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The Pill and the Prayer
The Pill and the Prayer
Getting back on hormonal birth control so my partner and I can stop using condoms, I pause before I pop the first tiny yellow pill. I…
Faye Henson
Jan 26, 2019
Discomfort is Your Dearest Ally
Discomfort is Your Dearest Ally
But the hardest to befriend.
Frankie
Jan 20, 2019
Pomba Gira’s Dance — The Concrete Heart
Pomba Gira’s Dance — The Concrete Heart
I bought my own wedding ring yesterday.
Ro Negres
Nov 23, 2018
Working your Woo: Building Your Inner Temple 1.4
Working your Woo: Building Your Inner Temple 1.4
Setting your pathways — your first proper exploration of the Inner Worlds
Ro Negres
Nov 13, 2018
Working Your Woo: Building Your Inner Temple 1.3
Working Your Woo: Building Your Inner Temple 1.3
The importance of cleansing and purification in the Inner Worlds
Ro Negres
Oct 31, 2018
Working Your Woo: Building your Inner Temple 1.2
Working Your Woo: Building your Inner Temple 1.2
Crafting your firmament, as above, so below.
Ro Negres
Oct 26, 2018
Working Your Woo: Building Your Inner World Temple 1.1
Working Your Woo: Building Your Inner World Temple 1.1
When you don’t have the safety or resources to make an altar, use the best tool you have.
Ro Negres
Oct 23, 2018
Pomba Gira’s Dance — Focus, Work, Survive
Pomba Gira’s Dance — Focus, Work, Survive
There’s a group of Woofolk in the UK trying to stop Brexit.
Ro Negres
Oct 8, 2018
10 Ideas For Witches Wondering What We Do Now
10 Ideas For Witches Wondering What We Do Now
With 45 as our president, it’s no surprise that Brad KFCchicken was voted in. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck. Perhaps your social media…
Frankie
Oct 7, 2018
Fire Moon
Fire Moon
Around the time I was learning to accept and deal with the fact that I will probably always be in chronic pain Was around the same time I…
Faye Henson
Oct 6, 2018
Cultivating Healthy Boundaries Pt. II: Finding Our Boundaries
Cultivating Healthy Boundaries Pt. II: Finding Our Boundaries
In the last installment of this series, we talked about what boundaries are, the three major ways they show up, and how they develop in…
Frankie
Sep 26, 2018
Cultivating Healthy Boundaries Pt. I: The What and How
Cultivating Healthy Boundaries Pt. I: The What and How
I want to talk about something really important. In fact, to me, it’s one of the most important things in the world.
Frankie
Sep 18, 2018
Accountable Apology: A Ritual
Accountable Apology: A Ritual
“Apology is more than an acknowledgment of an offense together with an expression of remorse. It is an ongoing commitment by the offending…
Brianna Suslovic
Jan 31, 2018
20 Witches, Wise Folks, and Healers to Support in 2018
20 Witches, Wise Folks, and Healers to Support in 2018
As we round out the year, I’ve come to learn just how many wonderful, feminist, anti-racist and anti-oppressive folks are out there on the…
Brianna Suslovic
Dec 28, 2017
The Cost of Empathy
The Cost of Empathy
The Embodiment of Suffering
Frankie
Nov 13, 2017
Witching Ourselves Well
Witching Ourselves Well
How we can use craft and care for healing
Brianna Suslovic
Nov 1, 2017
Witchcraft Isn’t ‘Safe’
Witchcraft Isn’t ‘Safe’
What You Don’t Believe In Can Hurt You
Ro Negres
Oct 26, 2017
Mourning in the Month of Ancestors
Mourning in the Month of Ancestors
When Tarot Tells You What to Do
Frankie
Oct 13, 2017
Code-Switching as Black Magic
Code-Switching as Black Magic
Wisdom and Healing in Darkness
Brianna Suslovic
Oct 11, 2017
A Nid On Nazis
A Nid On Nazis
Grace from Helsinki, who wishes to be otherwise anonymous, watched the Nazis of Charlottesville using Mjollnir flags and was angered into…
Frankie
Oct 9, 2017
Know Your Price
Know Your Price
Whether it’s luxury or living to see another day
Ro Negres
Oct 9, 2017
First Steps with Pomba Gira: The Safety Dance
First Steps with Pomba Gira: The Safety Dance
Not all witches are safe enough to be seen
Ro Negres
Oct 4, 2017
White People’s Collective Spiritual Mess, Pt. 2: Starved for Meaning
White People’s Collective Spiritual Mess, Pt. 2: Starved for Meaning
There’s really no kind way to say this, so I’m just going to have out with it.
Frankie
Aug 22, 2017
Community Resources for Intersectional Witches
Community Resources for Intersectional Witches
A Living Document
Frankie
Aug 21, 2017
White People’s Collective Spiritual Mess, Pt. 1: The Lie of Racial Purity in America
White People’s Collective Spiritual Mess, Pt. 1: The Lie of Racial ...
I’m baffled by a very real trend in the spiritual world with white people, which is not a sentiment that is new to me. It’s like we go one…
Frankie
Aug 15, 2017
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