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Mysteries of Beast, Blood and Bone
© 2013 Sarah Anne Lawless – Originally printed in Serpent Songs: An Anthology of Traditional Craft curated by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold and published by Scarlet Imprint. Do not copy or use any...
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Consecration and Desecration
I am very much a “consecrate all the things” type of magician. I consecrate altars, ritual tools, divinatory tools, fetiches, talismans, charms, idols, candles, holy water, and even herbal...
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Open Source Magic
“I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the...
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Breaking Tradition Or, How the Death of Modern Witchcraft is a Myth
“Witchcraft is already dead as a hag, as barren as the moon, as contaminated as the tar sands. Yet Witchcraft is born again in this sacred despoiled landscape, and will be despised as an abomination by...
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For Fear of Flying
“Up on their brooms the Witches stream, Crooked and black in the crescent’s gleam; One foot high, and one foot low, Bearded, cloaked, and cowled, they go.” - Walter de la Mare he metaphorical witch’s...
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The Toad in the Ointment
It is warty, chubby, clumsy, adorable, and has a very long history of being associated with witches, the devil, and poison. The toad is a beloved symbol and familiar of we witches. I have long wanted...
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Occult Book Sale
The Poisoner and I need to clear out some room in our overflowing bookshelves and have selected a number of works from our collection for sale featuring rare, antiquarian, and limited edition occult...
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Clavicula Nox
“You scare me a little bit,” my friends say to me (even the Satanist and the Thelemite). So of course I was intrigued by the whispers in the ether saying “Ixaxaar scares me”. With so many books on...
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Medea’s Ritual of the Mandrake
itch, pharmakon, demi-goddess, princess, niece of Circe, fierce devotee of Hecate, and beloved sorceress of ancient Greek and Roman literature. Whether a fictional or historical figure, Medea has...
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Poison Path Reading List
he Poison Path involves the study of traditional ritual entheogens and their use in magic and witchcraft to aid in the achievement of ecstasy, trance, shape-shifting, soul-flight, spirit-sight, sex...
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Spellwork or The Road to Hel is Paved with Good Intentions
Why is writing spells so hard? Why can’t there just be some magical formula that makes it easy and idiot-proof? Oh wait, there is! This formula is ancient and can be found used in the folk magic of...
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Collecting the Bones of Trees
There are many books of magic, ethnobotany, and cooking in my living room, staring at my lonely unwarped loom, but hidden away in the darkness of my room is a seldom-seen collection of books. Some...
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Own Your Shit, or How I Became a Witch
Shit’s been getting real. I don’t know if it’s the solar flares, the spring equinox, the dark moon, and retrogrades of Mars, Mercury, and Saturn all happening this week or if it’s my Saturn return...
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The Blessing of Community
Wolf, hawk, mountain lion, owl, and turtle medicine Saturday belongs to Saturn, patron of witches, magic, death and darker things. My Saturday was very fitting. In the morning I made a big jar of...
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Of Bear Fat, Drums, and Tea
My awesomely bearded friend Grant who I met at the shamanic conference came over today with a massive hunk of bear fat for me along with house-warming gifts of a bonzai tree and a salvia cutting for...
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The Holy Well
I’m back from the lake in the mountains and its hosts of ravens. The pirates didn’t run off with me and the fairies didn’t kidnap me for seven years of servitude, so now I’m busily getting the new shop...
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New Illustration: By Stang and Cauldron
By Stang and Cauldron © 2011 Sarah Lawless Archival ink and watercolour illustration An illustration of the ram skull from my kitchen sitting on a nice fat cauldron with a stang intersecting both...
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Why I Hold Back
There have been many responses to my Oversharing Witches blog post, some agreeing about secrecy and others preferring to be more open and inclusive with their beliefs and practices. I noticed those...
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The Importance of Maintaining a Healthy Level of Skepticism
There is a very fine line between magic and madness. Some who follow this crooked path believe they go hand in hand and you can’t have one without the other, but I say that is an unhealthy view point....
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Snarking New Books and Publishing Fads
I’m in a very snarky mood today and I’ve decided not to censor myself with diplomatic politeness. My bullshit detector has been going off a lot lately. This is your requisite sarcasm warning. I don’t...
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