Co-founded by Christopher Penczak, Steve Kenson, and Adam Sartwell, the Temple of Witchcraft started in 1998 as a system of magickal training and personal development, and eventually developed into a formal tradition of Witchcraft.by Erica Sittler They call it “the crooked path” for good reason, and my journey into witchcraft has been as simultaneously mundane and extraordinary as many folks. Like many of us, I was born into a Christian construct. Mine was the early versions of what is now alt-right religious extremism. Televangelists were our heroes. Beatings on an almost daily basis with rods and straps were proof that my parents were godly and “containing the wild ungodliness” of Read More...
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by Claire DuNord This Yule Season’s magick was ushered in, quite literally, when this six feet tall live Tannenbaum came floating through the front door, followed by my equally tall roommate. He had just found it – would you believe – standing next to our apartment complex’s dumpsters! Claire du Nord here, a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, with the fourteenth article in our “For Broom Closet Witches” series. “Tannenbaum” is the German word Read More...
The holidays are coming and for many of us this means spending more time with family and friends. This year the stars in the sky tell us there will be even more than usual focus on our relationships and where we are heading in life. Things can get a bit complicated, but there are still things you can do if you are prepared. So let's grab a cup of tea or coffee and see what we can Read More...
by Erica Sittler Let’s all heave a collective sigh regarding the discipline of daily journaling. Some of you may be doing a sigh of contentment and deep peace. Note: you are in the minority. You have my respect. I; however, do not fall into that category, despite my collection of partially-filled scrawls in prettily-bound books. Yet here I am a Witchcraft I Mystery School student and the very first lesson, and the constant part of every homework Read More...
by Christopher Penczak, Edited by Tina Whittle There was a time when those in their birth society who were the most educated, engaged, and morally-minded embraced doctrines and actions that we consider repugnant today. They were some of the great thinkers of their time, believing they were right and just, spiritual and correct, as they supported inquisitions, crusades, and doctrines of expansion. They believed they were ultimately doing good, just as modern proselytizing Christians adamant about their Read More...
by Erica Sittler I certainly wasn’t expecting to stumble onto holy ground… where a doctor’s standard examination room suddenly became a lesson in auric fields and communication with an illness. But here we were, two thousand miles from home and my husband with an open surgical wound smelling putrid. Auras have been a recent lesson in class and so I turned my mind’s eye to the wound’s auric field as I sat to the side while my Read More...
It's Scorpio season! And just like people born in the sign of Scorpio are known for going deep and exploring the dark, we have some deep processes going on right now. It may feel like we are tumbling around in the dark repeating things from the past, but the good news is that we now have an excellent opportunity to break old patterns and create something new and better. So let's take tour around the stars and Read More...
by Christopher Penczak, Edited by Tina Whittle In any foundations class on energy work, both receiving and sending, we cover the basics of sending energy to individual people or places we know to create change. In one class, I received a question about handling the bigger issues, like sending energy to the war in Ukraine or the White House. Can we? Should we? And how does it work? These are big questions, understandable for the times we Read More...
The Temple of Witchcraft board of directors is pleased to announce High Priest Michael Usher of south Florida as the new Lead Minister of the Temple's Capricorn Ministry. In addition to his new role, Michael works with the Sagittarius Ministry as a mentor, works with Pisces Ministry offering public sabbats in south Florida, served as a Light Bearer for Aries, and is a member of Team TempleFest. Michael is looking to build a stronger presence for Capricorn Read More...
by Claire DuNord Blessed Samhain, and Happy New Year, Broom Closet Witches! For Witches, the New Year begins with the celebration of the Wheel of the Year Sabbat known as Samhain, which loosely corresponds to the well-known Halloween. Claire du Nord here, a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, with the thirteenth article in our “For Broom Closet Witches” column. As Samhain is the time when our ancestors are most able to pay us a Read More...
