I am very excited to be giving three presentations and leading one ritual at The Gathering Paths August 5-7, 2022, presented by Between the Veils, a nonprofit event organization.
Read MoreIn the wake of being diagnosed with disk degeneration disorder, I am dedicating myself to consistently doing physical therapy exercises. As a witch, I am using magic to boost those efforts, to support reaching my goals spectacularly and with minimal difficulties. Adding magic to a physical therapy routine is something anyone can do, benefiting the practitioner on both spiritual and physical levels.
Read MoreI will be giving three presentations at The Gathering Paths conference, President’s Day weekend 2022: Nonbinary Celebration Ritual, Animistic Perspective, and Unconventional Tools & Altar Supplies.
Read MoreI sometimes get asked how to use sigils, from people who would like a little more guidance than the blurb tacked onto the end of every sigil post I make. In this post, I write about how to determine which sigil will work best for you, and some methods how to use sigils.
Read MoreThis sigil is designed to gently imbue other spells, sigils, objects, places, people, etc. with energy, but never to the point of being overfull or overcharged. It does nothing independently, but instead requires a focus to work upon. The energy imbued comes naturally from excess energy in the world, and transforms to be perfectly compatible with the focus. When the focus is a person, it can help offset fatigue, even chronic fatigue.
Read MoreWhile no one piece of advice is ever going to apply to all witches, let alone all spoonie and/or disabled witches, I want to share advice about how I approach having a magical practice. These spoonie witchcraft tips are things that I do in my own practice that help to ease the spoon costs of doing witchcraft, and help with managing my chronic illness.
Read MoreIt is easy to fall into the thought trap of needing everything to be perfect before acting, whether that action is magical or mundane. It is certainly true that some things must happen before other things can happen, or it may be best practice to wait for certain circumstances. However, you can never be absolutely certain that everything will go perfectly, so if you wait until perfection is assured, this can easily result in never acting at all.
Read MoreThe Lament for the Lost commemorates different kinds of major losses that have been suffered, from lives, to livelihoods, normalcy, dignity, and sanity.
Read MoreOn a handful of occasions I have found myself in a situation when I needed to work with the dead. This ghost story is a recounting of one such occasion.
Read MoreBanishing is used across all forms of magic. Banishing means to make something go away, to put it in the past, and remove it from the present and likely future. It is a loss that is welcome or needed. Most changes, especially deliberate changes, involve some kind of loss or banishment. This can be big things and it can be little things.
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