The Sun Came Out at Beltane
May 1 2022: There’s a sweet scent in the north woods. It’s Beltane and everything is blooming, the currants, the little wild roses, the rhododendrons. The wheel is turning and…
In Praise of the Wise Old Woman
We need to talk about aging. After all, if we live long enough, we’re all going to experience it. A lot of people have done significant work calling out sexism…
Six Ways My Catholic Upbringing Prepared Me to Be A Witch
I’ve met many Witches who are former Catholics. We make an instant connection, “Me too!” We compare notes about the ways the church prepared us to be Witches and the…
Making a cord for Lammas
Today I went out to the blackberry patch in my woods and made a Lammas cord. I recorded the process to show everyone how easy it is and how much…
Printable oracles from ancient Greece
My good friend and colleague John Opsopaus (who also writes as Bruce MacLennan and Apollonius) has a new set of oracle resources. He's posted printable oracles on the web page…
My father gave me the world in books
Sunday was Father's Day. I've been thinking a lot about my father lately. Warren Alfred Cranmer was raised Protestant but converted to Catholicism to marry my mother. As part of…
Five things I love about spellcraft and magic craft
Witches cast spells. Witches and other magic workers also make charms and talismans and perform rites and rituals. I practice them all. Honestly I’m a magic nut, I love every…
Remaking Community Connections with Cord Magic
Connections are like threads tying us together. The pandemic went on for so long I dropped out of the web of community altogether. Now I’m figuring out how much…
A Thelemic Pilgrimage to India
There are three pilgrimages a Thelemite can make: Scotland, Egypt, and India. This week I'm heading for India.
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The Heart of a Theurgist
The moment that saved my heart came at the very end of a video training conference for ICE deportation resisters. The young Latinx said "We always end with chanting.