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May 2019

May 24, 2019

Keeping my Sundays Holy

In my witchy house, we spend our Sundays in radically different ways than I was...

May 17, 2019

The Elephant in the Womb: Calling Out Theocracy Where it Breeds

I'm not usually into dystopian conspiracies, but it looks to me like there is an...

May 13, 2019

Witchcraft Must Defy the Supernatural to Save our Environment

Witchcraft must defy the very idea of the Supernatural and Paranormal if we have a...

May 06, 2019

Witching Life Priorities and the Harm of Digital Theft

I've been thinking a lot about my priorities lately. I tell myself that this investment...

May 03, 2019

13 Steps to Opening your Own Witchcraft Shop

So, you think you want to open your very own retail shop of witchy wonders,...

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...

April 08, 2019

13 Legit Reasons for Christians to Resent Witches

For the most part, witches are law-abiding, peaceful folk, just healing and loving and living...

April 05, 2019

A Witch’s Magickal Name, and the Guidance of Great Blue Heron

New witches ask me how they'll know what new name they should take at their...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Witchcraft Business Booms due to Trump Administration, Evangelicals and CBD

During those first eight relatively hopeful Obama years, our Witchy business quietly grew, yet still...

March 18, 2019

Shopkeeper Sagas: Deep Roots are not Reached by the Frost

I had my marching orders to help heal society and the earth through Divine Love....

March 06, 2019

Shopkeeper Sagas: Renewed be the Blade that was Broken

Personal Will is like one's blade, and it is forged in elemental fire. There was...

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...

February 2019

February 25, 2019

A Witch’s Broken Heart Repair Spell

This is a two part Broken Heart Repair spell: Dark Moon Purification and a New...

February 20, 2019

A Mother’s Love is Irrational

Show me any devoted mother, and I'll show you heart break. She grieves over every...

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,...

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 06, 2019

Winter’s Lessons of Silence: Putting the “Be” Back in Imbolc

As I glide down the post-Imbolc ebb, I find being-ness. Winter teaches me to shut-up...

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...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

A Witch’s Book of Mirrors: Reflections to Build Critical Thinking Skills

A Book of Mirrors is another word for a Witch’s personal journal, with entries that...

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...

January 24, 2019

The Blue Moon Debate: An Astrological Blue Moon in April 2019

According to astrological timing, a Blue Moon occurs this year in Aries, on April 19,...

January 20, 2019

The Witchy Physics of a Blood Moon in Lunar Eclipse

Unless a witch understands the physics of what is actually happening in the solar system...

January 13, 2019

That Time Aphrodite Blew Up Her Altar

An altar is one's outward representation of their inner spiritual life. Just like my spirit,...

January 02, 2019

Witch on Fire’s 2018 Review: The Year of Things I Did Not Say

There were SO many pointy thoughts I had the integrity and self-control NOT to scream...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

Mistletoe Magick for Healing, Fertility and Protection

Let's talk about the folk practices and magickal uses of mistletoe around the Winter Solstice...

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 18, 2018

Why Believe in Santa Claus?

Why believe in Santa Claus? Belief is power. In my own Santa way I choose...

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...