Too many people – many of whom call themselves witches – are unable to recognize when their magic works. They never experience the thrill of a successful spell, they’re unable to learn from their mistakes and from their successes, and they never build the confidence they need to work magic effectively when they have an urgent need. Read more
First they came for abortion. Then they came for IVF. They’ll keep coming for more and more rights until they’re stopped. The Alabama IVF case is not the ruling of a court in a constitutional republic. It’s the ruling of a theocracy. Read more
The call to deeper magic and spirituality often comes subtly. At first you’re barely aware of it, but the desire grows over time. These are five practices that have worked for me, and I’m confident they’ll work for you too. Read more
In 1901, 19 year old Mary MacLane wrote about her love for her “anemone lady” and her frustration with living in a small Western town where opportunities were few and opportunities for women were fewer. She wrote “oh, kind Devil, deliver me from it!” Read more
The Christians who argue “Pagan religions aren’t authentic because they have no continuity with the ancients” usually skip the other part: “you have no continuity because we destroyed it.” And also, they’re wrong. Read more
Re-enchantment is a way of seeing the world and relating to the world that happens on an individual level. Our world is already enchanted. We just have to learn how to see that enchantment and relate to it. Read more
Occasionally I hear someone say “if there is no God then life has no meaning.” I’m a theist, but I don’t agree. Finding meaning in life doesn’t require Gods, much less any one particular God. It just requires a choice. Read more
A meme going around talks about vampires being repelled by crosses and how that works. As someone who’s a vampire fan and who actively works to decenter Christianity in religious discussions, I find this meme fascinating, and worth diving into more deeply. Read more
Recently there’ve been several people who, after making a name for themselves as witches or other Pagan-adjacent people, suddenly reverted to Christianity. Some are cynical about these reversions, but people often change religions simply because their beliefs change. Here are six kinds of people who revert out of Paganism and witchcraft. Read more
Paganism is impossible to precisely define, but that doesn’t mean it’s anything anybody says it is. The irreligious and the none-of-the-aboves are not Pagan. Call them what they are and leave “Pagan” for those who actually practice Pagan religions. Read more
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