With offerings such as Kim Davis and Mitch McConnell, I am courting the idea of inventing a new life story where instead of hailing from my beloved…
This week, several articles on Josh Duggar popped up on my Patheos feed as news of his marital unfaithfulness spread across the interwebs. Not on Patheos…
Within the past two weeks, I have seen several articles by Pagan columnists whose work I enjoy expressing surprise and dismay at how other Pagans…
Emotion is what fuels magical practice because spell work begins with what you want to have happen. If you cannot feel, then you cannot want and…
“An it harm none do what ye will.” We cling to these words, among other reasons, because they are our battle cry to legitimize us to other…
Welcome to the list of my own 10 Favorite Witchy Movies. Are they predictable? Absolutely. They are at once predictable and cliche. There glaring omissions that will…
It can happen to all of us, although thankfully, not usually to the degree we see in the graphic above. Rituals fail. It is easy…
Several of my co-bloggers here at Patheos Pagan have stepped in with their rebuttals the post written by another Patheos blogger, Father Longenecker, called “Twelve Reasons Why…
One of the primary premises not only of magic but also of spirituality itself is words are power. In Catholicism, for instance, the words of a priest…
All religions bring with them a series of stories/parables designed to illustrate lessons that help us grasp essential truths. We often think of these fables…
My experience with totem animals is shaky at best. I do not have a particular animal with which I feel a particularly strong alliance, although I had an…
What are you like in your relationship with the Deities you honor? How do you engage them? What role do they perform in your life?
Where does your energy go? Often, I hear even advanced magical practitioners talking about physical, mental, emotional, social, sexual, and magical energy as though these…
In my own spiritual practice, CUSP, the time between Imbolc and Spring Equinox is critical to our harvest process and the manifestation of positive life…
Humans often consider the power of speech and written word to be the defining quality that sets us apart from the rest of the animal world.…
I am either the best or the worst High Priestess in the history of, well, ever. Whichever you tell me, I will likely argue anyway. One…