Title: The Witch’s Name: Crafting Identities of Magical PowerAuthor: Storm FaerywolfGenre: Wicca; Witchcraft & Spirituality I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I did not receive any sort of payment for this review. This is my opinion of this author’s work and not a paid advertisement for this … More Book Review -The Witch’s Name
Being a Witch in the public sphere, it’s not uncommon to receive an email from a “Concerned Christian” who wants to warn me of the dangers of Witchcraft. People who approach me with this sort of thing always start off on the same wrong foot. There are two points I’d like to address before sharing … More When a Christian Claims to Be an “Ex-Witch”
“A Witch’s word must have the validity of a signed and witnessed oath. Thus, give thy word sparingly, but adhere to it like iron.” – Ed Fitch, High Priest of Gardnerian Wicca Oaths permeate our history and society. Couples getting married make an oath to one another in the form of chosen vows during the … More O Is For Oath
I’ve been pretty reluctant to post spell crafting information on my blog for several reasons: Candle magic is where many Witches start out and where they often excel. Candles are inherently special and magical. They signify many things in different cultures. We use them on celebratory cakes, to set a special ambiance for peace or … More Candle Magic and Some Correspondences
This is going to be a list of things that annoy me as a Witch. Like everything else in my blog, it’s only from my point of view. Other Witches might not get irritated with the things on this list, or they might think I didn’t include enough! It’s not meant to make anyone feel … More N Is For Nine Annoyances
“Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will.” —Aleister Crowley I’m going to start this off by explaining why it’s popular in Wiccan/Witchcraft and some other Pagan or Occult communities to spell magic with the ‘k’ at the end. We have Aleister Crowley, a British occultist of the … More M Is For Magic… Or is it Magick? Majik? Magyck…
“Latent Christianity is the social and emotional baggage that sticks around even after we’ve left the religion.” – Ocean Keltoi Many, if not most people, come to Witchcraft, Wicca, or one of the other Pagan faiths from a previous background in Christianity. This is from either being a Christian, or if not actively being one, … More L Is For Latent Christianity
I’m a studious person by nature and I like to give myself topics to study. Because there are too many things that interest me to pursue academically — I have neither the time nor the finances to spare for this — I do a lot of self-study. Most of this is from books. But within … More K Is For Keeping Records
The fifth card of the Major Arcana in a deck of tarot cards is The Hierophant. The image may vary, depending on the artist’s interpretation of the card. Some decks may replace the Hierophant entirely with another sort of representation. I see this happen with more Pagan-Focused or Wiccan-Focused decks where the illustrator wants to … More H Is For Hierophant
Ever mind the Rule of Three, what thou sends out shall return to thee… So who or what delivers a punishment or reward? When discussing the 3-fold Law with someone, I gave it some serious consideration. The person I was talking to firmly believed that this law was totally false because, they insisted, there is nothing that … More The Law of Threefold Return
The Keeper's Path 