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It’s Giveaway Time!
I love free stuff – and because I like to GET free stuff, I also like to GIVE free stuff. So, I’m doing a giveaway over on my About Paganism Facebook page! Click the link to hop on over there, and learn how you can win a copy of my newest book, Witchcraft for Healing, as well as a copies of Herb Magic and Wicca Practical Magic. That’s right, you cool cats and kittens… it’s a BOOK BUNDLE! Visit me on Facebook to learn more: About Paganism
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Using Your Words – And Why They Matter
One of the things I always try to stress to people when they’re working magic is that words matter – and by this, I mean you’ve got to be REALLY specific. As an illustration, let me share with you a story from my own checkered magical history. I like to tell this story in some of my workshops, because it feels like it really drives the point home. Plus it’s a great example of how stupid I was when I was a n00b witch, and I like to remind people that while it’s great to learn from your own mistakes, it’s also helpful to learn from OTHER people’s mistakes. Teenage…
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Witchcraft For Healing Kindle Edition Available Today
Well, here’s some super exciting news! My new book, Witchcraft for Healing, isn’t *officially* being released until November 10… but if you order the Kindle edition on Amazon, you’ll get it now! That’s right, the e-book version is available today! I’m thrilled that people will finally be able to start reading the book, and I can’t wait to hear what you think. Leaving a review is one of the best ways you can support authors, but more importantly, your review can help others decide if Witchcraft for Healing is what they’re looking for. If you’ve purchased the ebook and have started reading, please write an honest review over on Amazon —…
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What’s Your Biggest Self-Care Challenge?
As I was writing my upcoming book, Witchcraft for Healing: Radical Self-Care for Your Mind, Body, and Spirit, I was working through the manuscript in the early months of a global pandemic. For many of us, our social interaction became limited to Saturday night Zoom hangouts, video chatting with friends and family around the country, and eating and drinking way more than was healthy for any of us. I realized pretty early on that under crazy circumstances like 2020 has presented us with, self-care was a lot easier to talk about than it was to actually do. I learned, once those first couple of months had passed, that for my own…
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall…
… who’s the most magical of them all? Well, YOU ARE, if you incorporate mirrors into your magical practice. From scrying to repelling spells to beauty rituals, mirrors can come in handy in a number of ways. Here are a few of my favorite magical uses for mirrors: Make a Scrying Mirror Scrying is one of the best known forms of divination, and can be done in a variety of ways. Basically, it’s the practice of looking into some sort of reflective surface — such as water, fire, glass, dark stones, etc. — to see what messages, symbols, or visions may appear. A scrying mirror is a simple black-backed mirror,…
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Why I’m Excited About Witchcraft for Healing
Okay, I know that some people think that books just magically appear on Amazon, and that anyone who wants to write one can just wiggle their fingers at a laptop for a few hours and then BOOM a book pops out, but the fact is, it’s a lot of hard work. It’s months of research, followed by the actual creation of the content, and then a bunch of editors do their thing, the author has to go back and make revisions ad nauseum… it goes on for a looooong time. But I love it. I enjoy the entire process, especially when I’m writing about something that excites me. One of…
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Announcing “Witchcraft for Healing”
YOU GUYS!! After a ton of hard work behind the scenes for the past several months — which included writing a whole entire book during a global freakin’ pandemic — I’m thrilled to finally announce that I have a new book coming out, Witchcraft for Healing: Radical Self-Care for Your Mind, Body and Spirit, available from Rockridge Press on November 10! This book is a guide to unlocking magic’s transformative, empowering nature, and finding spiritual, emotional, and physical healing in all aspects of your life. You’ll learn about how modern witchcraft has many of its roots in wellness, and explore dozens of simple spells and remedies like crafting an incense…
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Ain’t No Party Like a Yard Ghost Party
When I moved a couple of years ago, I discovered that while I had about five boxes of Yule decor, I had over two dozen boxes of Halloweenery – it’s my favorite time of year! And this is one of my favorite decorations to put out – every fall, random strangers would stop and take pictures of my front yard, because of all the Halloween nonsense, and this group of ghosts was always a huge hit. Here’s how you can make your own, with about $20 worth of random supplies. For each ghost, you’ll need the following: 1 4-foot length of 2″ PVC pipe, cut with a 45′ angle on…
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Samhain Divination
Y’all, it’s the spooky season, and with 2020 being an absolute dumpster fire of a year, many of us are spending more time at home, and that means more time to work on spiritual growth. For me, although I work on divination all year long, the Samhain season is an especially powerful time of year to work with my guides, my ancestors, and those across the veil. In many agricultural societies, a popular pastime at Samhain was that of divining the name of one’s future lover. Some revealed a face, others an initial or even a full name. These traditional methods were practiced in rural societies for centuries. You can…
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No Snappy Title, Just a Tease…
