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January 2021

January 04, 2021
Nothing gold can stay... or, to steal a line from George Harrison, all things must...

December 2020

December 26, 2020
Why do we tolerate bad actors in our communities? And what does it say about...

October 2020

October 30, 2020
We're on the even of the most important election of our lifetimes, one that literally...

August 2020

August 14, 2020
For years, readers have asked for more "advanced" books on Wicca. Yvonne Aburrow's "Dark Mirror"...

July 2020

July 13, 2020
Our communities have made themselves safe spaces for entitled, selfish jerks who make our spaces...

May 2020

May 19, 2020
Dorsey's new book draws on her experience as a practitioner and her training as an...

April 2020

April 23, 2020
Kelden's "The Crooked Path" is a delightful read, and my new favorite book on traditional...

March 2020

March 24, 2020
As the pandemic forces us all into hermitage, I'm writing this to ask a favor...

February 2020

February 15, 2020
I want to ask you all one last favor: I want you to look around...
February 14, 2020
On the subject of magical materials, you’ll find two basic schools of thought, the Hardcore...

January 2020

January 30, 2020
Are gods and spirits real? It's a fun question to debate with friends over drinks,...
January 02, 2020
I wrote a book! And since it comes out in just a few days, this...

December 2019

December 19, 2019
Harry Potter has permeated much of the popular culture, and p-words are hardly immune to...
December 18, 2019
Manon Hedenborg White's "The Eloquent Blood," a doctoral thesis on the goddess Babalon, is the...

November 2019

November 07, 2019
What counts as "Pagan enough" to be covered in a Pagan blog, or a blog...

October 2019

October 01, 2019
Here are a few things I’ve noticed about talking with white Pagans about racism. These...

September 2019

September 27, 2019
Sometimes that racism is overt: shaven-headed, tatted-up dudes spouting white-supremacist dog-whistles. Most of the time,...

August 2019

August 29, 2019
I was ruminating on the similarities between geek culture and p-word culture, and the thought...
August 20, 2019
One of the weird things about being a writer is that people sometimes assume that...

July 2019

July 15, 2019
If the modern Pagan and polytheist communities aren't willing to be inclusive of all races...

June 2019

June 17, 2019
I’ve noted in previous posts that my relationship with the Wheel of the Year is...

May 2019

May 21, 2019
What DOES your favorite ritual took say about you? What messages are you unknowingly sending...

April 2019

April 08, 2019
The animism of Witchbody isn't joyful serenity or justifiably crabby doomsaying, but rather, a vision...

March 2019

March 29, 2019
For some Pagans, the core of their belief system isn't Paganism, polytheism, witchcraft, or magic:...
March 25, 2019
Pagans, polytheists and occultists might be the People of the Library, but if certain book-selling...

February 2019

February 04, 2019
I know it's been quiet around these parts lately. I've been banging away on the...

January 2019

January 17, 2019
Hello, beautiful creatures! Where've I been, and what's been going on? The answer may shock...

December 2018

December 14, 2018
If it brings folks joy to import Christmas into their observance of Yule, then by...

November 2018

November 05, 2018
Sadly, much like its titular heroine, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" is caught between two worlds,...
November 01, 2018
Hello, beautiful creatures! Today, I have the unalloyed pleasure of sharing with you an interview...
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