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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 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...

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 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 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 14, 2019

Shopkeeper Sagas: The Old that is Strong Does Not Wither

Occasionally, the gods talk to me...I call these my “burning bush” moments. They are few...

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 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 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 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,...

December 2018

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...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Automatic Writing When the Muses Speak

Witchcraft involves a lot of talking - we pray, chant, speak incantations, intentions and affirmations...talk,...

November 12, 2018

Death Toll: Tales of Love Beyond the Grave

Witches tend to have a wyrd perspective of death. Death does not frighten me, and...

November 06, 2018

Divine Messages for the US Election 2018: Power, Justice and Compassion! SO VOTE IT BE!

Through a ritual prayer for Highest Divine Guidance, and a drawing of tarot cards, I...

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...

October 2018

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 18, 2018

Chad of Cosmic Consciousness: The BroDude Tarot Dealer in My Head

My hands shuffle the cards as my conscious mind dives deep, breathing slowing, mind's eye...

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 11, 2018

Coming Out Day Testimonial of a Public Witch

There are many types of closets that good folks on the fringe fear to leave....

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...

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....

September 01, 2018

Pumpkin Spice Witchcraft: Spell for Potency, Protection, Passion & Prosperity

Here is the dark, spicy secret: "Pumpkin Spice" is some ancient sorcery. Consider it a...