The Blessing of Uncertainty in the New Year
On New Year's Day 2020 I confidently posted a picture of Audrey Ann Hughey's 2020 Author's Planner.
The Forest Is My Salvation
The forest has saved my year. When the pandemic hit all the public indoor spaces closed. We were driven out of the restaurants, the gym, the store-as-entertainment. Where to go to get out of the house? Outside! Our Washington state home is zoned urban but surrounded by green.
Wiccan Devotionals Revisited
I'm revisiting an interfaith talk on Wiccan Devotionals I gave almost three decades ago. There are parts of that presentation that have a time capsule quality, other parts still describe what we do reasonably accurately. I was most surprised to rediscover the topics that we are just now getting around to discussing. I've been thinking about how I would make that presentation today.
Magical workings and prayers for peace
I work for peace. As a Pagan magician I am involved with a number of private efforts to maintain peace in the world through magic, invocation and prayer.
Juneteenth Program 2020
My coven met on Friday on Zoom for our Summer Solstice ritual. Because it was also Juneteenth I prepared a fifteen minute program for us to view and discuss…
Life as an offering to Nuit
My life is an offering to Nuit. Everything I experience I dedicate to Her. Every ecstasy, every joy, every pain and sorrow; every success, every failure, every act of bravery, every betrayal.
Creating a Magical Refuge
Do you have a refuge? There's so much stress in the world and our lives right now it's important to have a place where we can retreat, recharge, and feel…
How to Hold a Group Ritual Online
We can't always meet in person. Your coven, grove or lodge might decide to cancel your next get-together to maintain social separation to slow the spread of coronavirus, or a group member may be travelling but still want to participate.
Building Pagan Community at Sacred Harvest Festival
In my Pagan youth my friends and I put on festivals. We rented outdoor conference centers and staged elaborate rituals based on the Eleusinian and Orphic mysteries.
Photo by Alex Williams
What Witches and Magicians Can Learn from Jewish People
At a human rights conference I remarked to my Jewish friend Manya that all the people at our table were white. She looked at me sideways. "I'm not white," she said. "I just look white."
How do Thelemites and Witches celebrate Easter?
Thelemites and Witches generally define ourselves as non-Christian so we wouldn't normally think about celebrating Easter.
Aleister Crowley from Wikimedia Commons
Was Aleister Crowley a Witch?
Gardner’s version of his meeting with Crowley Gerald Gardner met Aleister Crowley in the last year of his life. We know that Crowley initiated Gardner into the O.T.O. and issued…