This is the first in a continuing series on magical herbalism that will be appearing in The Raven’s Beak. I’m working off a long...

Appearance: Rainbow iridescent Mother of Pearl Chakra: 2nd Sacral Zodiac: Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Aquarius Country of Origin: Baja...

Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits was born October 1, 1949, in Royal Oak, Michigan — the perfect place, he liked to joke, for a future...

Yule! The winter solstice and the shortest day on the year! It’s a sabbat for those of us who follow a pagan path, an important holiday....

My dear friend Patricia Asunja sent me this German and Scandinavian traditional way of celebrating the Yule holiday 5 years ago and I...

As every pagan, Wiccan, wise person or mage knows, this is a special time. For many, the Moon is a symbol, at least, of the feminine...

This is the fifth in a series on how to cast a magic circle in a correct and effective manner. As I said in the first installment, there...

Raymond Buckland (August 31, 1934 – September 27, 2017 was an English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant...

Here I’d like to talk about what is probably one of the few unifying themes and beliefs across all of pagandom, that of the Wheel of the...

Everyone can appreciate the beauty of a Full Moon, but to pagans, witches, heathens and many other alternative religions and spiritual...

If you’ve dabbled in magic and Wicca/witchcraft at all, you’ve most likely heard of Scott Cunningham. He was a Pagan author, one of the...

Selena Fox is a Wiccan High Priestess, an Interfaith minister, environmentalist, author, a psychotherapist and is widely seen as an elder...

Hallowmas, Hallows, Halloween, Samhain and many other names are all talking about the same thing. This is the High Holyday of Wicca and...

The creation of your witch’s altar is a wonderful process that allows you to exercise your creativity, intuition and magic. We’re going...

Hello again and Merry Meet! That’s an old greeting amongst witches dating way back when we were going through what we call “The Dark...

Wicca, witches and witchcraft seem to be all the rage nowadays, on social media, in movies, TV, hell Marvel Comics even has one called...

The witch’s knife, often called the Athame or Blade, is generally considered the most important tool, or magical weapon, that any...

Over the years (I’ve been a pagan for over 35 years) I’ve had a fair number of people ask me how they can become Pagan clergy or...

What do you look for in a teacher or priesthood? This is a difficult question but it is one you need to take seriously. There are...

There are Three Keys of Spellcasting that you need to learn and use to make your spellcasting consistently successful. I'm going to tell...