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Most people overcomplicate magical tools. They think the work only becomes serious when the supplies look old, rare, dangerous, or hard to get. That...

A lot of people treat incense cones versus sticks like it’s the same product in a different shape, and sometimes it is. But shape...

What the Crystal Ball Is Actually For We all know what people think a crystal ball is for because we’ve seen the same image...

Magical Properties & Uses Queen Elizabeth root is one of those old love-work ingredients that carries both sweetness and command. In hoodoo and related...

A lot of people treat a spiritual bath like it’s just a regular bath with some herbs tossed in, and that’s usually why they...

A lot of people come to Isis because they want a goddess who can hold a situation steady. They come when protection has to...

Magical Properties & Uses dTobacco is used in folk magic, hoodoo, and spirit work mainly as an offering, a prayer herb, and a protective...

A lot of people buy a new tool—knife, scissors, candle holder, mortar and pestle, whatever—and they start using it right away like it’s just...

Tourmaline is best known in modern magical practice as a stone of protection, grounding, and spiritual boundary. When most people use it that way,...

In witchcraft, animals are believed to represent specific traits and powers. Many people know about a witch's familiar, often portrayed as a black cat...

The debate around white sage—whether it is a “closed practice” and who has the right to use it—has flared into a cultural bonfire in...

Throughout history, many royal figures have shown a fascination with the occult, which includes mysterious practices and beliefs. This interest often reflected the ideas...

The Witch Was a Healer First Before people feared the witch, they needed her. Long before she was blamed for bad weather or punished...

Why Magical Folks Must Rethink Their Relationship With Wealth There’s a subtle but deep-rooted belief threading its way through many corners of the pagan,...

“They’re Just Being Stubborn” – Or Are They? After nearly 30 years of doing this work—readings, candle spells, relationship consultations—I’ve noticed a phrase that...

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina presents itself like a piece of pop horror, but under the surface, it's soaked in occult philosophy, magical symbolism,...

Penny Dreadful doesn’t just borrow from gothic horror. It goes deeper, reaching into the marrow of Western esoteric thought. The show is a layered...

A lot of people lump cleansing, unhexing, and banishing into one big magical soup and stir it with whatever stick they’ve got on hand....

When people light a candle for spell work, they often treat it like a vending machine—insert prayer, walk away, wait for results. That’s not...

Catherine de’ Medici didn’t earn the nickname “The Serpent Queen” because she smiled too sweetly. She earned it because she survived a court of...

People ask me how I write and put out books so fast. I write in complete chaos, but it somehow works. I'm always writing....