Discovering Your Spiritual Allies

March 3, 2021 By Phoenix LeFae

The truth is that we all have many spiritual allies. These may come in the form of deities, ancestors, fae, land spirits, animals, plants, or something else. Some of them will come into our lives for just a moment, even for just a single message. Other allies may show up and hang out with us for a bit; weeks, months, years, and then disappear. While other spiritual allies will be with us from birth to death, whether we ever connect with them or not. Discovering your spiritual allies is a lifetime’s worth of work, but here are a few ways to get started on the path. Read more

Hyssop – The Best Magickal Herb

February 22, 2021 By Phoenix LeFae

For spiritual purposes I highly recommend hyssop as a cleansing and purification ally. Here are some ways you to used hyssop for cleansing: Read more

The Perils of a Magickal Hangover

February 18, 2021 By Phoenix LeFae

Something came up in a class last night. A couple of folks mentioned feeling crappy after practicing casting circles. When you’re new to energy work, casting circles, or doing any sort of magickal practice, there is a potential for a magickal hangover, ritual rebound, or energy blowback. You don’t have to be a new practitioner for this to happen either. And there are some real perils of a magickal hangover. Magickal hangovers can bring on the same symptoms of an... Read more

A Quick Magickal Shower

February 14, 2021 By The Witches Next Door

Magick, water, ritual - Count me in. But sometimes I need a quick magickal fix and that's when a magickal shower comes into play. Read more

Moving Sacred Space from the Old Temple to the New Temple

January 10, 2021 By The Witches Next Door

If you have a ritual room, temple space, or other magickal space in your home and you have to relocate it, you can collect the magick and take it with you to your new location, especially if you plan on building another temple or sacred space in the new spot. Read more

Casting a Circle – Not Just Performance Art

December 28, 2020 By Phoenix LeFae

Picture it. It's a dark night in the middle of the woods. There is a roaring fire in the center of a large group of people. A long haired Priestess steps out from the crowd. She is carrying a sword, the shine of the blade getting lost if the folds of her dark skirt. She stops near the fire, pointing the blade towards the flames, as if calling the power of that fire into the metal of her blade. She then lifts the sword, pointing the tip of the sword towards the direction of North and draws a pentacle in the air. Moving in a clockwise circle around the space, she repeats this pattern three more times. All the while is speaks the words of magick. The blade is held above her head, pointing to the heavens. Then the blade is plunged into the earth. Read more

Yule Candle Spell

December 7, 2020 By Phoenix LeFae

The candle (electric or otherwise) is a source of inspiration. It is a message of hope and blessing. A solitary flame can serve as a reminder of all that feeds us. A candle flame can bring a bit of heat and warmth in times when we are lost or cold. The light of a candle is a physical reminder of the power of the sun and the energy it brings to our world. Read more

Spirits of Place

December 6, 2020 By Phoenix LeFae

The best way to connect to the Spirits of Place is to simply pay attention. Go outside, look out the window, pay attention to the subtle (and not so subtle) shifts and changes in your weather. How does your Land shift with the turning of the sun? Read more

How Braised Cabbage Made Me A Better Witch

December 5, 2020 By Gwion Raven

I found my own way to cabbage through experimenting with vinegar and apples and red wine and I'm really, really good at making cabbage now. Same with witchcraft. I've spent years honing my craft, my way. Read more

Calling The Dead On Your Cell Phone

October 24, 2020 By Gwion Raven

This ritual worked, continues to work, continues to impact me a decade later because it touched on the one thing I wanted most. And All it took was a phone Read more