My Witchcraft Is Wild

Last updated on: November 28, 2017 at 8:08 am By Phoenix LeFae

I crave rituals unfolding like some crazy magical chaos, not knowing what is happening from one moment to the next. Where the Godds* and the Spirits of the Land and the Mysterious Ones are my co-conspirators. Read more

A Ritual for the Elements – Magic You Can Do

Last updated on: September 2, 2017 at 5:10 pm By The Witches Next Door

I thank the Elements and release the Center, Earth, Water, Fire and Air from this place and this magical working. Read more

Spirits Of Place – They Are Here

Last updated on: August 29, 2017 at 2:37 pm By The Witches Next Door

Spirits of Place that have been ignored or stifled require some coaxing and offerings and, quite frankly, some good ol' fashioned wooing. Read more

Not All Of Those People Were White Supremacists – Really?

Last updated on: August 17, 2017 at 11:41 am By Gwion Raven

Pretend with me for a minute that the tiki-light vigil was just an ordinary gathering of concerned citizens assembling quietly in the night to "protest the taking down of a statue, Robert E. Lee." Read more

Dark Deities – Can We Be More Specific, Please?

Last updated on: August 26, 2017 at 8:00 am By Gwion Raven

Fear and a fear of darkness have implications that cross right over from the mythic to the real world, sometimes with very unintended consequences. Read more

Magic And Art: Meeting Between The Worlds

Last updated on: August 7, 2017 at 1:52 pm By Gwion Raven

A common thread weaving its way through magic and art and ritual is the notion of the liminal; the places where light and shadow, magic and science, joy and sorrow, touch each other and become indistinguishable and inseparable. Read more

Lammas , Lugnasad and Harvest Celebrations

Last updated on: August 10, 2017 at 7:19 pm By Gwion Raven

Was there a holiday called Lammas in ancient Pagan Britain? Probably not. Were there celebrations of the wheat or hay harvest around the end of July and August? Almost definitely. Read more

The Rawness of Witchcraft

Last updated on: July 27, 2017 at 10:15 am By Phoenix LeFae

We witches can spend a lot of time talking about spells, rituals, potions, and the things that are on the surface of being a witch, the things that are seen from the outside in. There is a mystique in spells and potions, but we witches also need to be clear and honest about the other kinds of witchcraft, the self reflection kinds. Read more

No One Cares What You Think

Last updated on: June 1, 2017 at 4:15 pm By Phoenix LeFae

The internet is filled with armchair practitioners, hate fueled speech, and a whole boatload of ‘I-am-right-therefore-you-are-wrong’ arguments. And I am here to tell you that at the end of the day, no one cares what you think. Read more

Elements Of Magic – Becoming Center, Magic, Cauldron

Last updated on: May 24, 2017 at 10:14 am By Gwion Raven

I am in the Center. I am right here and I am nowhere and I am everywhere Read more