Learn about the the lunar cycle and how to use New Moon and Full Moon magic and rituals in your witchcraft practice.
Category: Magic
Is It Ethical To Read Someone’s Tarot Cards Without Their Knowledge or Permission?
Is it ethical to read someone else's tarot cards without their knowledge?
What a Witch’s Familiar Is – and Isn’t
There's a big difference between a pet and a familiar. Learn some traditional lore about what familiars do, how to get one, and how they were used against witches in the trials
Sola Busca Tarot: Deck Review
The Sola Busca Tarot was created in 1491. Does the reproduction live up to the Italian renaissance standards of the original? Check out our review.
Bottom of the Tarot Deck: Shadow Cards
Ever peek at the bottom of the deck after you lay a spread? It's a thing, and you're not alone. Learn what the Shadow Card represents, and how it can enhance your readings.
Clearing and Charging Your Tarot Deck
Sometimes our sacred tools come in contact with energies we don't want clinging them. Learn four rituals to clear your tarot deck using the power of the moon, earth, crystals, and smudging or recaning.
Summer Solstice Ritual
Mimosa flowers float in mountain water under ponderosa pines, flooded with solstice sunlight, on the lands of the Concow-Maidu in the sacred Sierra Nevada foothills. I feel the energies of this powerful site in the pads of my bare feet on the warm earth. -Tiana, June 2018, California I don't have many people around me… Continue reading Summer Solstice Ritual
A Crone’s Memories of Magic: The Pregnancy Pendulum
Modern Magic: A Crone's Take on the Witchcraft Fad The practice of the Old Ways has become big business, and it’s kind of breaking my heart. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for practitioners making an honest living with their skills and experience and talents, but our ancient, sacred way of life has become bastardized… Continue reading A Crone’s Memories of Magic: The Pregnancy Pendulum
A Month of Magic: Reflecting on October
Witch Tiana reflects on the magical time of harvest, bounty, ritual, magic, and witchcraft. We hope you'll be inspired by her remembrance of this special time.
Understanding Animism and Familiars
Animism is the concept that all beings are imbued with spirit, that so called “inanimate things” are alive with consciousness, and that the magic weavers have a responsibility to interact and care for them. Familiars are those animals, spirits, stones, flowers, trees, herbs, mycelium, stars and ancestors that are closest to us.