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Note from the author to nonsmokers/non-THC users: This article does apply to you, too! While we will be working with cannabis ash, you can use the ash from cannabis incense as a substitute and adjust these workings as necessary. Laws in the United States criminalizing cannabis originated in the 1920s and 1930s, and most (if not all) were drawn up and enacted with the goal of controlling and criminalizing certain demographics, especially Hispanic immigrants and the Black community (who were often the direct descendants of slaves).1 While progress has been made around the country, beginning in the 1970s and continuing to this day, to decriminialize and even legalize the use of cannabis, ...
Money. What do you feel and think of when you come across this word in a conversation or when you have to manage your finances? Past me would ignore it because if I didn't, the negative $200 in my bank account and a mountain of debt on my credit cards would stress me out. It took me a long time to "face" my money. There were no adults who taught me how to invest, save, and earn money, so my pattern for a long time was just to spend, spend, spend, and not save. I never had enough, and my life was not where I wanted to be. Luckily for me, my first magical mentor taught me money magic. I did my first ritual at 16 and was able to manifest the money for my rent (I moved out at a ...
Warding magic is often neglected by modern witches, but it is a fundamental and fairly simple part of our craft. Warding magic is protection magic, usually aimed at safeguarding homes, buildings, stables, and the people and animals within them from unwanted spiritual disturbances, negative energy, or malicious magic sent against them. It is an ancient and persistent form of magic widespread throughout the ancient world and still found in country areas up until this day. Warding magic wasn't limited to witches and the cunning folk either, but was employed by ordinary people who used witch bottles, lucky horseshoes, iron nails, witch balls, acorns, glass wands, witch marks and hex marks, ...
What does it mean to follow "The Old Ways?" As we move into the second quarter of the 21st century, we are seeing less and less of this term. Popular in the eighties and nineties, we have seen a drastic drop in the usage of this term. But why should that be? Perhaps it is a backlash of many people who have used the term incorrectly in the past. Back when it was popular, it was used as a kind of "catch-all" phrase for Pagan traditions of all kinds. As well, it was used to define aspects of both Wicca and Witchcraft that often had very little, or nothing to do with the actual old ways. Instead, people were using it to justify a modern tradition, giving it a veneer of age and authenticity. ...
