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Folklore and Witches

How Witches Do Christmas

Luckily, the deep roots of our holidays (capitalist co-opting notwithstanding) are in the earth, in the cosmic cycles of life and death, rebirth an...

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Reclaim the Flame: 'Tis the Season of the Witch

‘Tis the Season of the Witch A while back, our founder Rachel taught a class called ‘Reclaim the Flame’ about the intersection between witch burnin...

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Cleansing with the Full Moon: A Ritual to Release and Renew

It might look like we are in the business of skincare, but it’s just a front for the reclamation of ritual.Like the skin itself, what is on the sur...

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Lucia’s Piuro: Herbal Poetry and Storytelling by Amy Teal

“A reclamation of responsibility to our spectrum of potential is imperative, as fear cannot fester in the light of gross self-acceptance. The reces...

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Take Back the Term: Coven as Community, Ritual, and Herbal Healing

‘Tis the season… of the witch. This time of year is our favorite, since the celebration of the magical, the strange and the scary gives us a little...

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Let Go and GET Goddess: Surrender, Ritual, and Herbal Healing

We are lucky humans to have pantheons of goddesses to draw wisdom from. In these times, we can learn a lot from Hygieia and her sisters about Healt...

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The Modern Witch: Herbalism, Rituals, and Self-Care for Today’s Mystic

The Modern Witch, a contemporary reclamation of a derogatory word saturated with generations of fear and hate. Branching off circuitously from the ...

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What's in a Name? The Power of Language and Herbal Identity

Why ‘Fat and the Moon?’ People often ask about where the name Fat and the Moon comes from. The word 'fat' is not always embraced in our culture, e...

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Worshiping Wolf Shepherd: Animal Archetypes in Herbal Ritual and Myth

Wolf Shepherd. A walking paradox. ⁣⁣Wolf Shepherd evades definition. In Slovenian folk mythology, s(he) is a chthonic being who wanders the fring...

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Worshiping Clay Idol: The Healing Power of Earth-Based Rituals

Rather than an ethereal God or Goddess, a clay idol is the formation of earth into a focal point for worship. Clay seems the most fitting material...

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Why Worship Hecate: The Goddess of Witchcraft and Herbal Healing

Hecate symbolizes the potency of the Night. Magic and mystery?... oh yes. Liminal spaces between realms?....definitely. Hecate embodies the powe...

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Zlata Baba: Eastern European Plant Lore and Herbal Traditions

Zlata Baba, the Golden Hag of Slavic myth: she is sublime in her embodiment of the terrifying and brilliant aspects of Life. At times, she is th...