Divination Tool Basics Do I need to cleanse them before I use them? How do I pick the right medium? For this blog, I want to cover a subject that has many layers to it. Divination is a powerful tool used by witches and psychics alike. They have been a part of antiquity for as […]
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Magic and Performance: An interview with Shana Leilani 1) So lets start off with a bit of background about yourself Who am I? I am a self proclaimed psychic, ghost busting witch by day and a burlesque dancer by night. I am proud to be one of the resident readers and witches at The Green
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Perfectly Acceptable: Attending Your First Ritual So much time spent researching for days trying to find some glimmer of hope. You think to yourself, I really want to find myself amongst others. Is it the right move? Should I take the plunge even though I don’t know what will happen? Being alone for so long
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Leading not Ruling As we enter the season of darkness and prospect of the light returning, I want to take a moment and focus on the crown. No, not the crown of monarchy, but rather the crown of sovereignty. Something that is integral to all craft practices is the crown. It represents not just the
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Everyone has a unique experience when it comes to finding their familiar spirit. I remember the first time I had an encounter with my familiar Buzz. It was a few years back and I was working in the store. The idea of a working partner was not foreign to me and so when that day
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Often times when doing magical workings we focus so heavily on the words and the sayings that we lose sight of the magic that happens in the silence. This is one reason why I typically use instrumental music for my workings as opposed to chanting or rhymes. It allows for me to slip into the
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There is always this talk about the witches who came before us. The ones who were killed and captured at various points in history during the “burning times” across Europe and the Americas. Hopefully most of us know that these people weren’t all witches per se. They were outcasts of society and seen as political
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I have worked with sigils of various kinds my entire magical practice. I first want to explain what exactly a sigil is before anything else. Now a sigil for me is an abstract representation of a thought form that I have condensed down to its core pieces. This can be anything from taking a sentence
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I strongly feel that while one’s mind, body, and spirit ought to be kept in the best possible space, there is a lack in the realm of the home. It goes without saying that no matter how clean and connected you are on a “microverse” level, if your “macroverse” is out of whack then you
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What sets you apart from other witchcraft stores? When we started with the Green Man we made a decision to focus the aspect of community building. Creating a place where people could gather and share their differences and their diversity and teach and have classes and help people to develop a sense of home, community,
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