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To be a Slavic witch, one possess the ability to astral travel and fall easily in and out of...

Becoming a witch is a deeply personal journey, and more often than not, a solitary one. Despite what you...

Patricia Crowther was one of the best-known and most influential figures in the development of modern Wicca and contemporary...

The ability of witches to interfere with or destroy the fertility of man, beast, and crop. This malicious destruction...

Lucius Apuleius is best known to us as the author of The Golden Ass, one of the most famous...

The expulsion of evil spirits by commanding them to depart. The expulsion is often done in the name of...

The amniotic fetal membrane that sometimes clings to a newborn’s head or body after birth. Being born with a...

The Terms of witchcraft are meant to transport the practitioner into the heart of life itself, where words are...

Don’t miss anything. In all of your undertakings, have all your senses working at their fullest potency; this is...

Witchcraft is the magical manipulation of energy to bring about change. The energy used by a witch may be...

Whether reading grimoires or studying under a teacher, it can be difficult to truly know how to discern true...

Once you have chosen to take upon yourself the obligations of the practice of Witchcraft, then the effects, or...

Witchcraft can be said to employ the Law of Attraction in a sense, though magic can be much more...

The preparation required of you when working magic, as well as ritual, if possible should be done with the...

Focus is rather difficult to describe in a linear fashion. It is achieved when you link emotion and intellect...

In Witchcraft and magick, glyph is a term used to describe a powerful symbol that represents a person, place,...

Wicca and Modern Druidry began in the 1950s. They have their roots and inspiration in the old traditions of...

The most important thing to note when getting into witchery is that supplies are anything at your disposal. You...

Place a small guardian totem such as a dragon or gargoyle and explain it’s duties. People will just think...

Try placing a bowl of magnetic oil-charged water in your rooms to soak up negativity. Float candles in it...

Try placing a besom or a broom with its bristles up near the entry of your home. Any spirits...

Try hanging a set of chimes outside your door or a bell. Ringing bells and chimes are said to...

The Law of Congruity is the law of cause and effect: every action has an equal and opposite reaction....

Hallowed Be Thy Name Hailed, and walled, with garnet and with topaz The Temples of my Family! Deep in...

The Fire Festivals interweave themselves with the lesser Sabbats of the solstice and equinox, but whereas the solstices and...

The cauldron, like the broomstick and the black cat, is one of the features of any scene of witchcraft...

A witch is either a woman or a man who knows that he or she is a witch. A...

Exercise 1 1. Choose a quiet place where you will not be interrupted. If you are working the technique...

Alexandrian – Founded in England during the 1960’s by Alexander Sanders, self-proclaimed “King of the Witches”. An offshoot of...

It has been said by a thoughtful writer that the subject of witchcraft has hardly received that place which...

Our first steps on the path of Witchcraft require us to connect to the earth and at least wonder...

Between earthly incarnations, witches believe the soul rests in the Land of Faery, a pagan paradise like the Celtic...

Traditional witchcraft is an umbrella term that includes many traditions. Essentially traditional witches are practitioners of forms of witchcraft...

This ritual was one of fasting to aid concentration, for some particular purpose. It was alleged to have been...

This greasy, trance-inducing substance was traditionally made of hallucinogenic (and often fatal) herbs that had been boiled in pig...

The best-known Biblical text referring to witchcraft is verse 18 in the twenty-second chapter of Exodus, which states: “Thou...

Also referred to as “drawing the quarters” this is a way of acknowledging the four cardinal directions and their...

A belief during the witch hunts, that the Devil, his demons and witches could transport themselves and others through...

The transformation of a human being into a wolf. There are two types of lycanthropy: a mania in which...

The Theban alphabet otherwise known as the witch’s alphabet or runes of Honorious is believed to have emerged in...

Hermetica Forty-two sacred books of mystical wisdom attributed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus, or “thrice great Hermes,” the combined...

n Witchcraft there is no formal priesthood although some witches working in a group or coven will have a...

Magick takes place at what TS Eliot in The Four Quartets called the ‘still point of the turning world’,...

From the Autumn Equinox until just after the Wild Hunt rides out around Samhain is the Season of the Witch. People all over...

The causing of illness, misfortune, calamity and death by the looks of strangers and by envious looks, amulets and...

This name was given to the statue of a mysterious deity alleged to be worshipped by the Knights Templars....

In contemporary Witchcraft, a powerful, magical rite of sexual intercourse that pays homage to the male/female polarity that exists...

There is a special connection between the spirit and its possessing location, most often the victim’s bedroom or personal...

A curse is a spell intended to bring misfortune, illness, harm or death to a victim. Curses are the...

Esbat is a regular meeting of a coven of Witches at which religious worship is conducted, business is discussed...

According to a prophecy by the famous 19th-century cunning man James Murrell, the Essex village of Canewdon, located in...

A lot of traditional witches do not cast a circle at all as this is not traditional witchcraft but...

I respect the solitary witches who blaze your own trails, walk your own paths, and listen to your own...

Witchcraft probably originated about 25,000 years ago in the Palaeolithic era. At that time, humankind and nature were seen...

The ability of witches, sorcerers  and other magically empowered persons to transform themselves and other humans at will into...

In African tribal traditions, witchcraft is part of the accepted supernatural landscape and is generally something to be feared....

One of the witches’ most important basic beliefs, obviously, is the reality and possibility of magic. This involves the...

The Greek goddess of witchcraft, Hecate, was also the goddess of the crossroads, and animals were sacrificed to her...

The best-known Biblical text referring to witchcraft is verse 18 in the twenty-second chapter of Exodus, which states: “Thou shalt...

Village witch or healer who provided cures, remedies, charms, spells and divination, usually in exchange for a fee or...

Witchcraft is as old as the human race. It dates from the days when, by the flickering light of...

Within the corner of a darkened room, a woman sits on a chair and hums a repetitive tune. Her...

One of the witches’ most important basic beliefs, obviously, is the reality and possibility of magic. This involves the...

Witchcraft is the set of beliefs and practices employed by Witches in ritual and spellwork. Often, magical work is...

Alister Crowley’s “love under will.” When we consider Wilt. The saying goes love under will. But he says do...

Green Witchcraft is a term often used interchangeably with the descriptor Hedge Witch. There are certain similarities between the...

Know, at all times, why you are doing what you are doing. Know your own motives well. Exercise caution...

Mulengro is the name of an entity that is like an alien barb; one that has become an out-of-control...

Contemplation is a very natural way of focusing and inspiring the mindscape. It is best accessed through an activity...

The biological animal and the soul that infuses it has an innate ability to handle its own life and...

The term “harm” is perpetrated through either ignorance or intent. Ignorance is a social problem brought about because the...

Let’s not confuse the word service with the word servitude. You service the forces with which you interrelate. You...

It is advantageous that you realize just what is accessible through this technique. I have spent many years charting...

The Brocken, also called the Blocksberg, was the most famous meeting place for witches in Europe. An old-fashioned poet,...

A curse that is the product of envy, revenge and anger. In earlier times, people commonly blamed their misfortune...

Witchcraft is the ability to harness and use the powers of nature and one’s own personal energy in order...

Sacred space means different things to different people. So really, the only way I can get around that is...

A paranormal phenomenon whereby a body or object is raised up into the air in defiance of gravity. Levitation...

What is Pagan Witchcraft? Pagan Witchcraft, also known as Wicca, is a modern-day religion that draws inspiration from pre-Christian...

A Chaos Witch is a practitioner of witchcraft who embraces chaos magic as their main practice. Chaos magic is...

Old school, what is that.. well its a schooling that exist longer then any other schools now defunked, it...

Fathers and Mothers are equals in the seeds of nature, one gives birth the other maintains its direction, it...

Rarely heard of, never spoken about and practiced only by witch who has nothing to lose or live for....

There is a silent darkness that is attached to witchcraft and a subject that is very seldom talked about...

A coven is typically a group or circle of witches regardless of gender, so a coven can be mixture...

Stage 1 Wicca and the like, all white and fluffy, doing nothing but good learning the rules and basic...

Necromancy is believed by some to be the darkest of all the black arts, where witches and alike are...

That the roots of Traditional Witchcraft as they have emerged passes beyond western culture as a cornerstone of middle-eastern...

Luciferian Witchcraft is the very result of sorcery which emerged in ancient cultures and times. The Luciferic linage is...

The Witchcraft tradition was explored in essence by the practitioners of Yatuk Dinoih, or Persian Witchcraft of which emerged...

The most important tool in Witchcraft is not the athame or the wand, it’s not the cauldron or the...

I am not silly enough to suppose that everyone, or even a majority among Witches, will agree with everything...

Am I a Witch? Well this is a very tricky and difficult question. What defines a ‘natural witch’ from...

I’m a What? A witch, you say? Let me tell you why that’s perfectly okay! I’m filled with magic...

“In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in...

PAGAN: you can be a witch and be a Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or any other. Religion that...

“Being a witch, continued Don Juan, does not mean practicing spells, or trying to affect people, or being possessed...

Swamp Witch Black Water Hattie is a witch who lived in the swamps and bayous Florida. Although there are...

Items needed: a vacuum (or broom, whatever you have) a cloth and wood polisher a white candle a mix...

A Witch refuses to allow her/himself to be corrupted by the great guilt neuroses which have been foisted on...

Water Witches are sometimes called Sea Witches, but many of them find a calling with inland creeks, rivers, and...

Spells. Moon rituals. Crystals & herbs. Each of these things and many more are associated with what has been...

Be clear in your intentions towards your dreams. Write them down and review them before going to bed, so...

We live upon the Earth because we are not prepared to live in the ways of the spirt. We...

I’m a What? A witch, you say? Let me tell you why that’s perfectly okay! I’m filled with magic...

Witching hour, also called devil’s hour, in folklore, the time at night when the powers of witches and other...

Anthropologists and other folks who research and catalog the customs and activities of tribal peoples use the word “witchcraft”...

Death witchcraft can be defined  as working with and honoring spirits of the dead (ghosts, ancestors) as well as...

As with any magical path, everyone practices for difference reasons. Some people have an intense fear and fascination with...

How Does it Differentiate from Necromancy? Necromancy comes from the Greek words nekrs (“dead body”) and mantea (“divination by...

No rules can ever be enforced onto anyone’s path, though it goes without saying there are those people around...

You have to pay attention to their occurrences- they flow here and there, mostly unpredictable, but sometimes not- and...

In reality, the body isn’t a trap, isn’t a fetter, but until you learn to use your white body,...

For all of the people out there who are looking to spiritual systems, whether exoteric or esoteric, or who...

The spirits of the dead are often worked with as well, a lot of ancestral spirit guide workings are...

The “Witch Doctors” were still called upon to heal a sick child, or deliver a baby, or tend to...

The Appalachian Granny Magic Tradition, like many of the older ones, was passed on from parents to their children...

The Appalachian Granny Magic Tradition of Witchcraft is one that is only recently being heard of. Though the tradition...

Track Your Progress When you follow the path of the Solitary Pagan Witch, much of your learning comes through...

One of the greatest advantages of being a Solitary Pagan Witch is having the freedom to discover your own...

One of the greatest advantages of being a Solitary Pagan Witch is having the freedom to discover your own...

Make Figuring It Out The Goal One of the greatest advantages of being a Solitary Pagan Witch is freedom....

Modern life can be busy. Work, family, household jobs, appointments and everyday responsibilities can easily fill the day. You...

One of the great advantages of being a solitary Pagan Witch is that your spiritual practice belongs to you....

  A Practical Guide for the Solitary Pagan Witch   Living as a solitary Pagan witch does not mean...

One of the great advantages of being a solitary Pagan witch is that your practice belongs entirely to you....

Your Craft Should Fit Your Life   Are you finding it difficult to make time for Witchcraft? Perhaps work,...

Modern life can be remarkably busy. Work, family, household responsibilities, money worries and the endless little jobs that demand...

  Becoming a witch is a deeply personal journey and, for many people, a solitary one. There is no...

There has long been a natural connection between the Gothic imagination and the world of Witchcraft. Both are drawn...

  For the solitary Pagan witch, freedom can be one of the most important parts of the path. There...

Blood has carried powerful symbolism throughout human history. It represents life, ancestry, mortality, sacrifice and the mysterious connection between...

For many solitary Pagan witches, the spiritual journey is not about finding another religion to follow. It is about...

For many solitary Pagan witches, finding a personal spiritual path is not simply about discovering new beliefs. Sometimes it...

For the solitary Pagan Witch, meditation does not have to mean sitting perfectly still, emptying the mind, or following...

The Great Rite is a central and respected ritual in many witchcraft traditions. At its heart, the Great Rite...

There comes a moment in the night when the houses are quiet, the roads are deserted and even the...

Witchcraft is one of the oldest spiritual practices in human history. At its very basics, witchcraft refers to the...

Black Magick in witchcraft has long been surrounded by mystery, fear, and misunderstanding. Often associated with harmful intentions, black...

Witchcraft in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania has a long and fascinating history shaped by religion, folklore, and cultural...

A pagan witch is a person who practices witchcraft while following a pagan spiritual path. Paganism is a broad...

Ceremonial magic is a structured and ritualistic form of magical practice that draws upon symbolism, sacred texts, invocations, and...

Wicca is a modern Pagan religion that emerged in the mid-20th century, largely through the work of Gerald Gardner....

Traditional Witchcraft is a spiritual and magical practice rooted in folklore, ancestral customs, and pre-modern beliefs about the natural...

Sex magick is a spiritual practice that combines sexual energy with magical intention to bring about personal transformation, spiritual...

Traditions matter. History matters. Folklore matters. Teachers can matter. Books certainly matter. But if you choose the path of...

One of the strangest lessons of Witchcraft may be that some of our most meaningful experiences happen when we...

Before attempting to become a great worker of Magick, perhaps we should first become good observers. Watch the seasons....

The wind is a wonderful symbol for the solitary witch. You cannot grab it. You cannot order it to...

Traditional folklore sometimes gives witches and magical practitioners deliberately impossible tasks. Tie the wind. Catch the sound of a...

Books on Witchcraft can be enormously useful. They introduce ideas. They preserve traditions. They provide rituals, correspondences, folklore and...

This is where solitary practice becomes particularly interesting. A coven naturally requires structure. If several people are performing a...

This presents an interesting problem for people who want Witchcraft to operate like a scientific experiment. Perform ritual A....

There are moments when everything seems to come together. They cannot necessarily be scheduled. They cannot always be recreated....

Perhaps one of the most important skills a solitary witch can develop is simply awareness. Magick does not always...

Imagine the soul as an ancient granary filled with thousands upon thousands of seeds. Every seed represents a possibility....

The old magical idea of the physical body and the spiritual or subtle body can be useful here. We...

One of the great freedoms of being a Solitary Pagan Witch is that there does not have to be...

Many people come to Paganism, Witchcraft, spirituality and the occult because they are searching for something. Some are looking...