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March 2019

March 01, 2019

Good Judgment? or Nonjudgmental? Let’s Unpack This…

We say we are nonjudgmental...how accepting of diversity we are, that we have compassion for...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

Witchcraft for Coping During Difficult Times

For Witches, it is an especially tough time to be gifted with a broader-than-average perception...

September 2018

September 07, 2018

Dark Moon in Virgo: Entropy, Atrophy and Apathy

The chaos and unpredictability of entropy are an unavoidable part of any system in life....

August 2018

August 30, 2018

An Intolerant Pagan Priestess

Witches have no obligation to tolerate these fools. In fact, just the opposite; any Witch...

August 01, 2018

Seekers of Witchcraft can be Anybody, but not Everybody: Prerequisites for Training

Witchery happens in its own, correct time, and not a moment before. If you are...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

The Pentacle Approach to Wellness: Balancing The Spiritual Body

The beautiful work of Witchcraft is to fulfill our own unique blend of spiritual wholeness...

June 2018

June 11, 2018

Cult-Proof Your Coven: Discussing Ethical Sexual Conduct

Sexual power requires the most delicate and stringent responsibility, which is why we should discuss...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

You are What You Believe

Belief is defined as the ideas one accepts to be true. Witchcraft is an Orthopraxy...

April 2018

April 21, 2018

Shoplifters Will Be Fed to my Flying Monkeys

Whenever I discover that shoplifters have stolen from my witchy shop, I pity the fools....

April 16, 2018

A Witch in These Dark Times? My Condolences.

Wisdom is a witch's business; truth is our currency; action is our vocation. You're a...

April 03, 2018

Witch Off the Rails: A Divine Dialogue

Witch: This "Shadow Work" I keep hearing about isn't very fun at all. I'd rather...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

The Paradox of Personal Sovereignty in Modern Witchcraft

A few years ago, our Great Work of Magick was to "don the crown of...

March 06, 2018

Is there Free-Will in a Witch’s Choice for Reincarnation?

After all, who would really want to be born into poverty, or born a crack...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

My Ulterior Motives for Teaching Modern Witchcraft

Why do our initiates come back to report that taking our course in Modern Witchcraft...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Street Preachers Evangelize Outside Witchcraft Shop

For the first time in nearly nine years in business, our Witchcraft shop attracted the...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

Confessions of a Snake Oil Salesman

There are days when I feel like a snake oil salesman. I confess my disenchantment...

March 2017

March 25, 2017

What I See through Aphrodite’s Rose-Colored Glasses

I've now served Aphrodite for three years and I will never think about the phrase...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Be of the World…It’s the Best Part of Witchcraft

All hungry, lusty and transcendent, our magick works the Will into the meeting of our...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: A Witch Among Charlatans

Magickal Practitioners who profit upon the fear within others, taking enormous payments, while offering "100%...

January 08, 2017

The Abrahamic Battlefield Needs Witching Medics

I have compassion for those still suffering on this Abrahamic battlefield. Bless their hearts. MEDIC!...

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...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

Celebrating Mabon: Love in the Balance

Learning to balance the "light" and the "dark" aspects of life is tough, but equinoxes...

August 2016

August 12, 2016

Four Rules of Witchcraft for Personal Sovereignty

Here are my pithy ways to think about the ethics of Modern Witchcraft, and how...

August 08, 2016

Witchcraft Without Superstition

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

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Aphrodite’s Thealogy of Perfection

"In Perfect love and Perfect trust." I've come to appreciate this concept as one of...

March 09, 2016

You Can Lead a Witch to Circle, But You Can’t Make Them Coven

Priestessing means that you aren't always popular. Some days you play the role of the...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Broom Closets and Bible Belts – 10 Tips For Your Coming Out Party

For 15 years I lied and hid who I really was from my mother, and...

January 12, 2016

Witch on Fire: Hermes Gongs the Cosmic School Bell

Lo! As the first moon of my service waned into darkness, I began my quest,...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

The Great Work, Holding the Space after Yule

From Yule to Imbolc, I begin to formulate the new dedication to The Great Work....

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Salvation of a Southern Witch

Gather 'round and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a Witch's Come...