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  • The True Story of Christmas: A Quick Guide to Yule and Winter Solstice

    What do Yule, Winter Solstice, Christmas, and Santa Claus have in common? I don’t know! Let’s find out! We’ll examine some of the real history and origin of all of these popular holiday terms, then discuss some of my favorite Yule traditions.

  • The First High Priest… Weekly Recap 12/18/2023

    This week’s prompt invites me to describe a man who has positively impacted my life. Interestingly enough, I’m currently working on a Q&A video and some of the questions have, in some roundabout way, touched on the topic of male role models. On that note, and in light of today’s prompt, I’m going to share…

  • Guide to Shielding – Part 2

    Jump to Lesson: Welcome back to the wonderful world of shielding! In the second half of this series on shielding, we’ll be discussing four more types of shields and some other cool topics like stationary wards and what might happen if you shield too much. If you missed Part 1, there’s still time! Pop on…

  • Raising Energy! Or My Stolen Bike. Weekly Recap 12/11/2023

    I try to put a witchy spin on these prompt questions whenever possible — it tends to make them more interesting to answer. As soon as I read today’s topic of “physical activities,” I immediately thought “wow, what a great time to talk about raising energy in ritual!” Movement, dance, and flow are all such…

  • O Solstice Night – Another ReWritten Christmas Carol

    I rewrote another Christmas song and made it about Yule. Here is a video of the performance and the lyrics!

  • Coby Michael, Baneful Herbs, and the Poison Path – Ep. 5

    Coby Michael is the author of The Poison Path Herbal and the proprietor of The Poisoner’s Apothecary shop. In this episode, we discuss the poison path of occult herbalism, entheogens, plant spirits, flying ointment, and tons more.

  • Ugh, I suppose I’ll indulge. Weekly Recap 12/4/2023

    Writing prompts are pretty hit or miss. This one is definitely a miss. Nonetheless, I did make a commitment to answer one of these things every week, didn’t I? Okay, here we go. Let me really do some soul searching… what things am I good at? Well, since you asked, I’ve compiled a short list…

  • Rewriting Christmas Songs

    Historically speaking, ripping off someone else’s music has been a time-honored and respectable tradition. I’ve applied this practice to turn Christmas music into Pagan music — and I’ll show you how I did it.

  • What’s the difference between yams and sweet potatoes? Weekly Recap 11/27/2023

    I’m responsible for one thing on the holiday menu. It’s an elusive and mysterious dish, going by many names and containing more sugar than a reasonable person would ever dare to use. Sometimes we call this dish “candied yams.” Other times we might say “sweet potato casserole.” Regardless, it’s delicious, delectable, and more densely packed…

  • Guide to Shielding – Part 1

    Crowded rooms and close encounters are all situations where we might need to put some extra thought into our energetic shields. Start blocking out unwanted energy with this quick guide to shielding!

  • What, exactly, do those spheres sound like? Weekly Recap 11/20/2023

    If I was able to meet a historical figure, I’ve got quite a long list of contenders. Most are craft-related. Let me tell you about a few of them… we’ll go in order of most recent to the oldest. Cue Song: Let’s do the time warp again! At the top of my list, however, certainly…

  • FPG Samhain 2023 Recap

    FPG (Florida Pagan Gathering), which took place from October 25 – 29, is over now and it was the most difficult “return to reality” that I’ve ever experienced. I’ll attempt to show you why it was such a great festival.