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I'm often asked "how is the festival scene?" and it's something I never really have...
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Hekate: Goddess of Witches
When discussing the Greek gods in the modern era, it’s hard to escape the idea...
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The Good & Bad of Witchcraft Book Covers
What makes for a good book cover? It's hard to quantify. What I love you...
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9 Pagan Gods You Should Know
There is no one goddess of the Witches and no one god of the Pagans;...
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New Selves New Witchcrafts
A Witchcraft that doesn't grow, doesn't allow for change and innovation, doesn't allow room for...
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Remembering Rhi Melissa Koetting
On July 10th, with the sun shining outside the cabin, Rhi Melissa Koetting hopped a...
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I like going to Pagan festivals and conferences for a variety of reasons. Some of...
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May 24, 2022
Lessons Learned: Ten Years at Patheos Pagan
My ten years writing this blog have been a profoundly life changing experience, complete with...
April 2022
April 04, 2022
Instagram Does Not Care About Witches & Pagans
Numerous scam accounts? Check. No way for Witch content creators to verify themselves? Check. To...
March 2022
March 08, 2022
Poppet Magick
To put it simply, a poppet is a puppet used for magickal purposes. Poppets are...
February 2022
February 09, 2022
What Really Matters?
Before worrying about the hate and bile of others I'd much rather focus on building...
January 2022
January 20, 2022
Can We Lose Deities? Fuzzy Polytheism, and Wicca on Mars
What would Wicca be like on Mars? Can we lose deities? My fuzzy polytheism.
January 19, 2022
Astonished & Influential Witches Yesterday & Today
Post-Yuletide can be a little blah, so how about some questions from friends and readers?...
December 2021
December 21, 2021
Best Witchcraft & Magickal Books of 2021
Everyone's tastes are different, but here are my favorite Witchcraft and magickal books from 2021.
November 2021
November 02, 2021
There Are No Absolutes On Samhain
There is no right or wrong when it comes to how and when to celebrate...
October 2021
October 07, 2021
Reading About Samhain & Halloween
Curious about Halloween history or are you searching for the perfect Samhain ritual? This list...
September 2021
September 15, 2021
Mabon: The Most Pressing Issue of Our Time
It's time for Pumpkin spice lattes, hoodies when the sun goes down, and perhaps the...
August 2021
August 31, 2021
Ask Me About Witch Ritual: Tips & Tricks
There's a lot we can do to improve public ritual, and most of those things...
August 29, 2021
Rewriting Witchcraft & Overlooked Authors
Every once in awhile when I'm between books I take questions from readers. I used...
August 25, 2021
Fanciful Llewellyn Cover Stories
I used to make up stories about the people on the cover of Llewellyn books,...
August 18, 2021
America’s Most Important Occultist(s)
America has a long history of magick and occult practitiones, but who has been the...
July 2021
July 20, 2021
The “Woke” Horned God
One of the things that's most important to me in regards to the Horned One...
July 06, 2021
Why We Need to #DefendOccultBooks
Simply, we are defending the tradition of seeking, the tradition of looking for information, and...
July 01, 2021
What If?: Alternative Histories of Witchcraft & Paganism
What if things in the Pagan and Witchcraft world's had unfolded just a little bit...
June 2021
June 06, 2021
Reopening Paganism
s the days grow longer, vaccination rates slowly tick up, and COVID cases fall, it...
April 2021
April 26, 2021
The Fires of Beltane (Or How to Celebrate a Sabbat)
Our Beltane fire this year will connect me both to the past and to where...
April 22, 2021
From Horned God to The God: The Horned One in Wiccan-Witchcraft
Over the course of fifty years the primary male deity of Wiccan-Witchcraft gradually shifted from...
April 15, 2021
Vaccinated: Perfect Love & Perfect Trust
Perfect love and perfect trust requires that I get the COVID-19 vaccine. It is my...
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