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April 18, 2019March 1, 2024

Pagan Dating: How to Tell Your Partner You’re Pagan

Whether you’re dating, in a serious relationship, or married, being a pagan is sometimes difficult when you’re with someone who’s not pagan. There’s questions that come up, beliefs are debated, and personalities can clash. BUT there are ways to a. tell your partner you’re pagan and b. date or be in a serious relationship with

April 18, 2019March 1, 2024

Witches & Poisonous Herbs: A History of Bella Donna, Fly Agaric & More

History tells us witches and poisons go together like peas and carrots. Written accounts of the Witch Trials in the Dark Ages through the Early Modern Period give us a glimpse into the lives of accused witches and sorcerers. Including their use of potions, brews and plants that are deemed poisonous. Yet if we look

April 16, 2019March 1, 2024

8 Simple Ways to Make NEW Witch Friends Without Joining a Coven

The majority of witches in modern times are what we call solitary witches. This means we practice our craft alone. And most of us like it that way. No dogma. No rules. And there’s no one to tell us how to live our lives or how to practice our craft. BUT just because we prefer

April 12, 2019March 1, 2024

House Cleansing, Blessing and Spiritual Protection Step-by-Step Tutorials

Just as homes need to be physically cleaned, they also need to be spiritually cleaned. We call this a house cleansing. A house cleansing is necessary in addition to a house blessing and spiritual protection of your home. This serves to remove negative spirits and energy that’s collected in your home over the past years/months/days.

April 5, 2019March 1, 2024

Vampires Origins: Goddesses, Revenants & Hungry Ancestors

What are the vampires‘ origins? The concept of the vampire and its true beginnings is debated by folklorists. There are many interesting theories, but it makes sense to recognize the modern-day vampire as an amalgamation of ancient myths, legends, and folklore from all over the world. Here, we discuss the ancient secret truth about vampires

April 4, 2019April 12, 2024

Hoodoo Jar Spells: The Black Jar for Cleansing, Banishing & More

In this special post, resident monthly blogger Allorah Rayne shares with readers one of the most powerful and versatile Hoodoo jar spells: the black jar. The Black Jar Two basic kinds of workings which exist in every system of magick include those for cleansing and those for protection. In fact, it’s usually two of the

April 3, 2019March 1, 2024

Old American Witchcraft & Folk Magic: Initiation, Curses & Spells

When Europeans began migrating to the North America, they discovered it was a much different place than they were expecting. Threats lay around every turn, including their very real fear of witches and devils. In this article, we examine Old School American Witchcraft. Initiations, curses, spells and the Devil were very real to the American

April 3, 2019March 1, 2024

Horse Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World: Celtic, Greek & More

One of nature’s most majestic and noble creatures is the horse. Dating back thousands of years are stories of these beautiful animals. All over the world, cultures have revered the horse for its swiftness, but also for its power and independence. Horse medicine is strong medicine. The Celts and the Native Americans revered the horse,

April 2, 2019March 1, 2024

HUGE List of Traditional Witchcraft Books for Trad Witches

The traditional witch has a plethora of resources at his or her fingertips. BUT to make it even easier, we’ve created a HUGE list of traditional witch books including on witchcraft, herbalism, and folklore. FIRST – what type of traditional witch will these books benefit? Every witch will benefit from reading these books, but when

April 1, 2019March 1, 2024

What is a Shapeshifter? Shapeshifting Witches & Werewolves

The classic werewolf story isn’t just for the big screen. And the idea of shapeshifting isn’t exclusive to the Werewolf. Every continent has it’s own legends of shapeshifters. If we look back in time and trace the roots of these legends, they all fall back to one idea…shapeshifters were witches in another powerful and terrifying