The Balancing Path (Prose)
These pages are an index of articles I have written on witchcraft, paganism, and spirituality. Some articles are listed under multiple headings.
Witchcraft Blog (everything)
Browse all my witchy posts and The Balancing Path in chronological order, starting with the most recently posted content.
Nonbinary & Transgender Topics
Articles related to gender, sexuality, intersectionality, and nonbinary thinking.
Social Justice
Here you will find all of my writings that directly pertain to social justice issues. I believe all people are deserving of equal rights and opportunities, and stand firmly against all forms of bigotry and discrimination, including but not limited to racism, bigotry, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, xenophobia, ageism, classism, sexism, and misandry.
Self-Awareness and Introspection
These articles are all about shadow work, getting to know yourself, finding and living your personal truth, and healing your inner wounds so you can live your most authentic and fulfilling life, whatever that means for you.
Magical Principles & Cosmology
Here you will find articles relating to foundational magical principles and techniques like energy work, meditation, the elements, and musings about the nature of the universe.
Death and Change
Death is constant, and its vehicle is change. These articles explore aspects of change, death, mourning, and commemorating the things that have passed from our lives.
Baneful and Blessing Magic
I explore baneful and blessing magic as two very similar and compatible approaches to achieving change, one through offensive means, and the other through defensive.
Deities, Spirits, & Other Noncorporeal Beings
All of these articles relate to the noncorporeal beings we share the world with or may encounter in our personal practices, from the big name deities to tiny animistic spirits.
Wheel of the Year
These articles all relate to the natural cycles of the wheel of the year and sabbats holiday and seasonal observations.
Tools of the Magical Trade
Here you will find all my articles relating to the physical objects and spaces we use when working magic or conducting ourselves spiritually.
Sigil Magic
Here you will find links to detailed information on various sigils I have created and how to use them, as well as sharable graphics you are welcome to snag.
Magical Community
These articles are on topics related to our communities and interpersonal issues, whether we are talking about tiny covens, giant festivals, public rituals, online groups, or interactions between individuals.
Magic Spells, Rituals, and Exercises
These articles all contain magic spells, rituals, and personal exercises laid out for you to try yourself.
Divination, Tarot, and Oracle Cards
Here you will find layouts, thoughts and musing on card-based divination and spellwork.
Words Have Power
These articles focus on nuance of meaning, connotation, and responsibility in our word choices. Words have the power to hurt or heal, teach or deny, clarify or obfuscate, and often the difference between the various extremes is choosing one word over another in an otherwise identical sentence.
Reviews
Here you will find my reviews of various books and other metaphysical items.
At a Certain Time…
These articles were all written in response to particular circumstances or events going on at the time they were written, so they are not evergreen in the way many other articles are. Unlike the rest of these index pages, these articles are listed from most recent to oldest, with the original publication date also indicated.
Recent Balancing Path Blog Posts
Sigil for Nerve Damage
The Sigil for Repairing Nerve Damage is intended to help soothe and heal damaged nerves, as well as slow damage progression in the case of degenerative conditions or ongoing damaging situations like chemotherapy. The exact source of nerve damage is immaterial, but the sigil will work best when used in conjunction with prescribed medical treatments,…
Resilience Sigil
The Resilience Sigil is designed to help through lengthy, overwhelming times of stress and duress. It does this by soothing tense emotions, supporting seeking or participating in community, encouraging appropriate self-care, and lending strength and courage when you cannot find your own. That way you will be able to keep putting one foot in front…
Truthsayer Sigil
The Truthsayer Sigil is designed to help with speaking the truth, and having the truth be believed. It also wards against falsehoods and lies, and encourages people to recognize lies for what they are.
Inflammation Balancing Sigil
The Inflammation Balancing Sigil seeks to help balance inflammation in the body to help the healing process and also encourage the body to return to normal. Inflammation is an important part of the healing process, but when it is excessive, it can cause no shortage of health problems. This is something that is familiar to…
General Update, Resin Art, & Embroidery
Yet again, it has been a hot minute since I have updated my blog. My health combined with life circumstances, plus depression, meant that I was not in a space to be able to write or make art for quite some time. I’m now on new medication for the depression which is actually working for…
The Trojan Horse of Pagan Unity
The drama over Diana Paxson’s expulsion from The Troth found its way onto my socials, which I am very glad for. I am a big fan of accountability, and of organizations adhering to principles of accountability. It is a very rare thing, and yet it is so very important in order for a community to…
9 Energy Healing Tips and Tricks
These energy healing tips and tricks are for both healers and recipients, in or out of a professional setting. Some tips will hopefully make it easier to find a good match between healer and recipient, and easier to find a supportive setting in which to do the healing. Other tips are aimed at helping to…
Psychic Skin Meditation for Cultivating Energy Body Health and Awareness
This psychic skin meditation is designed to help you cultivate conscious awareness of your energy body, and develop the ability to heal and protect yourself from psychic/energetic/magical intrusion without sacrificing awareness or sensitivity to the energetic aspects of the world around you. It also encourages the development of introspection and self-awareness as a path…