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January 2025

January 10, 2025
It all started when my therapist recommended ancestor work. I was initially resistant. “My ancestors...

December 2024

December 20, 2024
How did it get to be Yule already? It's rather late to be decorating, pulling...

August 2024

August 05, 2024
Debra Burris changed my mind about weather magic. I’ve been afraid to work with weather...

June 2024

June 11, 2024
Arthur Avalon brought Tantra to the west. That is, westerners knew Tantra existed, but it...

March 2024

March 04, 2024
Are we afraid of our gods? Should we be?

December 2023

December 26, 2023
This winter I've become a recluse. Everything is just hard. Here is what you do...

July 2023

July 27, 2023
At Patheos Star and Snake Brandy Williams reconnects with Thelemic community at Babalon Rising.

May 2023

May 11, 2023
I’m not a big fan of surprise. I’ve developed a particular dislike of surprises in...

February 2023

February 24, 2023
I am a Witch and a magician. There are more of us than you might...

December 2022

December 29, 2022
Dr. Megan Rose shares her personal story and how she came to write about spirit...

November 2022

November 30, 2022
When I resigned from Ordo Templi Orientis I promised myself I would keep all my...
November 19, 2022
Have you got your copy of the Big Purple yet? Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Ceremonial...

October 2022

October 27, 2022
We often talk about how to find the right path or make a group but...

July 2022

July 18, 2022
I owe Charles Leland an apology. He’s arguably the grandfather of Witchcraft.

May 2022

May 21, 2022
I got to sit on a panel this week sharing tips for beginners, specifically new...
May 03, 2022
There’s a sweet scent in the north woods. It’s Beltane and everything is blooming, the...

January 2022

January 01, 2022
The year is ending. Let it. This is the magic of change, unmaking and remaking.

November 2021

November 29, 2021
We need to talk about aging.

September 2021

September 07, 2021
It turns out that being Catholic was a good preparation for being a Witch.

July 2021

July 07, 2021
I love doing traditional spells and making new ones for my family and friends.

June 2021

June 01, 2021
Connections are like threads tying us together. The pandemic frayed those connections. I’m doing cord...

December 2020

December 28, 2020
In 2020 uncertainty developed into a dangerous threat. At the end of the year I...
December 08, 2020
Reconnecting with magic in the forest has been one of the bright spots of the...

November 2020

November 18, 2020
What does the world look like when there is no devil, no adversary, when there...
November 14, 2020
I'm revisiting an interfaith talk I gave almost three decades ago. It's fascinating to mark...

October 2020

October 30, 2020
I'm involved with a number of private efforts to maintain peace in the world through...
October 12, 2020
In living Goddess practice she isn't just a picture on the wall, she's tangible, she...

September 2020

September 15, 2020
May the gods sustain the trees and creatures and all who dwell within the forests.

August 2020

August 13, 2020
To grieve offers more than clarity. It opens the gate to a liminal space where...

May 2020

May 16, 2020
The pandemic has moved my spiritual life inside. I don't just mean I've abandoned public...
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