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...

It's the Great Pumpkin Project, Salem town! Started during the COVID-19 pandemic as a contactless means of spreading the joy of the season, the Temple is proud to continue our annual, Autumnal, Samhain-season tradition: from Monday, October 21st until the 31st, we invite you to join us once again in the Temple's Great Pumpkin Project! To help our community feel connected during Samhain we welcome you to bring a carved pumpkin to place on the front garden Read More...

Transformation. Some love it, some hate it, but we all need it more or less in our lives. One of the challenges with transformation is knowing when to push forward and when to hold back. When to let go and when to hold on. Right now this is extra tricky. We have a lot going on in the sign of Libra, putting relationships in focus. We also have a lot of things happening with Scorpio seeking intensive Read More...

by Erica Sittler Currently, there are five or so active altars in my home. Four of them are permanent and one of them is temporary in honor of the time in place on the Wheel of the Year. You may think that these altars are massive sprawling things that each take up multiple square feet, you might be surprised and miss them entirely if you came into my home. My oldest altar that I have maintained for Read More...