Reviewed By Katrina Rasbold
Enid Baxter Ryce’s Ancient Spells and Incantations is a captivating journey into the heart of humanity’s magical heritage. This beautifully crafted grimoire serves as both a historical preservation and a poetic re-envisioning of the words our ancestors used to shape their world.
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Reviews By Katrina Rasbold
In a crowded field of magical texts that often recycle the same basic correspondences, Mitchell King’s The Many Veils of the Moon: A Grimoire of Lunar Magic for the Green Witch arrives as a refreshingly original and deeply poetic voice. King, an accomplished poet and educator, weaves a grimoire that is as beautifully written as it is practical, offering a sophisticated guide for those seeking to deepen their communion with the lunar cycle. Continue reading The Many Veils of the Moon by Mitchell King
Reviewed by Katrina Rasbold
When we think of “borderlands,” we often think of political lines or separation. The Borderlands Tarot dares to reimagine this space as a lush, magical point of convergence—a place where ecosystems, cultures, and spirits bleed into one another to create something entirely new. Continue reading The Borderlands Tarot / El Tarot de Tierras Fronterizas by Enid Baxter Ryce and Luis Cámara.
Reviewed by Katrina Rasbold
In an era where “plant parenthood” has become a cultural phenomenon, Enid Baxter Ryce offers us something deeper than just watering schedules and sunlight requirements. Plant Magic At Home is a vibrant, illustrated guide that invites us to stop looking at our houseplants as merely decor and start seeing them as energetic companions. Bridging the gap between practical botany and green witchery, this book is an essential manual for the modern urban dweller seeking a connection to the wild. Continue reading Plant Magic At Home: A Guide to the Magic of Houseplants by Enid Baxter Ryce.
Reviewed by Katrina Rasbold
In her latest addition to the Pantheon series, historian and spiritual teacher Rachel S. Roberts invites readers to step past the marble ruins and cold statues of the history books and into the vibrant, beating heart of the Ancient World. The Romans is not just a dry recounting of dates and conquests; it is a spiritual travelogue that reanimates the “City of a Thousand Gods.” Continue reading Pantheon – The Romans by Rachel S. Roberts
Reviewed by Katrina Rasbold
Chaos Magic is often misunderstood and often seen as too complex, too edgy, or simply too “chaotic” for the average practitioner. In this addition to the Pagan Portals series, Ivy Corvus strips away the gatekeeping and confusion to present Chaos Magic for what it truly is: a highly adaptable, results-driven, and liberating spiritual technology. Continue reading Chaos Magic by Ivy Corvus
Reviewed By Katrina Rasbold
Let go, if you will, of the image and canon of the Marvel villain, Loki, and cast your mind back to the Norse legends. Don’t worry. Tom will be waiting for you when you finish.
To accurately clarify the legendary Loki, we also must shuck off any ideas of the Christianized “Devil of the North.” Instead, read this book to meet the real Loki.
In this book, author Dagulf Loptson delivers a groundbreaking guide that shatters the misconceptions surrounding the Norse pantheon’s most controversial figure. This isn’t just a history book or collection of lore. It is an invitation to dance with the fire without caring if you get burned. Continue reading Loki: Trickster and Transformer by Dagulf Loptson
By Echo Sherman
This winter, Eugene is about to witness something rare, radiant, and wonderfully unexpected: a Yule celebration that unites faiths, communities, and hearts in one shared evening of ritual, music, and care.
On December 21st, 2025, the First Christian Church will open its doors at 5:00 PM for a historic event: an interfaith solstice service where the Christian tradition of the Son meets the Pagan celebration of the returning light. For those who love the warmth of ceremony, the flicker of candles, and the poetry of ritual, this is a moment you won’t want to miss. Continue reading Two Lights, One Dawn: Eugene’s Historic Yule Celebration
By Tatiara
In the stillness of an ancient grove, I beheld a transcendent vision.
Among the lush greenery and flowers, a towering figure arose.
A Man whose height seemed to bridge the distance between earth and heaven.
His noble form draped in a purple mantle that rippled in the breeze. Continue reading As Above, So Below: Awakening to The Magician’s Realm
If you look out the window right now, the world probably looks a little sleepy. The trees are bare skeletons against a steel-grey sky, the ground is hard (or slushy, depending on your latitude), and the sun seems to have packed its bags and left the office by 4:00 PM. Continue reading The Longest Night and the Promise of Light: Why We Need Yule More Than Ever
By Cat Gina Cole
In the study of psychism, we often take mundane things and use them as tools in our psychic practices. The five faculties of the mind are the fundamental functions of psychism. We use them a thousand times a day without a second thought. But when we draw them out and hone them, they become powerful tools that lead to mastery of our psychic skills and spiritual self. As I work through the definitions of each, you will begin to see how they play a role in our spiritual, magical, and psychic work.
The five skills I speak of are reason, will, intellect, perception, and discrimination. Let’s explore what they really mean and how they apply to psychic skills, magic, and spirituality. Continue reading THE FIVE FACULTIES OF THE MIND
By Katrina Rasbold
Witches have a different relationship with time than most people. We feel the tug of moons and seasons, yes — but also the strange elasticity of hours that stretch and contract depending on the work we’re doing. Time is not a straight line to us but a soft, breathing thing. It bends. It listens. It waits until we’re paying attention.
Magic teaches us that time is never just one thing. Continue reading It’s Witch O’Clock Somewhere
By Katrina Rasbold
There is a quiet place in the life of a Witch that the outside world rarely witnesses. It isn’t dramatic. It isn’t cinematic. It doesn’t look like a movie scene where the moon hangs low over a forgotten road and bones rattle in the branches.
No, the real crossroads lives in far more ordinary places. Continue reading Where We Stand When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
By Tatiara
Beneath the blazing sun, I beheld an enigmatic figure.
Solitary, he wandered down the dusty road. Limping yet unbroken, he carried on, as the sun seemed to smolder upon him with judgment.
His garments were threadbare, yet a light shimmered around him, protecting him.
His eyes held a mysterious fire. He seemed detached. Dreaming, lost, yet radiant with some forgotten knowledge. Continue reading Where the Road Ends the Soul Begins, The Fool’s Gift of Trust
By Katrina Rasbold
Last week, I posted my “10 Favorite Witchy TV Shows & Mini Series” and I thought I would follow up with a list of my 10 Favorite Witchy Movies. Are they predictable? Absolutely. They are at once predictable and cliche. There are no doubt glaring omissions that will cause readers to say, “But what about…?” and “YOU LEFT OUT…!” This is not a list of ALL Witchy movies or the BEST Witchy movies, but my own favorite Witchy movies. Because it would be like choosing my favorite children, these are listed in no particular order but are the top ten favorites from a wonderful line of magical films I have enjoyed in my life. Continue reading 10 Favorite Witchy Movies
By Cat Gina Cole
Many people assume a Hedge Witch is simply an herb worker or a kitchen witch. In my family tradition, however, a Hedge Witch is someone who lives and works with the elements—and with psychism—every day. We define witchcraft as the ability to work with all forces of nature, both those of the physical world and those beyond the veil.
Those who follow my blog may remember my entry, “Weather Magic With Clairvoyance in Time and Space,” where I describe how I built my relationship with the Element of Air. In this article, I expand on that work by sharing a core belief from my tradition: the directions and the elements are separate things. The Direction of East is the realm where Air resides. This distinction is fundamental to how I connect with the elements. Continue reading A Hedge Witch and the Elements
By Katrina Rasbold
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees.
– Walter de la Mare Continue reading Moon Magic: The Ultimately Versatility
By Katrina Rasbold
I have had the privilege of interviewing many Pagan practitioners, authors, energy workers, and Witches in the past two months and I am grateful that there are many more to come. I hope you enjoy these interviews: Continue reading “Katrina & Friends” Interviews
