April 2025 – Page 2 – The Keeper's Path

F Is For Familiar — And It’s Probably Not What You Think It Is

April 7, 2025

Animals are magical creatures and the connection formed between you and an animal companion, pet, or fur-baby is indescribable. But, it’s very popular in the Pagan/Wiccan/Witchcraft community, in person and online, to describe this connection using the term Familiar. They are not the same thing. A Familiar was never the animal a Witch keeps close. … More F Is For Familiar — And It’s Probably Not What You Think It Is

E Is For Educating Others

April 5, 2025

For the most part, I can be described as an openly-known Witch. I write blog posts and provide services as a priestess to my community, such as weddings or counseling or ministry. I lead study groups, book clubs, and a coven. I’m known mostly by my public Craft name — Lady Serpent — but many … More E Is For Educating Others

Just a Bit of News

April 4, 2025

I received notification that this blog has been listed within the top Witchcraft blogs on Feedspot! As both a reader and a blogger, I enjoy using their list availability to find blogs on different topics and I’m so happy to have been given this achievement. If you aren’t familiar with them, please check them out. … More Just a Bit of News

D Is For Difference Between Demonology and Demonolatry

April 4, 2025

Mentioning the words Demon, Demonology, and perhaps less often Demonolatry, conjures all sorts of fear-based reactions because of what these words have come to mean to most people across time. Many will choose to avoid the topic all together, stating that anything having to do with demons is evil and dangerous. People say the same … More D Is For Difference Between Demonology and Demonolatry

C Is For Christian Witchcraft

April 3, 2025

My own personal thoughts of this topic have moved around to different places over the past 20 or so years, so let’s start with defining some terms as I use them. Not all Witches/Wiccans/Pagans, or even Christians might agree with everything I say in my definitions, and that’s fine. I’m providing these as a way … More C Is For Christian Witchcraft

B is for Banish and Bind

April 2, 2025

One of the most commonly asked questions people have when seeking magic to either do for themselves or ask to be done on their behalf is a banishment or a binding. These things might be linked together because they both involve managing how another’s energy interacts with your own, but they are quite different. Think … More B is for Banish and Bind

A is for Astral

April 1, 2025

What happens when the spirit leaves the body? In most cases, people answer with, “Duh… Death.” But Witches as spiritual practitioners know better. It is important to know what each experience is, beginning with explaining the difference between having an Out-of-Body experience (OBE) and performing Astral Travel. They are not the same thing even though … More A is for Astral