How do you learn witchcraft? How do you create spells that make sense for you? This is a beautiful essay to end our Summer Reading Coven, because the whole idea behind this series was that books inspire our practices. In this essay, Ashley from Story By Tarot explores two necessary learning styles: books and intuition.…
The neopagan movement is fairly new. While there are people who come from a background with family traditions, many of us who are interested in practicing paganism don’t have a specific teacher. We must learn through books and scholarship. In this essay, SJ of Witchling in Flight talks about xyr journey and how Drawing Down…
What even IS tarot? This is a question that inevitably comes up for every tarot reader. In this post, Cassandra Snow explores how reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s “In Other Words” helped her come to terms with the tarot as a personal and professional practice. This is a part of the Summer Reading Coven series hosted by…
Chances are, if you’re interested in tarot, you’re a creative person – or at least, interested in other peoples’ creativity. Jeanna from Girlboss Woo is here to talk about how reading “Big Magic” changed her perspective and relationship with creative writing. This is a part of the Summer Reading Coven series hosted by Northern Lights…
Let’s talk about how literature shapes magical practices. In particular, let’s talk about the vastly different styles in these two classics: American Gods and the Mists of Avalon. This is the first in the Summer Reading Coven series hosted by Northern Lights Witch. Throughout the summer, we will be highlighting books that have moved us…