by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle Awake. Asleep. Dreaming. Unconscious. We use these words often around the spiritual experience, and they can create as many problems as explanations. Many spiritual seekers will describe their state of consciousness as “awake” when compared to non-magickal or consciously mystical people. Sometimes this leads to a place of being pejorative, of looking at the “masses” as sleepers, and that one who is awake is somehow better than others. I know Read More...

Adam talks with Erica Baron, Temple High Priestess and Ministerial Deputy for Queer Spirit for the Temple's Gemini Ministry Read More...

by Justin Gaudet Why do we rely so heavily on metaphors and analogies when discussing magick and spirituality? The answer lies in the very essence of these subjects: they grapple with the abstract, the ineffable, and the transcendent—concepts that exist beyond the boundaries of direct language, linear logic, or empirical understanding. These realms resist concrete explanation, requiring us to turn to symbols and analogies to make the intangible more approachable. Magick and spirituality are experiential and intuitive Read More...

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...