Author: Katrina Rasbold

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of flawed, complicated radicals sat in a humid room in Philadelphia and did something entirely treasonous: they signed a declaration claiming absolute sovereignty over their own lives, their own fortunes, and their own sacred honor. They drew a hard line of non-encroachment…

In the modern world, we constantly swim through a sea of invisible currents. Every environment you step into—from a crowded grocery store to a tense boardroom, or even the digital spaces on your phone—carries an energetic footprint. When you live an active, magically conscious life, your aura acts like a…

Popular culture loves to warn women about the impending doom of hitting a certain age: The Great Vanishing. We are told that once we cross a specific chronological threshold, the youth-obsessed spotlight clicks off, and we slide effortlessly into societal invisibility. But nobody ever tells the fat girls that the…

Now that we have officially crested the peak of the Summer Solstice and launched the Summer 2026 issue, a unique energetic shift takes place in the natural world. The frantic, skyward momentum of spring and early summer suddenly slows. The wild weeds have done their rapid climbing, the wild berries…

Feeling burned out? So does the phoenix just before it soars up out of the ashes, born anew and ever more beautiful. In the realm of magic, we spend a massive amount of time focusing on attraction and manifestation. We burn candles to draw money, mix oils to find love, and anchor grids…

We need to talk about the absolute lie that is the phrase, “You should only eat when you’re hungry.” If humans only ate when our biological engines required fuel, the snack food aisle would not be a multi-billion-dollar psychological wonderland. The truth is, a large portion of our relationship with…

The longest day of the year has reached its zenith, and the solar wheel begins its slow, magnificent turn toward the harvest. To honor this potent seasonal threshold, we just dropped the highly anticipated Summer 2026 issue of Green Egg Magazine (Vol. LVIII, No. 194)! Our latest edition dives straight…

This weekend, we officially cross the threshold of Midsummer and move beyond the longest day of the year. The Summer Solstice brings an incredible rush of solar energy—it is a season of peak vitality, growth, and outward action. But there is a hidden trap to this high-octane season.  To read…

Y’all, we need to talk about the strange, slow-motion magic trick our bodies perform somewhere after the youth-obsessed world stops checking us out. If you have ever looked down at your hands or caught your reflection and thought, “Who authorized this upholstery?” you are not alone. There comes a point where your…

Modern Pagans love a clean calendar. We dutifully mark our planners for May 1st, June 21st, or October 31st, preparing our rituals and gathering our supplies to match the rigid grid of the standard solar year. We stress over perfect timing, worrying that if we miss the exact hour of…

There is a reason our work is anchored under the name Crossroads Occult. In almost every magical tradition across the globe—from European folk magic to African Diaspora traditions like Hoodoo and Conjure—the crossroads is the ultimate site of power. To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter at this…

One of the greatest curses and greatest blessings of the catastrophic house fire of 2021 is that all of my clothes burned. This was a curse because I really needed some damned undies but a blessing because all of my clothes burned… including the bins and bins of skinny clothes in the sheds…

On paper, bureaucracy looks sterile. It moves in the quiet rustle of memos, the dry language of administrative updates, and the clinical scrubbing of data fields. But earlier this week, a pencil stroke at the Pentagon sent a shockwave through the global Pagan community. The U.S. Department of Defense officially…

We often hear about the immense power of New Moon intentions and Full Moon releases. It is incredibly easy to build up massive momentum during those celestial peaks, lighting your fixed candles, hanging your protective barriers, and setting your goals. But what happens during the quiet, liminal weeks in between?…

A few days ago, a random thought crossed my mind, the kind that usually leads to a pleasant trip down memory lane. I realized I hadn’t heard from my friend Charlene in a while. We had been friends since the third grade, one of three girls who I could genuinely…

Tomorrow night, as the sun dips below the horizon, we bid farewell to May. We stand precisely at the threshold of June, a cross-quarter transition that carries a distinct, powerful shift in the energetic landscape. If May was the month of raw desire, frantic planting, and the ecstatic, chaotic growth…

Lately, the collective energy feels undeniably heavy. Between rising everyday expenses, fluctuating costs at the pump, and the general economic strain, many of us feel a tightening belt spiritually, emotionally, and financially. When external pressures mount, it is easy to fall into a state of spiritual stagnation or hyper-vigilance. That…

I had a deeply unsettling experience in my bathroom this morning. I walked up to the sink, splashed some water on my face, looked up into the mirror, and honestly wondered who let the nice, silver-haired lady into my house. Given the level of supernatural woo woo that is active…

It starts innocently enough. You are sitting on your porch, sipping your morning coffee, when a glossy, jet-black crow lands on the railing. It tilts its head, fixes you with a bead-like eye, and lets out a solitary, booming “CAW!” – the crow sound “caw,” not the Church of All Worlds “CAW”. A…

In the traditions of Hoodoo and conjure, a Mojo Bag—also known as a gris-gris—is far more than a collection of loose herbs and curios tied up in cloth. When properly prepared, a Mojo bag is considered a living spiritual entity and valuable magical ally in daily life. It is a portable spell customized…