Author, Bruja, Teacher
Ego is such a bitch; an insidious little bugger that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. I have battled this monster repeatedly over the years and by now, almost fifty-seven years into this life, I thought I had it beaten. I know the difference in ego and self-esteem. I know what is…
I touch the fire and it freezes me, I look into it and it’s black Why can’t I feel? My skin should crack and peel. I want the fire back. Now, through the smoke, she calls to me to make my way across the flame To save the day or maybe melt away. I guess it’s all the…
What does it mean when the candle labels peel off your candles during the burning? That is a very specific message or confirmation you will want to hear. Watch the video to find out more!
Crossroads of Conjure: The Roots and Practices of Granny Magic, Hoodoo, Brujería, and Curanderismo is now available for pre-order through Barnes and Noble and Llewellyn Worldwide. I am honored and excited to work with Llewellyn Worldwide on this project. As I was telling a friend yesterday, “My heart is in those pages.” https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossroads-of-conjure-katrina-rasbold/1128786009?ean=9780738757865 and https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738757865 are links for preorder….
I do not seek out traditional medical support often at all. My son, Dylan, who is my fifth of six children, is twenty-years-old and just a week or so ago went to the doctor for the first time since he was three-years-old. Maybe it is the Scotch-Irish side of me and the genetic disposition to…
I had the delight this past weekend of attending yet another lecture by one of my favorite bloggers and authors, John Beckett. Every time I sit through one of his classes, I come away with some snippet that will find its way into my own teachings. This particular presentation was at the 2018 Pantheacon gathering…
The Last Closet Opens I read Moira Greyland’s book The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon (Castalia House, December 2017). Every. Painful. Word. I also read countless blog posts and comments about the revelations contained therein. It is quite a time-consuming and heartbreaking rabbit hole to dive into, as anyone who makes even a cursory exploration…
The winds of change are gale force strength in my life right now. Fortunately, I dance in typhoons and chase tornados, so winds are where I thrive.
I love the dark. I also love the dark of the year. I live – on purpose – in a place that has no streetlights, no traffic lights, and no security lights. When my neighbors, who I can barely see, leave their porch light on, I am tempted to shoot it out. Until I moved…
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The next book I publish will have a moon on the spine. I am pleased to announce that I have contracted with Llewellyn Worldwide to write a book on folk magic in the Southern United States. For those who attended my Pantheacon 2017 lecture, this is the book. If all goes well, it will publish…
NEW RELEASE! Iris of Avalon, the fourth book in the series, Seven Sisters of Avalon, is now available on Amazon.com in both ebook and paperback formats. Iris is the longest of the four books coming in at five hundred pages. It presented quite a challenge to write because this priestess princess did not have an easy time on her journey. In…
One day my soul just opened up and things started happening things I can’t quite explain I mean I cried and cried like never before I cried tears of ten thousand mothers I couldn’t even feel anything because I cried ‘til I was numb. One day my soul just opened up I felt this overwhelming…
When in doubt, seriously, listen to my late Granny. Granny knows. You had to know my Granny and I am so sorry you didn’t if you didn’t. She was an amazing person and is my greatest “Yes, I actually knew her” hero of my entire life. More on Mary Frances Mitchell in a minute. …And…
It is October, right on the brink of the season of the Crone and here I am, crawling over the finish line into my own Cronedom. If life is a marathon, I arrived here with my nipples bleeding, devoid of sweat to lose, and likely having lost control of my bowels at some point. Fortunately,…
“Well this low down bitchin’ got my poor feet a itchin’. Can’t you see the deuce is still wild? Baby, I can’t stay, you got to roll me and call me the tumblin’ dice.” Rolling Stones I look at how long it has been since I updated this journal and it makes me uncomfortable, but then I…
As is easy to see, I have not updated here for a long time. There are the “on top” reasons and there are the “underneath” reasons, just as there is with anything. The main on top reason is that a nonprofit organization with which I am involved hosted a major fund-raising festival in June and for…
By request. Remember that this is the first draft and is very raw. Many edits yet to come and the book is only around a third done:
