Deities, Spirits, & Other Noncorporeal Beings
This page lists articles I have written on witchcraft, paganism, and spirituality. Some articles are listed under multiple headings.
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.
Meeting Aradia
An older looking woman looked up from stirring the cauldron to give me a warm and welcoming smile, while she cheerfully informed me that it was about time I came by for a visit. There wasn’t any real rush, and she understood why it had taken so long for me to come visit, but she had something she needed to give me. Read More
Exploring Animism as a Natural Human Impulse
Animism is a natural human impulse, as odd as that might seem in the context of greater Western culture. If you have ever cussed out an electronic device or a curb you tripped over, thanked your car for making it there in time, or mourned the loss of a beloved item, you engaged with those things in an animistic way. Animism means understanding that everything has a soul, from you and me to every animal, plant, object, and place. It is a cosmological perspective on the nature of reality that is compatible with most cultures, traditions, and paths, and an important feature of the philosophies and cosmologies of a great many religions, both historic and modern. Read More
Calling the Fates to Hex
For me, the question of ethics comes in with whether or not the recipient truly deserves a hex, not whether or not hexes should be cast. So I call The Fates to notice the person, and give them whatever lesson they deserve. I certainly don’t know what a stranger truly deserves, but They do. Read More
A Story of Ghost Cats
This is the story of what happened to me with an entire litter of ghost cats, their living sibling, closure after death, and the joys of reincarnation. Read More
Revisiting 20-Year Gone Personal Practice
This past weekend a box was found in the back shed at my partner’s parent’s home. This box, thought long gone, had been missing since a move twenty years ago, and it contained almost all my magical tools and altar supplies at the time. I would have been homeless at the time if not for my chosen family. What belongings I kept went into the garage, apparently except for this one box, turning it into a personal time capsule of my magical practice at the age of 23. Read More
Why I Do Not Formally Venerate My Ancestors
These are my personal reasons for not formally venerating my ancestors, and some things I have done instead to root my practice and connect with death. Read More
An Unexpected Encounter with The Dead: A Ghost Story
On 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 More
Clear Vision Sigil
The Clear Vision Sigil is designed to help clear blockages to intuition so that you can have the clearest possible vision and understanding of your own intuition. It may be used for focused purposes, like with divination, mediumship, or communicating with deities, ancestors, and spirits. It can also be used to help generally increase your connection to your own intuition and your understanding of the subtler things around you. Read More