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June 20, 2019August 3, 2024

Pagan Funerals: Burials, Customs, and Pagan Funeral Songs

Death can be scary for anyone and everyone. As a pagan witch, I have no shortage of thoughts about it. And if you’re here, you likely do too. Or perhaps you’ve lost a loved one recently who identified as pagan or witch. I’m here to tell you, witch and pagan funerals are a real thing.

June 13, 2019March 2, 2024

Common Problems That Block Your Magick and Hold You Back

I’ve had many people come to me and ask me why their magick isnt working. Why their spells seem to backfire or never come to fruition. There are quite a few things that can hinder or block your magick and your power. I am not one to candy-coat anything for people who truly want to

June 6, 2019March 2, 2024

Magical Wards: How to Lay a Protective Ward Around Your Home

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know that protection magick was the one and only magick I practiced and focused on the first few years of my practice. Since then I have been diligent in honing this type of magick for myself and it has become one of the magickal areas I

May 10, 2019March 1, 2024

Spirit Work: How to Protect Yourself While Working With Spirits

Our resident blogger Allorah Rayne shares with us pertinent tips and tricks on how to protect ourselves during spirit work. Allorah on Spirit Work Spirit work, whether communing with our ancestors or invoking deities, can be tricky business. Many of us have Ouija board stories from childhood that appropriately taught us the valuable lesson of

May 5, 2019March 1, 2024

Smokeless Cleansing Alternatives: 9 Ways to Purify Your Home and Aura

Nowadays, everyone seems to be smoke-cleansing to cleanse a space of negative energy. Smoke-cleansing is an ancient practice of using smoke from a purifying herb to drive away negative forces and spirits. The most popular herb is white sage; however, white sage is becoming increasingly endangered in recent years. This is one reason to look

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 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 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

March 24, 2019March 1, 2024

Witch’s Flying Ointment: A History & Non-Toxic Recipes

The image of witches flying on broomsticks is a misconstrued truth – witches “flew” but perhaps not in the way you might expect. In this article, we’ll discover the history of flying ointments, provide flying ointment recipes, and teach you how to create your own (safer) flying ointment recipe. What is Flying Ointment? What is

March 15, 2019March 20, 2024

Soul Mate Dreams: Can You Dream of Someone You Never Met?

We wonder if there’s that perfect someone out there for us. Is there such thing as a soul mate? When our souls were created they were created in pairs and groups. One of the other souls in your soul group could be your soul mate. Between lives, we often choose to reincarnate with the same