By Katrina Rasbold
Interestingly enough, both Cat and I explored the same question this week. I took a slightly different approach. Continue reading Ask A Witch: What Is Witchcraft?
Ask A Witch: What Is Witchcraft?
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Ask A Witch: Polished or Raw Stones?
By Katrina Rasbold
This week’s “Ask A Witch” addresses the question of whether it is better to use polished or raw stones in spellwork. (Recorded in 2021) Continue reading Ask A Witch: Polished or Raw Stones?
Witch At The Crossroads: New Year’s Resolutions
By Katrina Rasbold
Did you make resolutions this year? Have you stayed true to them? How many times have you made the same resolutions over and over, year after year, each time more determined to succeed and more frustrated and dejected when you do not? How many times do the failures of previous years stand in the way of your success for the coming year? Repeated failures are a heavy load to bear.
If you are struggling and need to regroup on the resolutions, here are some ideas for tightening up and streamlining the process.
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Witch At The Crossroads: 22 Major Arcana Archetypes of Pagan Groups
Archetypes, labels, and cubbyholes. Did we invent them or did they invent us?
There comes a time when you are an old crone sitting back and watching the world turn when you begin to feel like there is nothing new under the sun. When something does spark interest as a new thought, new idea, new concept, new approach, it is exciting, breath-taking even. Mostly because it is so rare. I never imagined that I would be as jaded as I am, thankful for all of the wonders in the world, but bored with them all the same. And yet, here I am, jaded as the evergreens that grow around me and almost as old. Continue reading Witch At The Crossroads: 22 Major Arcana Archetypes of Pagan Groups
Ask A Witch: Money Magic
By Katrina Rasbold
This week’s episode of “Ask A Witch” video blog is about magic to reduce or eliminate financial debt and drawing in wealth. Continue reading Ask A Witch: Money Magic
Witch At The Crossroads: Jupiter Goes Direct
By Katrina Rasbold
On May 16, 2023, the planet Jupiter entered the sign of Taurus and on September 4, 2023, it shifted into a retrograde course. If you have paid even a cursory attention to astrological news, you already know that Mercury goes retrograde three to four times a year for approximately three weeks at a time. Jupiter, on the other hand, goes retrograde approximately every 13 months and stays retrograde for approximately four months each time. Continue reading Witch At The Crossroads: Jupiter Goes Direct
Ask A Witch: Conterfeit vs Authentic Tarot/Oracle Card Decks
By Katrina Rasbold
This week on “Ask A Witch,” Katrina shares how you can tell the difference between an authentic Tarot/Oracle card deck and a counterfeit one.
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Witch At The Crossroads: Reading for 2024
By Katrina Rasbold
I do not usually do these types of readings because when we ask the cards a question, they respond based on the current energetic climate and where things are heading. To predict out for a full year means nothing changes from the moment of the reading, which is, of course, not a reasonable assumption on which to base a forecast. Even the reading itself is potential for change.
That being the case, I am doing this for Karen. I have three Karens in my life who I completely adore. I know other Karens, but man… these three… they just have my heart: Karen Albeck, Karen Jacoby, and Karen Stanley. One of the Karens asked me to do a 2024 reading and out of love and respect, I am doing it. <3 Continue reading Witch At The Crossroads: Reading for 2024
Ask a Witch: “Why Isn’t My Spellwork Working?”
By Katrina Rasbold
This is an older video from when we still had a brick and mortar store (Crossroads), but the information still rings true. So you arrange the tools correctly, light the perfect candle, invest your energy and… nothing? Why do we sometimes not see results from our spellwork? Sometimes, it is down to the properties of physics and laws of energy conservation… Continue reading Ask a Witch: “Why Isn’t My Spellwork Working?”
A Winter Solstice Ritual
By Katrina Rasbold
The energy of this ritual is releasing the energy of Samhain and welcoming the spark of light that comes with the Winter Solstice/Yule. You will need six candles, one each in white, red, black, yellow, blue and brown. The God and Goddess invocation summons the triple aspect of both the Goddess and God for a duality working. It presumes a male-female Divine polarity, but could be adapted to accommodate any part of the gender spectrum. Continue reading A Winter Solstice Ritual
Ask A Witch: Favorite Sacred Sprays
By Katrina Rasbold
In this video, I answer the question, “What are you favorite sacred sprays to use for cleansings and spellwork?” Continue reading Ask A Witch: Favorite Sacred Sprays
Mercury Retrograde: Making It Work For You
By Katrina Rasbold
Author’s Note: For those who believe in magic but not in astrology, this post will hold no validity. Many of us use astrology and view the practice as a valuable and familiar magical tool. I wrote this post for those folks. The current Mercury Retrograde lasts from Dec. 13, 2023, to Jan. 1, 2024. Continue reading Mercury Retrograde: Making It Work For You
Honey Pots: Sweetening the Relationship
By Katrina Rasbold
Honey Pots or “Sweet Jars” are a simple but deceptively powerful bit of spellwork used throughout magical history, more recently adapted to include candles as the introduction of paraffin made them more accessible to common people. In this video, I talk about how I use Honey Pots for the spellwork my clients engage me to do and how you can sweeten up your relationships. Continue reading Honey Pots: Sweetening the Relationship
The Pagan Agenda
By Katrina Rasbold
If you are unconvinced that everyone has an agenda, you desperately need a Facebook account. We all have agendas which we kindly refer to as “life goals.” Sure, we can parrot platitudes such as “all we want is to be treated with tolerance” and “if I don’t get a cast iron cauldron at a good price at this swap meet, I might shank someone,” but really, when it comes to it, the agenda is far more predictable than that. In fact, considering the number of Pagans I have known throughout forty plus years of active Paganism spanning multiple continents, I have found I can boil down the life goals of individual Pagans to one or more the following five things: Continue reading The Pagan Agenda
Ask a Witch: Spell Candle Lighting and Snuffing and Relighting
This week, Katrina covers all you need to know about extinguishing and relighting your spell candles, Continue reading Ask a Witch: Spell Candle Lighting and Snuffing and Relighting
10 Days of Money Drawing Spells
By Katrina Rasbold
Ideally, none of us would ever have to think about the material side of life or devote even a moment’s worry to the idea of our financial safety. No matter how magical we are, most of us still engage to some degree in the world of finance to survive. Kudos to all of you who live effectively off the grid or in an ashram!
Although financial hardship often feels like the least sacred experience we can have, in truth, money is energy. It has value because of a gold standard we once attached to these notes and now, whether we hold actual physical cash or see it as pixels on a device screen, the absence of that energy can create crisis. Continue reading 10 Days of Money Drawing Spells
Libertarian Paganism: Freedom and Responsibility in Nature-Based Spirituality by Logan Albright
Review by Katrina Rasbold
The author uses only 224 pages to tackle two far-reaching and complex subjects but does so with a distilled finesse that leaves no stone unturned. Choices were made, make no mistake. He carefully curates which topics will best support his argument for a potential marriage between the camps of libertarianism and paganism*, which is no easy task since those two camps are not even remotely on the same battlefield.
Gaia: Saving Her, Saving Ourselves by Irisanya Moon
Book Review By Katrina Rasbold
Working as I do for Green Egg Magazine, founded by the King of Gaia theology, Oberon Zell, the subject of earth consciousness and stewardship understandably becomes an important focus. Irisanya Moon encapsulates this mindset perfectly in this beautiful homage to Mother Earth. As she puts it (paraphrased), Earth is our home, where our birth, life, and death all are contained. Continue reading Gaia: Saving Her, Saving Ourselves by Irisanya Moon
Ask A Witch: Patron Gods & Goddesses?
By Katrina Rasbold
How do you “get” a Patron God or Goddess or know who yours is? In this video, veteran Witch, Katrina Rasbold, discusses two different ways you can attach to a Patron God or Goddess for your spiritual development, guidance, and companionship. Continue reading Ask A Witch: Patron Gods & Goddesses?
Ask a Witch: Should I Hire a Professional or Do Spellwork Myself?
By Katrina Rasbold
When you need spellwork done to achieve a goal, should you do it yourself or hire a professional? In this video, professional Witch, Katrina Rasbold discusses the benefits of both. Continue reading Ask a Witch: Should I Hire a Professional or Do Spellwork Myself?