Six months into my HRT, and all I had was questions: Who was I becoming? What kind of woman did I want to be? Could I put behind me all that had happened to me on the way to discovering…
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"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns." George Eliot Autumn is, without a doubt, my absolutely favorite season. The searing heat of…
Who is Sgàthach? What do we know according to the surviving mythology? When I say She has a Pictish connection, can we find evidence within mythology, or does this connection arise from my personal gnosis? Come on in the hut!…
First of all, a wee disclaimer: If you know me at all, you know I dislike the “pagan” label. There was a time when I dabbled in neopaganism, but I soon found it to be a tad too superficial for…
Samhain is next week, so whom should you honor? This is a question many people ask, especially if they are adopted, from a non-pagan family, or did not have a good relationship with their family members before they crossed the…
Tuesday Tarot with Rock and Roll Witch helps us get us ready to take action over the coming week. Tuesday is the day of Mars, a planet that’s all about making sh*t happen. As we move into the waning crescent moon,…
This post tackles Road Opening magick, which is honestly some of my favorite witchcraft to do. In fact, I just finished a three-part Road Opener spell, made some gorgeous Crossroads Dirt herbal mixture (based on one of the three magickal…
In my first post here at Way of Witch, I introduced myself and described the impulse behind writing this blog. That sufficiently covered the “who/what/why” of the blog, but before I start digging in, I’d like to spend some time…
Magick, the Occult and Mental Illness Recently, a post came up in my Facebook News Feed entitled Occultism and Mental Illness: Returning Magic to its Healing Roots. It addresses the intersection of magick and mental illness in both the past and…
Personal Bias Two months ago, I conducted a social experiment. I posted two public opinion polls on social media. One of them, I posted on my Facebook profile (feel free to “friend” me by the way); the other one was…