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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...

April 2020

April 11, 2020

Witch on Fire-side Chats: Full Moon In Libra Poppet Magick

This Witch on Fire-side chat video shared a Full Moon Esbat as the moon peaked...

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...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

Shopkeeper Sagas: The Old that is Strong Does Not Wither

Occasionally, the gods talk to me...I call these my “burning bush” moments. They are few...

February 2019

February 11, 2019

When Love Is Not Enough: Making the Case for Divorce

What makes for a healthy, long-lasting partnership? We deserve to be cherished. Rather than waxing...

February 04, 2019

Are You Prepared to Serve as High Priestess?

A High Priestess or Priest isn't just in service to The Divine, they also represent...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

Protection Magick Against Hurricane Florence

Once again I call upon your Witching aid. Please, join the good Witches of Coastal...

November 2017

November 13, 2017

Rites of Passage: Eldering of Crone and Sage

As the Pagan and Witching communities grow in wisdom and accomplishment, eldering rites for our...

November 08, 2017

Wiccaning Ceremony: Welcoming a Child to the Witching Community

A Wiccaning is a rite of passage held for a baby born to Witches. It...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Raising Witchlings: The Gold Fish Cremation

When you die, do you want to be planted or burned up? she asked. I...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

Midlife Crises Birthday, Over the Hill or the Fulcrum of my Life?

No one said that it would be easy to live a well-examined, sovereign life. If...

February 2017

February 04, 2017

One Coven’s Ritual Etiquette Guidelines

Every coven has their own, unique ways of doing ceremony and their expectations of behavior...

February 01, 2017

Writing the Personal Vows of a Priestess

When times get rough, I am always brought back to the vows of service I...

November 2016

November 24, 2016

Unbroken Circle: A Pagan Song of Redemption

This pagan funeral song was written about my joy at seeing that Mom lived on...

November 18, 2016

Death Toll: Peace in the Interim

Sometimes that crash into rock bottom is just the impact you need to bounce your...

November 15, 2016

Death Toll: Amazing Grace

When your mom dies, you step into the gap she leaves, because you owe her...

November 14, 2016

Death Toll: Visitation

My whole life changed for the better after the passing away of my evangelical mother,...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Death Toll: Coming to Terms

My mom is brain dead. Dead. The outer world sort of snaps, twists and shrivels...

October 27, 2016

Death Toll: Passing Away

Death takes its toll in many ways, but the ferrymen will have his due. Making...

October 25, 2016

The “Rapture Clause”

If the four horsemen of the apocalypse come riding into town, I'm screwed and I...