Author: Katrina Rasbold

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The Great Quickening: Mapping the Pendulum Swing of the Craft (1986–2026)

By Katrina Rasbold

40 Years – Gone in the blink of an eye.

To flip through the yellowed, newsprint pages of a 1980s Green Egg is to touch a different dimension. In those days, the ink came off on your fingers, and the ideas—bold, radical, and often dangerously counter-cultural—felt like they could set the paper on fire. We were a tribe of correspondences, P.O. Boxes, and wilderness gatherings where the drums beat against a silence that the modern world has all but forgotten.

Of course, Green Egg Magazine goes back to the 1960, so tack on an additional two decades. I threw a dart into the 1980s because that is when I came to the Craft and subsequently, to Green Egg Magazine.

Today, the “Old Religion” has entered the “New Information Age.” As we stand in 2026, the contrast between the Paganism of forty years ago and the Paganism of today is not just a shift in fashion; it is a fundamental evolution of how the human spirit interfaces with the Divine. Continue reading The Great Quickening: Mapping the Pendulum Swing of the Craft (1986–2026)

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The Quiet Magic of the Threshold

By Katrina Rasbold

When we think of a “crossroads,” our minds often race to the dramatic imagery of folklore: a dusty four-way stop at midnight, a pact made in whispers, or the sudden, life-altering choice that changes everything in a heartbeat. We focus on the intersection—the X marks the spot where the magic happens.

But as a Witch who has spent decades standing in these liminal spaces, I’ve come to realize that the most potent magic doesn’t always happen at the meeting point. It happens on the threshold—that thin, vibrating line between where you were and where you are going. Lately, the idea of the “threshold” has been on my mind a great deal as numerology tells us that we have just entered a “10” year, which heralds endings and new beginnings.

In the Craft, we talk a lot about “liminality.” We cast our circles “between the worlds,” in a space that is neither in time nor out of it. We celebrate the Solstices and Equinoxes, those brief moments where the seasons hold their breath before tipping over into the next. Yet, in our daily lives, we tend to rush through our thresholds. We hurry to get through the door, to finish the project, to heal the wound, or to reach the “other side” of a difficult transition.

Continue reading The Quiet Magic of the Threshold

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The High Priestess: Where Meaning Awaits

By Tatiara

I entered the outer court of the Temple.

The first veil fell away, and the light was dim, neither day nor night. Meaning seemed to hover, unfinished, in the liminal half-darkness.

Before me, an enigmatic woman sat upon a throne, poised between two pillars. One white, one black. The air felt charged… mystical.

A mystery radiated from her. Unseen, it stirred an ancient awareness within me. Continue reading The High Priestess: Where Meaning Awaits

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10 Reasons Why Being a Pagan is Actually Pretty Cool

By Katrina Rasbold

Welcome back to the Witch At The Crossroads blog! Whether you’ve been walking the Path for decades or you’re just starting to notice that you feel a strange pull toward the moon, you’ve probably realized that Paganism isn’t exactly “mainstream.”

While the rest of the world is busy staring at screens, we’re out here talking to trees and celebrating the solstice. But beyond the mystery and the incense, there are some genuinely practical—and occasionally eclectic and quirky—reasons why being a Pagan is a fantastic way to live.

Here are ten reasons why being a Pagan is undeniably cool.

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The Egg Gets Laid – The First Issue of Green Egg Magazine

By Cat Gina Cole

Did you know the Green Egg magazine has been running since 1968? It began as a newsletter on what is now a very old machine that only had four colors of ink, and well, green it was. Oberon himself tells the whole story in an interview on YouTube on Katrina and friends (https://youtu.be/3ssm0P0ofow)  so, I thought I would provide a peek at the very first volume of the newsletter. Continue reading The Egg Gets Laid – The First Issue of Green Egg Magazine

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The Great Quickening: Forging the Healing Flame

By Katrina Rasbold

The crossroads is not merely a place of meeting, learning, and magic. It is also a place of decisive power.

For too long, the magical community has been told to “keep the peace” or retreat into private practice while the world outside bleeds. We have been sold a diluted version of spirituality that is, in truth, toxic positivity, that asks us to simply “vibrate higher” while the soil is poisoned and the collective psyche is fractured by calculated cruelty.

Enough of that. We are not here to bypass the darkness; we are here to transmute it. We are the darkness and we rule those shadows.

Continue reading The Great Quickening: Forging the Healing Flame

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A Witch’s New Year Ritual: Releasing the Old and Weaving the New

By Katrina Rasbold

As the final days of the year dwindle, a hush falls over the world and we feel a moment of potent stillness before the whirlwind of a new beginning. For those of us who walk a path less trodden, who feel the hum of ancient energies beneath the modern world, this isn’t just a time for champagne toasts and fleeting resolutions. It’s a liminal space, a powerful threshold brimming with magical potential.

This New Year’s Eve, let’s cast aside the fleeting promises and instead, weave intentions into being with the wisdom of the Craft. Continue reading A Witch’s New Year Ritual: Releasing the Old and Weaving the New

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Ancient Spells and Incantations by Enid Baxter Ryce

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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The Many Veils of the Moon by Mitchell King

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

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The Borderlands Tarot / El Tarot de Tierras Fronterizas by Enid Baxter Ryce and Luis Cámara.

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.

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Plant Magic At Home: A Guide to the Magic of Houseplants by Enid Baxter Ryce.

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.

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Pantheon – The Romans by Rachel S. Roberts

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

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Chaos Magic by Ivy Corvus

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

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The Great Turning: Standing at the Crossroads of Dark and Light

By Katrina Rasbold

 

Welcome, travelers, to the ultimate crossroads in time.

 

The nights have stretched impossibly long, consuming the days in shades of indigo and charcoal. The air bites, the sap has sunk deep into the roots of the trees, and the Earth seems locked in an impenetrable slumber. We have reached the depth of the year.

Here at the Winter Solstice—Yule, Alban Arthan, the Longest Night—we stand at the most profound liminal space on the Wheel of the Year. As the Witch at the Crossroads, I am familiar with these in-between, liminal places where choices are made and realities shift. But this… this is the cosmic pivot point.

Many modern celebrations rush toward the light, eager to drape tinsel over the shadows and dispel the quiet with forced cheer, but the wise know that we cannot truly welcome the dawn if we have not first sat vigil in the dark.

Continue reading The Great Turning: Standing at the Crossroads of Dark and Light

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Loki: Trickster and Transformer by Dagulf Loptson

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

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Two Lights, One Dawn: Eugene’s Historic Yule Celebration

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

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As Above, So Below: Awakening to The Magician’s Realm

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

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The Longest Night and the Promise of Light: Why We Need Yule More Than Ever

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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

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THE FIVE FACULTIES OF THE MIND

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

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It’s Witch O’Clock Somewhere

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