By Chelsea: In the spirit of Halloween… Some plants have a reputation for their medicinal properties. Others are celebrated for their beauty, fragrance, or usefulness in the garden. And then there is belladonna, a plant that seems to have stepped straight out of a medieval grimoire, looked around, and decided that being charming was entirely read more…
By Chelsea: Black candles have an image problem. They walk into the room and immediately get accused of being sinister. A white candle? Peace, healing, angels, perhaps a nice cup of tea. A black candle? Apparently, we’re five minutes away from opening a portal and explaining ourselves to the neighbours. The truth is far more read more…
By Chelsea: New Orleans has always been the kind of city where the dead seem to have opinions. They linger in cemeteries, appear in stories, turn up in family legends, and occasionally become more famous after death than they ever were while alive. Few people embody that peculiar New Orleans relationship with mystery quite like read more…
By Chelsea:Witches have never been particularly impressed by the idea that an ingredient needs to come in a velvet pouch with a Latin name to be magical. Give a witch a kitchen drawer, a handful of herbs, some string, an old key, and a slightly suspicious-looking jar, and she’ll probably have a spell going before read more…
By Robynne: In difficult moments, people often reach for the same comforting words: “I’ll pray for you.” On the surface, the phrase sounds compassionate and supportive. It is usually offered with the intention of helping, protecting, or asking for divine intervention. But from a spiritual and energetic perspective, allowing others to direct prayer toward you read more…
By Kaitlin: Merry meet! My name is Kaitlin, and I am a witch. Are you scared, now? I certainly hope not! Believe it or not, we are more common than people think- and we don’t ride around on broomsticks or have green skin, though many of us do keep pets like cats as Familiars, so read more…
