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The Thinning of the Veil

By Halloween, the season itself seems to change the character of the familiar world. A growing chill sneaks in through the cracks, shadows deepen, and the ordinary feels a little more mysterious. Many witches have a different name for the last day of October: Samhain.
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You Don’t Have to Be Wiccan to Be a Witch

The simplest distinction between Wicca and witchcraft is this: Wicca is a religion of witchcraft. Witchcraft itself is a practice, not a religion.
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Keeping the Solstice

Whether you're Wiccan or not, the Solstices belong to you. Marking this tipping point between light and dark may be one of the oldest observances of mankind. Explore the many doors into this turning point of the year.
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Successful Spellcraft: Working With Magick – A Beginner’s Guide Part 4

Candle magick is an excellent place to begin. It’s simple, focused, and can brings results relatively quickly. A candle also holds all four elements. There’s fire in the flame, air feeds it, the solid wax is of the earth, and the melting wax is of the water. All spells have...
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Training the Inner Senses: Working With Magick – A Beginner’s Guide Part 3

Magick requires sustained focus and reduced mental noise. Meditation trains exactly that. This is why you’ll find this practice recommended almost universally for witches.
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How to Start: Working with Magick – A Beginner’s Guide​ to Magick Part 2

The exercises in this blog post will help you focus your attention, better understand your thoughts and emotions, strengthen your intuition, and learn to sense both your own energy and the energy of the natural world.
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What Is Magick?: Working With Magick – A Beginner’s Guide Part 1

Magick is the intentional act of influencing reality by working with forces that are not fully visible, measurable, or controllable through ordinary means.
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Let’s Tithe!

Tithing is the tradition of giving to support causes bigger than yourself. Make your money matter and tithe to these 3 recommended groups that fight for a better future.
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To Be a Modern Witch Blog Post

To Be a Modern Witch

To be a modern witch is to be in dialogue—with history, with nature, with our communities, and with ourselves. It is to walk a path that is at once ancient and entirely new. It is to recognize the freedoms we now have: to practice openly, to connect with others, to...
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We Asked the Coven

We asked the Coven to give us their fresh ideas on government.
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Witch's Star

Witch’s Star – The Power of Five

 To use the pentagram, first you need to know where the elements are on this symbol.  I’ve seen them in different positions from the illustration below but this order puts the earthly elements, Earth and Fire, on the bottom (for Fire, think magma), then the flowing elements, Air and Water,...
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Witch Camp Girls

Modern Witch Camp 2024 – Event Photos

Modern Witch Camp 2024 was more magical than we could have ever predicted. The nature! The community! The open hearts! Want to join us for the next one? Make sure you are signed up to our email list to be one of the first to know.
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Goddess Diana Statue

Why We Honor the Goddess Diana

At her core, Diana is a goddess of the wilderness and the hunt. In an age where many of us feel disconnected from the natural world, celebrating Diana encourages us to rewild ourselves, to reclaim our place within the web of life. Her expertise with the bow is a potent...
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Introducing… The Lady Phoenix

Phoenix Lamour is a high priestess with a goal to be a catalyst for growth in the lives of everyone she comes into contact with, reawakening the eternal fire within. Her mission is to help us break past the illusions in our lives, so that we may reconnect with the...
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Global Grey Ebooks

Find Free Witch Ebooks on Global Grey

Global Grey has been running for around 9 years. It started as a hobby and the aim was to set up the site as a place where people could find and download quality ebooks. The original idea came from a love of books in general. A lot of ebook sites...
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Witchcraft Origins

Witchcraft has been a subject of fascination for humans for centuries. From the witches of Salem to the modern-day pagans, the practice has remained shrouded in mystery and intrigue. But beyond the sensationalized portrayals in popular media, there is a rich history and tradition to explore.
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Food for the chakras with Vanita K. Gupta

Food For the Chakras – Video Playlist

Vanita K.Gupta's recipes will help you balance your chakras. Each week Vanita deep-dives into a specific chakra and explores what foods to use to balance that particular chakra and why. All recipes are available inside of the episode.
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Boost Your Spell Magick – A Podcast Playlist

We encourage fledgling and seasoned Witches to explore new tools, discover Witch thought leaders, and take their practice to a whole new level.
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I’m a Witch of the Wyrd

Wyrd is essentially the old Anglo-Saxon version of fate or destiny. It’s the interconnected web of all beings, and its threads represent how we influence one another at a cosmic level. Basically, Wyrd witchcraft is about developing a deeper understanding of this web and one’s place and role within it.
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What’s Your Tarot Year Card?

One of my favorite, most centering witchy rituals is reading tarot cards for myself. Whether it’s through tarot, astrology, philosophy, or psychology, I’m always up for a moment of introspection. In fact, I wholeheartedly believe the world would be a better place if everyone committed to at least one practice...
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Witch Tools For The Chakras

Modern Witch Movement has curated a set of easy tools you can use to work with, unblock, and activate your chakras.
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Shadow Work Series – Healing Depression

DOING VERSUS DEPRESSION Last November, an intense and expansive spiritual download awakened me to the observation that I’d been allowing depression to make my life smaller and smaller for months without even realizing it was there. Shit.
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Door Feng Shui

Door Feng Shui

Being considered the mouth of the home, the main entrance is the portal of energy for your home. Luck flies through your door and into your personal space benefiting those residing in it. Therefore taking the time to analyze and make the necessary changes, will work wonders on correcting existing...
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Essential Chakras – Crown Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & Feng Shui Witch, Delia Ivette deep dive into the seventh or Crown Chakra. They explore: What is the seventh chakra? What does it mean if your seventh chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your seventh chakra?
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Essential Chakras – Third Eye Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & Feng Shui Witch, Delia Ivette deep dive into the sixth or Third Eye Chakra. They explore: What is the sixth chakra? What does it mean if your sixth chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your sixth chakra?
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Essential Chakras – Throat Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & Feng Shui Witch, Delia Ivette deep dive into the fifth or Throat Chakra. They explore: What is the fifth chakra? What does it mean if your fifth chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your fifth chakra?
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Essential Chakras – Heart Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & Feng Shui Witch, Delia Ivette deep dive into the fourth or Heart Chakra. They explore: What is the fourth chakra? What does it mean if your fourth chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your fourth chakra?
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Essential Chakras – Solar Plexus Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & Feng Shui Witch, Delia Ivette deep dive into the third or Solar Plexus Chakra. They explore: What is the third chakra? What does it mean if your third chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your third chakra?
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Meredith the Witch That Wasn’t

A book read aloud. Magic can look less like spells and more like making things from scratch. Especially from a reluctant Witch.
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Essential Chakras Sacral Chakra

Essential Chakras – Sacral Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & I deep dive into the Second or Sacral chakra. We explore: What are chakras? What is the second chakra? What does it mean if your second chakra is out of balance? How can you work with your second chakra?
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Abuela

A book read aloud. Keep your imagination alive. Love your Abuela.
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Pyrite Magick

If you’re lacking motivation or physical strength, call on the Pyrite crystal and reconnect to Mother Nature with this power stone that harnesses the earth element, the powerful energies that ground you and guide your spirit to a place of higher wisdom. If you’ re ready to take action to...
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Essential Chakras - Root Chakra

Essential Chakras – Root Chakra

Potion Witch, Jennifer Biondo & I deep dive into the first or Root chakra. We explore: What are chakras? What is the first chakra? What does it mean if your chakras are out of balance? How can you work with your first chakra?
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Taurus Season Magick

♉️ During this time we all move together through the energy of the bull. A fixed Earth sign, Taurus is about the sex of spring, getting your hands in the dirt, and taking a nap in the breezy shade of a tall tree.
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Sunday: Crown Chakra

Sunday’s focus is surrender versus escapism. The Divine Works through us, not for us; we must serve as responsible co-creators of our life. Too often surrender is interpreted as a come what may approach, but there’s more nuanced to healthy surrender.
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Beltane Magick

❤️ Beltane represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. All of life is bursting with potent fertility. The potential becomes conception. ❤️
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Potions For Your Emotions

I walk you through a few of my daily ritual oils focusing on – Peppermint, Lavender, Balance, & Cypress + Whisper for anger + Helichrysum, Frankincense, Myrrh, Geranium for hemorrhoids + Adaptiv for calming + Wild Orange for abundant thoughts & ridding fear cycles
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Goddess Freyja

Why We Honor Goddess Freya

In the realm of Norse mythology, few deities capture the imagination quite like Freya, the Goddess of Love, Beauty, War, and Magic. As we began envisioning our theme for Modern Witch Camp 2020, Freya emerged as the perfect embodiment of the power, passion, and mystique we wanted to infuse into...
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Saturday: Third Eye Chakra

Saturday’s focus is intuition versus fantasy: what is true versus what we want to be true. Intuition can be firm and, at times, quite loud, but it’s never panicked or in a rush, even when change is long past due.
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Friday: Throat Chakra

Friday's Focus is productive dialogue versus monologue, both internally and with others. Dialogue invites New Perspective and requires flexibility, while monologue sticks to the script and is immune to change.
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New Moon In Aries Magick

🌱This Aries New Moon is all about Re- Birth. 🌱
 The planting of the seeds that we wish to see grow into our future.
Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and New Moons signal the start of a new lunar cycle, so there is strong energy for new beginnings...
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Thursday: Heart Chakra

Thursday’s focus is abundance versus hoarding. The heart is the great connector between the chakras as the midpoint of these seven energy centers and between us and all of life. When the chakras are healthy the heart has the support of the entire system, enjoying, for example, the safety of...
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🔥 THE ELEMENTALS 🔥

We can connect to the earth's wild rhythms through the 5 Elements. We build a relationship with them with intention and awareness. How do we interact with each element in our everyday lives? Where do we feel each element within and without?
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Modern Witch Camp Featured in Lady Spike Media

Modern Witch Camp Featured in Ladyspike

Witch Camp is an event for sister Witches who love to be in nature, explore their own magic in community, learn new magic tools and have a lot of Witchy fun! This year’s event features an opening night circle followed by a catered feast by Fork and Thyme Catering, a...
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Wednesday: Solar Plexus Chakra

Wednesday’s focus is responsibility versus control, and the interesting, often inverse, relationship between the two. Controlling behavior, whether directed at ourselves or others, often conceals unconscious responsibilities that must be owned if the controlling patterns are to be healed.
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Tuesday: Sacral Chakra

Tuesday’s focus is vulnerability versus naiveté. Vulnerability is often viewed as weakness, but in truth it’s a superpower founded in trusting that our authentic expression is valuable and necessary.
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Monday: Root Chakra

Monday’s focus is safety and its shadow side, stagnation. This chakra helps us cultivate the foundation necessary to survive and thrive, and without this stable base, it’s challenging to manifest what we need.
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Witch Camp 2019

Modern Witch Camp 2019 – Event Photos

Modern Witch Camp 2019 was a major success and this gathering continues to grow and open our hearts. Witch camp is only as good as our Camp Counselors who lead workshops and this year offered a fantastic line-up of curated leaders. Want to join us for the next Witch Camp?...
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New Moon • New Energy

✨ Don’t forget to cleanse and charge yourself ! 🙌🏻 Selenite ( Top ) is a form of gypsum crystal that I refer to as liquid light. Selenite is named after the Greek goddess Selene, which is the goddess of the moon. Known for its cleansing and high frequency properties....
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Strawberry Full Moon Magick

🍓The reason we call this moon a Strawberry Moon is because today marks the time is right for harvesting ripening wild berries (North America). Other names given to this moon are, Mead Moon, Honey Moon, and Rose Moon.🍓
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Candle Magick

🔥 One of the oldest forms of magic, candle magic honors the power of fire—the element of creation and transformation. It is both powerful and fun to dress your candles by carving runes, lathering it in oils or even sprinkling herbs etc… The key element of candle magic is not...
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Goddess Persephone

Why We Honor Goddess Persephone

In the lush heart of Greek mythology, a maiden's tale has captivated hearts for millennia. Persephone, the radiant daughter of Demeter, embodies the eternal dance of life, death, and rebirth. Her story, steeped in the magic of the seasons, is why we chose her as the enchanting theme for Modern...
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Modern Witch Movement at Shadowland Wolf Preserve

Our coven took the opportunity to celebrate New Years at Shadowland Foundation which exposes, educates and eradicates the myths and misconceptions about wolves. 💕🐺☮️ The experience far outweighed our expectations, and of course… it didn’t take long for the wolves to fall in love with our witches. 🤟🏿🧙🏼‍♀️❤️
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Moon in Sagittarius Magick

On Nov. 22, the sun moved into Sagittarius, marking the beginning of an adventurous and ambitious archer season for us all. For four weeks, we’ll be under the curious and open-minded spell of the archer. This is the time of year that we may feel inspired to explore and expand...
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Yule Magick

🖤As we begin our descent into the underworld of winter, we are asked to learn to embrace the darkness of our shadow. From now until Winter Solstice ( Yule, Dec 21 ) animals will rest in hibernation and the plants and trees will fall into their slumber. We too can...
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Modern Witch Camp 2018

Modern Witch Camp 2018 – Event Photos

The first Modern Witch Camp is in the books and we are blown away by the connections we made this weekend to the land and each other. The community we built together in the woods will continue to bring us joy for years to come. Want to come to the...
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Tools For Protection During Magick

🖤 Witches, know how to protect yourself and your space. Whether you’re at home, office, in the car or traveling, be sure to set intention on making sure the energy within and without is clear and vibrating at its highest frequency. Here are some common tools to help. 💪🏼🧙🏼‍♀️
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Strawberry Full Moon Magick

The origin of the name ‘Strawberry Full Moon’ signals the time is right to harvest ripening wild berries. ✨The qualities of emotions and instincts reach their peak at a full moon, so use your increased emotional strength and intuition to overcome any emotional challenges that may be caused from Saturn’s...
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Blue Moon Magick

💙 Once in a Blue Moon…✨ Blue Moon in March 2018 gives you an opportunity to be introspective, present and mindful of your own thoughts. Look within and work with your fears to release them from your subconscious. Transform your negative thought energy into positive thought energy.
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Day of Love Magick

We are a bonded community, supporting one another in every single moment. We were in sync, in tune, divine. 💕 Together, we can do so much more than we can alone. When we bring our unique genius together, celebrate, see each other’s light, love unconditionally, exercise our feminine strength of...
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