Danielle Dionne is a psychic medium, witch, herbalist, homesteader, author, and teacher. She is the author of Magickal Mediumship and Chronically Magickal. Danielle has been connecting to the dead since the age of six and reading professionally for over fifteen years. Danielle is a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition, serving as a Ministerial Deputy for Scorpio and Cancer ministries. She enjoys hosting Death Cafes and Mortal Musings, helping people discuss death and make the Read More...

Rachel Melcher serves as a Deputy in the Capricorn Ministry with a focus on support and development of community Rites of Passage. She is a 4th Degree Initiate of the Temple of Witchcraft and has been a member of the Temple since its founding. Rachel has been a Light Bearer for Capricorn and a mentor in the Mystery School.  She also volunteers in the Prison Ministry Pen Pal program. With degrees in history and anthropology, she finds Read More...

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle “All times are the same time. The initiation of a Sorcerer reveals this. That is why they say a True Initiation never ends. How can it end when it takes place outside of Time? The Moment of your initiation is a ripple in the bubble of time. You’ll see well enough. You have already seen. The Mystery will open up to you and you must reach out of time, grasp Read More...

Kathy McKenna is the Taurus Ministeral Deputy for Energetic Geometry. Her role is to assist in the design and oversee construction of Temple energetic structures. She is a 4th degree initiate in the Temple and is close to completing her five-year Energetic Geometry certification with French Master-Builder Dominique Susani.  After many years as a Witch, she has found Energetic Geometry to be the perfect blend of magick, her affinity for pattern and place, and her background in Read More...

Through the Eyes of a Broom Closet Witch: Imbolc Blessed Imbolc, and Welcome Back! Claire de Lune here, a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, with the 23rd article in our “For Broom Closet Witches” series. So, what’s new? This is the question that comes to mind when I think of Imbolc. Well, actually, both Imbolc and Ostara, to be quite honest. As a matter of fact, I used to have trouble separating the two Read More...

Perhaps it’s not in the resolution. Perhaps rather, it is a quiet undoing. Undoing in a two fold sense: the literal making something come undone and then secondly the other definition of “un” which is “not”… so “not doing”. For me, right now in the season in which this witch finds herself, it is I myself which is becoming “undone”. Laughing ruefully. I am my own undoing. Willingly. In class, we are taught that things get turned Read More...

Host Adam Sartwell talks with High Priestess Ashara Mayim from New Orleans about our upcoming TempleHearth online weekend event and her experiences in the Temple and the Craft Read More...

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle As a Witch, I know my voice—and the thoughts behind my words—are some of the most powerful tools I have. While there is great power in the silent gesture, the withering stare, and the energetic sheer force of will as part of our repertoire, there is immense power in the clarity of word, the precision of well thought intention, and vibration of sound resonating within our chest cavity, and within Read More...

It is the time of year for societal introspection. A calling forth of resolutions and good intentions. And whether you are reading this in relevant context or perhaps some time hence, I wanted to close the year with this bonus 13th post. Consider it a little gift from me and a friend to you. The story below is a recounting of a morning walk along the shoreline along on the salty, windswept Eastern Seaboard in late Spring Read More...