You’ve got the right candles, herbs, curios, tarot cards, crystals, incense, yadda yadda yadda. You did all the things. All. The. Things. Weeks later nothing has happened, your spell didn’t work and you are deflated. It happens to the best of witches. So what do you do when spells go wrong? Read more
During my workouts I would get clear communication, like I would from a trance journey. I would be shown insight on the situations where I felt stuck. I was given instructions on how this deity most wanted to work with me and how our relationship would develop. Read more
And just like all the Goddesses that are painted with the brush of being too much, too strong, too powerful, too dangerous; we need her. We need her now. Now is the time for us to reclaim the power of the Witch (note the capital W). Read more
We, the undersigned members of the San Francisco, North Bay, and East Bay (and international) Reclaiming communities of Witches support Ohlone families and allies working to save the West Berkeley Shellmound #SaveTheWestBerkeleyShellmound. Despite genocidal violence by the Spanish and later U.S. colonial governments, Ohlone people are still here. We acknowledge the Ohlone and neighboring California Indian tribes and nations, including the Pomo, Miwok, Patwin, Yokuts, Salinan, and Esselen peoples as the past, present, and future care-takers of the lands on... Read more
One of the most powerful, skilled, and talented witches I know has no social media presence and isn’t interested in having one. And yes, I do have irritable feelings about there being “Kardashians of Witchcraft”. Read more
Traditionally the placement of the cards in a three card spread is connected to specific meanings. The first card is the past, the second card represents the present, and the third card shows the future. Pretty simple right? Yes, it's easy, but it can also be so much more. Read more
As witches everything we do is witchy, but sometimes a ritual can be so magickal, so Otherwordly or, dare I say it, so fantastical that you walk away feeling completely transformed. Read more
Someone asked me once, at the end of a project, if I was a magician because I must have worked magic to get the project done on time and so successfully. "Nah! If I were a magician, I'd convince you to pay me more", I said with a wink and a grin. Read more
Devotion can look a thousand different ways. It could be something as ordinary as making your bed or buying fresh flowers for the goddess on your altar. Read more
Re-reading pieces I wrote in my teens, designed to woo someone into my supersized waterbed, replete with a furry bedspread and Star Wars action figures (Yea! I was that cool) would be more favourable than reading most Beltane poems I found on the interwebs. Read more
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