The only essential for magical or p-word practice is yourself. Everything else is icing on the cake, tools which can be used to aid in achieving focus for your magical or devotional practice. Are they fun? Sure. Inspiring? Absolutely. Useful? Undoubtedly. Essential? No. Read more
November 18, 2019
The Balancing Path: Unconventional Tools and Altar Supplies
November 18, 2019 By Sidney Eileen
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November 18, 2019
Cross and Crossroads: A Guide to Using Magick for Social Justice
November 18, 2019 By J. Allen Cross
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As witches we are guardians of the marginalized and the oppressed, these folks who exist in the fringes. They are the liminal and they are our people. So, how do we effectively utilize magick for social justice, especially on a large scale? How can we make a bigger impact? Read more
November 16, 2019
Druid in the City: Seasons in the City
November 16, 2019 By Victoria S.
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I believe that it’s important for us to adjust and adapt our practices to our local environment. It makes no sense for me to celebrate the first snowdrops in an environment where they just don’t grow – and where we don’t have snow. Read more
November 16, 2019
The Corner Crone: Happy Circumstance or Magic?
November 16, 2019 By Martha Kirby Capo
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Not every brush with Deity is otherworldly. If we dismiss those times when Deity stretches out an actual physical hand through the unexpected touch of another as being too “mundane”, too common to be magical then We Are Missing It. Read more
November 14, 2019
Irish-American Witchcraft: The Dragon Prince – What High Fantasy Can Be
November 14, 2019 By Morgan Daimler
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High fantasy and urban fantasy are seeing a surge in popularity and with that has come an expectation for better quality material. I think The Dragon Prince is an example of what high fantasy can be when it’s done well. Read more
November 14, 2019
Simple Witchery: Simple Offerings—What You Bring to the Altar
November 14, 2019 By Willow Rose
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I often see questions from new witches about what to offer to their deities, guides, and other spirits they work with. My answer to them is that simple gifts well given will be well received. Read more
November 13, 2019
Living the Liminal: Fear Opens the Gate to Change
November 13, 2019 By Lisa Jade
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Fear is part of the initiatory experience, and particularly noticeable within ecstatic practices that involve vision quests into the woods on one’s own, initiatory practices with blindfolds, unknown journeys, etc. Fear can be a wonderful teacher, with the appropriate container for it. Read more
November 13, 2019
Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 13, 2019 By Brianne Raven Wolf
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The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is an annual observance on November 20th of every year that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. It is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice. Read more
November 11, 2019
The Balancing Path: Calling the Fates to Hex
November 11, 2019 By Sidney Eileen
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For me, the question of ethics comes in with whether or not the recipient truly deserves a hex, not whether or not hexes should be cast. So I call The Fates to notice the person, and give them whatever lesson they deserve. I certainly don’t know what a stranger truly deserves, but They do. Read more
November 9, 2019
Irish-American Witchcraft: Spiritual Prohibitions
November 9, 2019 By Morgan Daimler
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Spirituality can affect our lives with the voluntary taking on of spiritual prohibitions or directives, which may be related to our spirituality in a wider sense or may be specific to us and come from an initiation or intense spiritual experience, or through having these prohibitions placed on us by outside forces. Read more
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