The important thing to know about this spell book is that the spells work. Many of these I successfully employed during my teen years and to experiment and see if they still worked I cast a few from the book when I received my copy and the magick still holds up. Read more
...on the surface, there's a huge glaring problem in the text - an anti-semitic and racist problem. Read more
In Faery, the Blue God is the divine child of the Star Goddess. Sometimes it is taught that this being is the result of “two bright spirits,” (known more commonly as the Divine Twins, often symbolized by a dove and a snake) merging into a singular being within her cosmic womb. Mythologically, the merging of the serpent and the dove results in the peacock: the heavenly bird of cyclic immortality, not unlike the phoenix. Read more
In The Orphic Hymn, Hekate is called the Keeper of the Keys of the Universe. In her cult at Lagina, rituals included a practice known as kleidos pompe where a priestess carried a key. Hekate in ancient times was often the matron of households, and there is, of course, her association with crossroads, gates and thresholds. All of which often involve either a literal or figurative key. Read more
I’ll just say that anyone who doesn’t see the ongoing dangers of Trump and his administration—to democracy, the rule of law, the environment, working and poor people, reproductive rights, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, minorities, the free press, and just about everything good and decent—is probably not reading this anyway. They’re watching Fox News. Read more
Heather Greene’s Bell, Book, and Camera: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television, is perhaps the only book on the subject that you’ll ever need, at least until more movies and shows with witches are made. You may know Heather Greene from her work as the managing editor of the online journalism website for witches and pagans, The Wild Hunt. Read more
As a gay man, when I saw that Ariana Grande had a new music video, I was pretty excited. Then when I listened and watched the new music video, as a feminist queer goddess-worshipping pagan witch, I let out such a loud "yaaasss" that it was probably heard in other dimensions. Read more
The word aura comes from the Latin word aurae which means a breeze. In Greco-Roman mythology, four gods personified the four cardinal winds. These gods were called the Anemoi. The Anemoi had daughters who were the nymphs of the breezes. These nymphs were called the Aurae. There was also the principal goddess of breezes who was named Aura. Aura and the Aurae were depicted in classical art as having a velifactio, which was a piece of fabric that would billow in the breeze behind them. Read more
Lady Rhea has been a Gardnerian priestess since the 1970s and co-founded the Minoan Sisterhood. She's been running occult shops in New York since the 80s and is often lovingly referred to as the "Witch Queen of New York. Read more
Witchcraft IS political. It’s been political since the first kings summoned sorcerers for a strategic edge in war, to bind opponents, to gain political power, to give prophecy, or poison other kings. Read more
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