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August 2017

August 17, 2017

Witch For Hire: a Cover Letter

Due to the God Pluto once losing to me in a game of gin rummy,...

August 06, 2017

A Witch’s Lughnassadh Sabbat Adventure

Yesterday we celebrated Lughnassadh and had a blast! Hint: it wasn't solely the ritual that...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Discerning Snake Oil from the Witching Real McCoy

You are intelligent, thoughtful practitioners, who understand the co-creative alliance with the Powers that Be....

July 20, 2017

Confessions of a Snake Oil Salesman

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

July 17, 2017

Lammas Ritual of Integration and Sacrifice

This Lammas ritual celebrates high summer by magickally preparing fire-roasted corn on the cob, AND...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

The Pentacle Approach to Wellness: Fires of the Will

My will is my fire; and when my personal will is in alignment with my...

June 12, 2017

Spell for the Magus: I am the Magick

The end-game of the pursuit of magick, is to discover that it is a continuous...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: The Hogwarts Disappointment

I wonder if sometimes the gods disguise themselves as my more interesting customers and come...

May 17, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: Frankenstein and Myrrph

As a shopkeeper in a metaphysical/witchy store, one must have many skills and areas of...

May 11, 2017

A Funny Thing Happened at the Dionysian Ritual

This is the tale of that fateful Samhain in the wilds, where Jason Pan Mankey...

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...

May 03, 2017

Beltane Songs for Maypole Dancing and the Sacred Marriage

Beltane is in full dancing swing, and just in time for your reels and gigs...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Crafting a Beltane Maypole with Help from Pythagoras

Instructions for calculating materials and crafting a Maypole ribbon topper and wreath for your Beltane...

April 01, 2017

Beltane Lovers

The spring swells towards the greater sabbat of Beltane. I don't know about you, but...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: From the Ashes a Fire Shall be Woken

For the first time, I had a sense of belonging and connection in the great...

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...

March 17, 2017

Crafting Ostara Candles with the Fire of Aries

This Ostara, how about a craft project to make "Fire of Aries" candles? As we...

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...

February 21, 2017

Many Witch Hats for Many Seasons

As a modern priestess, I am pledged to serve as the hands, feet and voice...

February 15, 2017

WitchCrafting your own Love Spell

Love spells are relatively easy to design for yourself once you know the correspondences among...

February 14, 2017

9 Roses Along the Thorny Path of the Public Witch

There are many things that I just love about this Public Witching gig. Yes, despite...

February 06, 2017

A Covener’s Bill of Rights

This Covener's Bill of Rights, that we've all vowed to uphold, helps to keep our...

February 04, 2017

One Coven’s Ritual Etiquette Guidelines

Every coven has their own, unique ways of doing ceremony and their expectations of behavior...

February 01, 2017

Writing the Personal Vows of a Priestess

When times get rough, I am always brought back to the vows of service I...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

I Didn’t Want to March on Washington, but I Went Anyway

During the Women's March on Washington, the spirit of resistance to tyranny was revitalized and...

January 17, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: Witches’ Marks, Rooster Blood, Thor Me Not

We've heard just about everything, and at this point, it takes something really spectacular to...

January 12, 2017

Shopkeeper Sagas: A Witch Among Charlatans

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

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Interpreting Omens: The Nest and the Bloodbath

What omen, poetically speaking, is to be found where the natural ending and destruction of...

December 22, 2016

A Witch-Mama’s Gift: “The Lion Illustrated Bible for Children”

That year on Christmas Eve, I gave to my children a copy of The Lion...

December 16, 2016

The Pentacle Approach: Balancing The Mental Body

We know we are both the dreamer and the dream. From Macrocosm to microcosm, the...