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October 2022

October 24, 2022

Wisdom-Nuggets for Samhain Trick or Treat

From the archives of randomly cut sections from my book, Elemental Witchcraft, I offer you...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Witch’s 2022 Astrological Calendar for Sabbats and Esbats

An integrated 2022 astrological calendar for Witches and pagans to celebrate the Wheel of the...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Fulfilling her Fervent Wish

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 's most fervent wish was to not be replaced on the Supreme...

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...

October 24, 2018

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Recipes for Samhain Sabbats and Halloween Parties

Just in time for all the Witching Samhain feasts, dumb suppers to honor our ancestors,...

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...

October 01, 2018

A Witch’s Ghost Story: The Graveyard Visitation

Before her body was even laid to rest, her ghost came to find me and...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Lessons of Autumn’s Holy Mess

Like the trees of autumn teach us, the way to survive the end of one...

November 07, 2017

Samhain Ritual: Wake of the Fallen King

Journey with me to a Witch's Sabbat, an intimate peek at a Samhain Ritual with...

November 01, 2017

For Tomorrow We May Die – The Witch’s Dumb Supper

On Samhain night, witches typically hold a Dumb Supper, where we eat, drink, and are...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

The Grinch Who Stole My Halloween

The Grinch who stole my Halloween is a broken and fearful society lead by an...

October 26, 2017

The Bagabi Incantation: A Summoning to Samhain

Where does the Bagabi incantation come from? Does it conjure the devil, or invite witches...

October 26, 2017

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Headless Horseradish Kielbasa and Cabbage

My German ancestors used horseradish as a warding talisman against the boogyman. This dish is...

October 23, 2017

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Scary Muenster Pasta

The witching season is in full cackle, with glittering Halloween parties and somber Samhain dumb...

October 18, 2017

A Samhain Hazelnut Charm for Luck and Protection in the New Year

Around this Samhain's ritual fire, charge a hazelnut luck and protection charm for the new...

October 12, 2017

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Deadly Nightshade Noodles

While it isn't actually deadly, it may lead to an impolite gobbling in monstrous fashion....

October 04, 2017

The Apocalypse of Autumn

Autumn is like the apocalypse where the colorful veil of illusion falls away and we...

May 2017

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...

December 2016

December 01, 2016

The Pentacle Approach to Wellness: Balancing the Physical Body

Utilizing the witches' elemental lessons of Earth, and the practice of magick, I've found ways...

November 2016

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,...

November 01, 2016

Death Toll: Psychic Agent

Like her psychic agent, doing her bidding from beyond the veil, she'd grabbed hold of...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

The Spirit of Halloween

It's October 31, and I get this twitchy, itchy, witchy feeling, and I'm suddenly a...

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 14, 2016

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Samhain Pumpkin Fluff with Ginger Snaps

Just promise me that when you make this Pumpkin Fluff recipe for your Samhain event,...

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 08, 2016

Witchin’ in the Kitchen: Baked Jack-O-Lantern Brains

This grim dish gives us something to do with adorable little pumpkins, but I call...

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...

October 06, 2016

When the Samhain Bell Tolls for You

Samhain is the sabbat where the witchcraft set before us includes accepting grim realities, like...