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July 2017

July 27, 2017

Discerning Snake Oil from the Witching Real McCoy

You are intelligent, thoughtful practitioners, who understand the co-creative alliance with the Powers that Be....

July 17, 2017

Lammas Ritual of Integration and Sacrifice

This Lammas ritual celebrates high summer by magickally preparing fire-roasted corn on the cob, AND...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

The Pentacle Approach to Wellness: Fires of the Will

My will is my fire; and when my personal will is in alignment with my...

June 13, 2017

Litha Ritual for One: Solar Potion Recipe for Fortune, Success and Prosperity

This Litha ritual for the solitary witch creates a solar potion. A potion is a...

June 12, 2017

Spell for the Magus: I am the Magick

The end-game of the pursuit of magick, is to discover that it is a continuous...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

A Litha Ritual of Highlight and Shadow

I offer for your consideration this Litha ritual with techniques to engage all the celebrants...

May 11, 2017

A Funny Thing Happened at the Dionysian Ritual

This is the tale of that fateful Samhain in the wilds, where Jason Pan Mankey...

May 05, 2017

Inner Mystery Ritual of the Witch’s Simple Feast

We call this the "Inner Mystery" blessing of the simple feast. Its a far more...

May 03, 2017

Beltane Songs for Maypole Dancing and the Sacred Marriage

Beltane is in full dancing swing, and just in time for your reels and gigs...

May 02, 2017

A Case for Astrological Timing of the Sabbats

To me, celebrating Beltane on May 1st is like premature ejaculation then passing out while...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Crafting a Beltane Maypole with Help from Pythagoras

Instructions for calculating materials and crafting a Maypole ribbon topper and wreath for your Beltane...

April 13, 2017

Rites of Beltane: Sacred Marriage of MayQueen and King, Tying the Knot

One way to celebrate the Sabbat of Beltane, is through enacting the sacred marriage of...

March 2017

March 17, 2017

Crafting Ostara Candles with the Fire of Aries

This Ostara, how about a craft project to make "Fire of Aries" candles? As we...

March 13, 2017

A Witch’s Altar is More than a Table of Tchotchke

More important than WHAT is on a witch's altar is HOW you activate it's powers...

March 09, 2017

11:11 Wake-Up Call: Pisces, Swords and Angelic Guidance

Things are popping and shifting, magick and miracles are afoot. I dream and wake into...

March 05, 2017

Ostara Incense Recipe: Magickal Herbalism Like you Really Mean It

This Ostara Sabbat, be the uber-witch: ritualistic, creative and empowered as you create an incense...

March 02, 2017

An Ostara Sabbat Ritual for the Large Coven

Ostara is the second sabbat in our Great Work of magick, with the agricultural theme...

February 2017

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...

December 2016

December 16, 2016

The Pentacle Approach: Balancing The Mental Body

We know we are both the dreamer and the dream. From Macrocosm to microcosm, the...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

The Pentacle Approach to Wellness through Dark Times

Let's face it, 2016 was a world-wide dumpster fire with plenty to upset the balance...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Gods Willing and the River Don’t Rise: A Spell Against Flood Damage

I invite you to join me in this prayer and spell-working against flood damage from...

October 07, 2016

Samhain – The Poison and the Antidote

It is Samhain-tides again, the final harvest; a time of acceptance that death comes for...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

When Witches Wed: A Hand-Fasting Ritual

I officiated a Hand-Fasting Wedding ceremony this weekend, and I was overjoyed to see so...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Lammas Confession: I Burned the Witch

Don't you hate it when you grow up a little and realize that your elders...

August 08, 2016

Witchcraft Without Superstition

Superstition has no place in my Witchcraft. If the spell I’m doing isn’t empowering me,...

August 02, 2016

“Money Pot” Spell for the Harvest Season

During this Lammas season of harvest and sacrifice, here is a Money Pot spell, that...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

A Witch’s Battle with the Leviathans of Global Suffering

How do we go about our lives in an effective way, and resist succumbing to...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Crafting Sovereignty at the Grand Sabbat

This Beltane, we brought both the pomp and ceremony of High Witchcraft plus the nitty-gritty,...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Beltane: Once you Go Witch You’ll Never Switch

Just as I warn a new lover, I warn all my new witchlings, too. Before...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Down the Rabbit Hole of a Past-Life Retrievalist

I call these past-life retrieval sessions, going down the rabbit hole. Down there in the...