Wicca vs Witch

For years I have called myself a Wiccan, but about five years ago, I wondered if that was right. Unfortunately, the word ‘wicca’ has become overloaded.  There are traditional wiccans who are descended from lines of Gardenarian or Alexandrian traditions.  There are eclectic wiccan groups who take practices from different traditions to forge a new…

How do you write?

Friday’s prompt asked how we write. For me it depends.  I have a hand written journal that I keep for my morning meditations, and then a lot of different files for my other writings.  There’s something much more personal for me about hand writing my thoughts, but I’ve spent so much of my live with…

What’s in a spelling?

Magic or Magick? Different people spell it different ways.  I’m talking about the spiritual, witchcraft, ceremonial type of magic here, not stage illusions. And that differentiation is exactly why the spelling was changed from “magic” to “magick” by Aleister Crowley. Crowley wanted to be clear that he was talking about magick that was “the Science…