Through the Eyes of a Broom Closet Witch: Ostara Blessed Ostara, and Welcome Back! Claire de Lune here, a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, with the 24th article in our “For Broom Closet Witches” series. To me, seeing “through the eyes of a Witch”, in one way, means seeing something other than what is seen on the “outside”. For me, it means that, though the physical eyes face outward, the “inner eyes” – the Read More...

Adam talks with Stevie Grant, High Priestess and Dean of the Temple's Mystery School, about her work that touches on the learning of hundreds of Temple students Read More...

by Justin Gaudet When I began my study of magick, I didn’t immediately grasp how much the various systems and traditions—Wicca, Hermeticism, Chaos Magick, and others—function like distinct languages. Each has its own structure, terminology, and symbolic framework designed to help practitioners connect with the forces of nature and the unseen. Understanding this earlier would have clarified much of the confusion I initially experienced. Let me explain this concept in greater depth. Language is a uniquely human Read More...

In this episode, host Adam Sartwell talks with Temple member Nicholas Pearson, author of nine books on crystals, Reiki, and magical plants Read More...

(partial text exchange with a dear friend): “… I feel as though I am in a stage of enormous rebirth... one wonders... does the caterpillar weep as her body melts and reworks itself inside its cocoon? We assume she is asleep through the transformation. Yet what if she is not? What if, as a sentient being, the breaking and sundering and re-creating is felt in all its agony? As mine is fully felt. And the emergence, newly Read More...

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle In the heart of the mysteries, we discover that we are both the lover and the beloved. We are the hunter and the hunted. We are the seeker and that which is sought, realizing Tat Tvam Asi, the Hindu aphorism often translated as “Thou Art That,” a concept made more famous in the West due to the work of Joseph Campbell. Different traditions use different stories and symbols, but it Read More...

Monica serves as a Ministerial Deputy for Media and Communications for the Gemini Ministry. She is currently a seminary student (W5) at the Temple of Witchcraft. She volunteers with the Scorpio, Capricorn, and Leo ministries. She is a Light Bearer for Nantur, the Guardian Spirit of Scorpio, and is a mentor in the Temple of Witchcraft Mystery School. In addition to her work within the Temple, she is a certified hypnotherapist, shamanic practitioner, Usui Ryoho Reiki Master Read More...

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...