Review: All Acts of Love and Pleasure

Last updated on: January 31, 2019 at 7:10 pm By Mat Auryn

Yvonne Aburrow’s All Acts of Love and Pleasure: Inclusive Wicca is a greatly needed book for any group. Though the book is written for Wicca by a Gardnerian Wiccan, the book is important for any group of witches that work together. Written with covens and groups in mind, the book addresses many changes regarding diversity within the modern Craft. Aburrow asserts that Wicca should be inclusive regardless of gender, sexuality, and mobility. She writes that “Different people have different experiences,... Read more

Christopher Penczak on The Mighty Dead & The Eternal Sabbat

Last updated on: April 15, 2020 at 12:38 am By Mat Auryn

The dead are vitally important to many of us walking the path of the Witch. Read more

Review: Encyclopedia of Spirits

Last updated on: January 31, 2019 at 7:10 pm By Mat Auryn

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes is one of my most used reference books, both for writing research and for my own magickal practice. Illes presents a very comprehensive range of different spirits as the subtitle of the book suggests. This isn’t just a reference book though, the first 110 pages are her discussing spirits and how to work with them. These topics include but are not limited... Read more

Laura Tempest Zakroff on Art, Movement, and Magick

Last updated on: December 12, 2018 at 5:48 pm By Mat Auryn

For me, magick and the arts are definitely integrated. In my experience, the ability to create art and to work magick both come from the right brain... Read more

Review: The Cunning Man’s Handbook

Last updated on: January 31, 2019 at 7:10 pm By Mat Auryn

Baker takes a very academic approach to the subject of the Cunning Folk, relying solely on historical information and primary sources without romanticizing or revising the past to fit any particular pre-conceived narrative. Read more

Black Cats, Witchcraft, Goddesses & Bad Luck

Last updated on: March 31, 2019 at 3:05 am By Mat Auryn

There may not be any animal so closely associated with bad luck or witchcraft than that of the black cat. Read more

The Craft, The Devil, Familiar Spirits, and Validation

Last updated on: January 31, 2019 at 8:05 pm By Mat Auryn

I recently had the pleasure to be interviewed by Christopher Orapello and Tara Love-Maguire on their podcast Down At The Crossroads. They invited me onto their show after I had interviewed them for Patheos. This is one of my favorite interviews I've had and I could have talked to them for hours longer. We cover a lot of things in this episode. We talk about how I found the Craft, the devil, initiation, validation, cursing, witchcraft as an orientation, and the direction that witchcraft seems to be heading Read more

Nicholas Pearson & The Magick Of Crystals

Last updated on: March 31, 2019 at 3:12 am By Mat Auryn

Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom-- from magick and metaphysics to science and industry-- for more than 20 years. Read more

Origin Of The Veil Between The Worlds

Last updated on: December 17, 2018 at 10:56 pm By Mat Auryn

It is said that on Samhain the veil between the worlds has grown thin. But what exactly is the veil and where did this metaphor come from? Read more

Review: Plants Of The Devil

Last updated on: February 1, 2019 at 6:34 am By Mat Auryn

Instead of holding your hand and teaching you how to work with these plants, she instead plants the seeds of inspiration for you to cultivate and nurture ... Read more