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September 2024

September 13, 2024

Now Teaching Elemental Witchcraft Online

Have you been looking for the deeper lessons of Modern Witchcraft? Seeking a mentor? or...

May 2023

May 01, 2023

An Evangelical and a Witch Agree About Street Preacher Harassment

Heron Michelle, a Witch, is interviewed by John Morehead, an Evangelical Christian, for his podcast...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

My Psychic Kids Heard my Thoughts Telepathically

Back in 2011, when my kids were 8 and 6, we shared an amazing psychic...

September 2022

September 01, 2022

Elemental Witchcraft: Pranic Breathing Meditation with a Witch’s Charm of Affirmation

Pranic breathing is an intentional method of breathing inspired by practices from the east which...

April 2022

April 06, 2022

Elemental Witchcraft: Audio-Visual Meditation: The Room Inside Your Mind

This excerpt from my book "Elemental Witchcraft" (Llewellyn 2021, page 56-58) is an introduction to...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

Pymander the Rainbow Dragon: The Hermetic Creation Story

A creative re-telling of the Hermetic creation story called The Divine Pymander, heavily adapted into...

December 2021

December 05, 2021

Elemental Witchcraft for Reconciling Divine Paradox

Elemental Witchcraft, is a panentheistic tradition of Hermetic philosophy, whose magick attempts to reconcile the...

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 2021

September 10, 2021

Beware the Witch’s Curse of Love and Lightnin’

Twice this week in conversation with old friends, the same sore subject bubbled to the...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

Escaping Forward into 2021 with Hermetic Magick

As we bid a cranky farewell to 2020, and say "screw you" to the Age...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Christian Child Reads the Bible, Chooses Witchcraft Instead

So-called "Christian" zealots regularly mail propaganda to my witchcraft shop. I'm a lost cause, folks....

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...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

A Dream Not to Be Forgotten

Something old, something new, a dream retold, of feelings blue...betrayal, disregard and abandonment at a...

May 12, 2020

Shopkeeper Sagas: The Crownless Again Shall be King

Concluding the Shopkeeper Saga following the Riddle of Strider: Heavy is the head that wears...

May 04, 2020

Beltane Mirror: Between Hole and Whole is a Double YOU

Normally I'd wear a floral crown to dance the Maypole. During this Lock-down, I'll simply...

May 03, 2020

Worry Jar Binding Spell for a Dark Moon

This spell casting ritual calls upon the aid of planetary Saturn, Mars and Venus to...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

Foundations of Modern Witchcraft: Hermeticism within Wicca

Hermetics provides the bones and substance of a magickal pagan paradigm. So, how did this...

April 02, 2020

Witch on Fire-side Chats with Heron Michelle: COVID-19 Tarot Message

Witch on Fire-Side Chats with Heron Michelle via livestream on Facebook.com During April 2020 chat...

March 2020

March 07, 2020

Baltic Amber: Plant, Stone and Ancestral Magick for Pain and Inflammation

Baltic Amber could be your new holistic therapy best friend. Plant, Stone, and Ancestral Magick...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

Foundations of Modern Witchcraft: The Kybalion, A Hermetic Philosophy

The ancient Hermetic Philosophies heavily influenced the New Thought Movement during the late 1800's in...

January 2020

January 26, 2020

Astrological Sabbat and Esbat Calendar for 2020

For your magickal pleasure, I present below an integrated Solar and Lunar astrological calendar 2020....

January 22, 2020

Foundations of Modern Witchcraft: Hermetic Cosmology

Within the ancient pagan religion of nature known as Hermetic Philosophy, we have a cosmology...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Ok, Boomers, Heathers, Millenials, and Zoomers! Less shade, More Grace

I may be a Heather, but I've tried to change the world I inherited from...

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Mabon Sabbat Index: Rites, Recipes and Thealogy for Autumn Equinox Balance

At Mabon, Witches celebrate the second harvest of fruits and vegetables, and the shift into...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Fellowship Found at the Mystic South Conference 2019

The Mystic South Conference is expertly organized with a crack team of smart and snarky...

July 09, 2019

Lammas Sabbat Index: Rites, Tales and Recipes for Witch’s High Summer

Lammas is the Witch’s Grand Sabbat of high summer. I celebrate with garden-fresh food, playing...

July 01, 2019

A Solar Eclipse in Cancer and the Dark Moon Reboot

Eclipses are always energetic gateway events. This Solar Eclipse is going to provide a hard...

June 2019

June 24, 2019

Lammas Incense Recipe for Fiery Leo Magick

For my practice of witchcraft, I like to create my own herbal incense recipes. Here...

June 02, 2019

Breaking the Chains of a Magickal Curse

Have you been cursed? It is way less often that outside forces are dogging us...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

Litha Sabbat Index: Rites, Potions, and Recipes for the Summer Solstice

Litha Sabbat for Witches is celebrated on the longest day of the year. This index...