October 1, 2014

Tonight my daughter happily emptied three baskets of toys onto the floor. Before her bath, we asked her to clean them up. But she didn’t want to clean up–she was busy drawing. I gently took the marker out of her hand. The tantrum started. This was her second day of preschool and, for the second day in a row, she was fragile and exhausted on the ride home. I was reminded of days that I spend walking through busy city streets... Read more

September 27, 2014

From Chio on Black Girl Dangerous: It can be easy to forget that the University still functions as a capitalistic machine, extracting all of our energy to the very last drop until we are dwindled bodies, robotically producing. In this sense, it does well in preparing us for the capitalist job market. I ask that we remind ourselves of this, and question whether we are willfully participating in, and internalizing, the ways capitalism associates our human worth with the amount... Read more

September 22, 2014

Sacred lover, Your menstrual blood the wine of warriors, Your breath that which shudders the earth into flower– Come to me, proud queen, And, quaking, I will accept your gifts. Shrieking one, whispering one, Bathe me in the bliss of knowing you. Let me embrace you in the dew of dawn So that I may smile at your perfect love. Read more

September 19, 2014

Dark lady, you whisper in my ear. Witch queen, you whisper: Weave magic into the wind And carry it to the far places. Feel the lamia writhing in your blood. At night she becomes your power. Warrior queen, you whisper: Bare your teeth and howl to the sky. Let the land mold you Into a glinting knife, Ready to slice through greed And banish the invaders. Prophetess, you whisper: Be shrewd and thoughtful. Look to the far future. Let the battle-frenzy take... Read more

September 12, 2014

I have depression, and I’m under treatment. Luckily, my current (and hopefully permanent) treatment is very good: Wellbutrin, mindfulness meditation, and a kickass therapist. Nowadays, when I enter a low period, I can recognize it for what it is instead of being destroyed by it. I can recognize that it’s biochemical and that it’ll pass. But it still hovers around me like a fog. I fight thoughts that I’m a bad Witch and a bad Pagan because of it. Because if... Read more

September 8, 2014

O Angry Earth, We have relinquished our claim to you. How patient you were! How lovely your face, young maiden! How many blessings you gave us! Now, crone, your storm clouds roil And your teeth are bared. You prepare to expel us, your arrogant tenants, In search of a new people To be crowned your consort.   O Goddess, help us become that people. Seep into our minds and hearts; Fertilize the grass with the work of our hands. Allow our bodies... Read more

August 28, 2014

Lady of Peace! Lady of Power! Lady of Sweetness! Lady of Honey! Lady of Bloodlust! Lady of Entrails! Lady of Agony! Lady of Sorrow! Terrible hag and beautiful maiden! Carrion crow and life-giving cow! Why would the Shapeshifter be only one thing? Eel becomes wolf becomes heifer becomes raven. Daughter becomes lover becomes warrior becomes god. Does my body contain you, O goddess? Can my mind comprehend you, old queen? I see you in the grass that waves in the wind. I... Read more

August 25, 2014

“Years ago, it used to bother me when some of the spirit worker folks would relate their own doxa about Her and I would realize that it didn’t match mine, at all. Now? I figure the gods can tell Their stories differently, and show Themselves differently, to different people, just as They please.” Yup. If it makes you SO! VERY! ANGRY! that someone has an experience with a deity that differs from how you understand that deity, then it’s worth... Read more

August 21, 2014

Terrible Grandmother, Black and Red Woman, Let me drink your rage Until it transforms me. Let your fires cleanse me from my bowels to my skin Until I know peace From the ancient Earth To the soaring Sky. Read more

July 25, 2014

I was just pointed, by way of Rhyd Wildermuth’s post on climate change, to Peter Gray’s “Rewilding Witchcraft.” Here are a couple of the best quotes: We are living in a mass extinction event. This is not a theory. Over half the species on earth will be extinct by 2050. Let me repeat that fact: over half the species on earth will be extinct by 2050….If your witchcraft, like mine, speaks with animal spirits, is made from plants and flowers and... Read more


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