s High Spring

For all your Beltane celebration needs, I offer this index of my articles on the...

April 15, 2019

Blue Moon Magick for Social Justice and Wise Leadership! April 18th, 2019

With this Aries/Libra blue moon magick on Thursday, April 18th 2019, I intend to work...

February 2019

February 18, 2019

Ostara Sabbat Index: Rituals, Crafts, and Recipes for Witch’s Spring Equinox

An index of articles for a Witch's Spring-Equinox Sabbat, with my favorite Ostara coven ritual,...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Imbolc Sabbat Index: Craftings, Cleansings, and Rituals for a Witch’s High Winter

An Index of articles with Imbolc recipes for anointing oil and incense to use in...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

Don’t Shoot the Mistletoe: Responsible Wildcrafting for Winter Solstice

All plants collected for spiritual purposes should be approached with reverence and great care. I...

December 11, 2018

O Tannenbaum: My Witchy Winter Solstice Tree as Fir Magick

What is the difference between my Witchy Winter Solstice Tree and a Christmas Tree? Practically...

December 09, 2018

Yule Sabbat Index: Rituals, Crafts and Recipes for the Holiday Season

I've assembled this index of my favorite Yuletide rituals, meditations, crafts, recipes, and sabbat games....

October 2018

October 18, 2018

Chad of Cosmic Consciousness: The BroDude Tarot Dealer in My Head

My hands shuffle the cards as my conscious mind dives deep, breathing slowing, mind's eye...

October 14, 2018

Samhain Sabbat Index: Reflections, Rituals and Magick

Following is an index of articles about Samhain, Halloween and the Autumn, including meanings of...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Lammas Ritual: Sharing the Grapes of Gratitude

This Lammas ritual includes the refreshing sharing of grapes to symbolize our harvests and gratitude,...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Cult-Proof Your Coven: Red-Flags and How to Avoid Them

The more we are aware of the dangers of cult behavior, the better able we...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

My Quest to Find the Elemental Guardians of the Watchtowers

Once upon a time, two student witches sat in discussion with an old, curmudgeonly Wiccan...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Imbolc Ritual: Dedicating to the Great Work of Magick

I can feel the stirrings of the Earth deep down in my own bones. Its...

January 15, 2018

Preparing for Imbolc: Home Cleansing Ritual

The waxing tide leading up to Imbolc is the season of preparation, when we clear...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Candlelight Yule Ritual: A Meditation of Hope and Peace

This indoor candlelight Yule ritual rekindles the Divine light within, and sends that light of...

December 04, 2017

Yule Log Ritual for Winter Solstice Magick

Wherein I give directions for crafting a Yule log, with recipes for making a loose...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

World AIDS day: Elemental Blessings for Change

December 1st is World AIDS Day, and I offer for your consideration these Elemental Blessings...