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Witchcraft, Occult, New Age, or Pagan? What’s the difference?
For folks just getting into alternative spirituality, terminology can be confusing. What’s the difference between New Age and pagan? Are all witches pagan? What does occult even mean? And where do my beliefs and practices fit into all that? Truly, you don’t need to label your spiritual practice unless you want to. Labels can sometimes…
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Cults? In my life? It’s more likely than you think.
In my last post, I talked about how the Law of Attraction and Christian prosperity gospel both use the same thought control techniques as cults. I’ve received several public and private replies to that post: some expressing contempt for “sheeple” who can be lead astray by cults, and others who say my post made…
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Build Your Own Love Spell (for any type of relationship)
Step One: Timing The best timing for your spell depends on your desired results. For a purely sexual relationship with no romantic feelings, perform the spell on a Tuesday. For a romantic relationship of any kind, perform the spell on a Friday. New moons are an especially powerful time to do any magick…
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How Do I Know It’s Not All In My Head?
One of the most common questions that comes up in discussions of deities, angels, and spirit communication is, “How do I know that these messages are really coming from an outside source and not from my own imagination? How do I know it’s not all in my head?” I try to keep Harry Potter references…
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🕯️ A Healing Candle Spell 🕯️
If you follow my social media, you know that I am currently recovering from surgery. If you’ve been a member of the online witch/pagan community for a while, you also know that doing magick while sick or injured is kind of a controversial subject. Some people believe that doing magick while sick “pollutes” the energy…
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Angel Magick Books: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
If you’ve seen my last YouTube video, you know that I’ve been spending a frustrating few months trying to find good books to help me make angels a bigger part of my spiritual practice. In this quest, I was hoping to find books that weren’t explicitly Christian — which was harder than you’d think. And…
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5 Ways To Get Started With Shadow Work
In my most recent YouTube video, I talked about how my big goal for this month was to really get down and dirty with my shadow work. I talk a little bit in that video about the amazing success I’ve had, and about why I think anyone and everyone could benefit from shadow work. (I…
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New YouTube Video: Is Magick The Same As Prayer?
There’s another new video up on my YouTube channel! In this one, I talk about the difference between magick and prayer, and how each can serve different spiritual needs. I also get yelled at by my neighbor’s dog and don’t realize I have lipstick on my teeth until halfway through the video. You can watch…
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New YouTube Video: Coming Out of the Broom Closet
This weekend I posted my second video on my new YouTube channel. In it, we talk about magick, witchcraft, being gay, and the freedom to express your true self. I discuss the term “coming out of the broom closet” and whether it’s fair to compare going public as a witch to coming out as queer.…
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Reflecting On My First Experience with Organized Paganism
Note: the image at the top of this post is “Witches Circle” by Babette Langer, who is a very talented artist and whom I definitely recommend checking out if you like beautiful, fantastical art! I went to my first Wiccan event this past weekend. It was kind of underwhelming. There weren’t any orgies, not…
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