Magical Praxis: Tarot Spells for the New Year will take place on Thursday the 29th at 7:30pm and is the workshop for you if you want to: focus on professional and financial success this year establish better structures in your life to support your intended achievements create a spell using the tarot learn more about how […]
What do writers and witches have in common? They both appear on the OtherPpl Podcast with Brad Listi. Tune in to the recent episode wherein Brad and I discussed: how one becomes a witch, magical techniques to get that book deal, the best place to spot fairies, what’s wrong with the porn industry and what […]
Use the juice of today’s Full Moon to communicate the big idea you were conceiving on the New Moon last month. Let me break it down for you… On November 28th, the moon was new and passing through Sagittarius the Archer’s fiery blaze. The energy of the New Moon helps us set intentions, which […]
Amsterdam, New Year’s Eve, 1997. As the clock in the city’s central square struck midnight, a roar of exultation went up through the crowd. Revelers twirled through the snow, embracing and kissing and beating their drums. I stood on the side, tears streaming down my cheeks. Staring into the cathedrals of city light reflecting […]
Witches or Witch-curious folks! Check out my recent piece in CARLA on the power of witchcraft in the Los Angeles art world. “More and more frequently we’re seeing contemporary artists utilize the methodologies of witchcraft in their practice, largely because, by its very nature, witchcraft is a political and creative act commanding power back into […]
Dear Ones! I know this is going out super late, but it’s been a wild month and I’m still breathless, catching up. Magical Praxis is tomorrow night — Monday at 7:30pm. So much is going on. Standing Rock. The election. A rising tide of anxiety and assault on the things that many of us hold […]
So honored and thrilled to be a part of artist Lara Schitnger’s two day program at the Hammer Museum on Sunday. Swing by, everyone! I will be giving a lecture on the practices of contemporary witchcraft. Following that, I will lead a closing ceremony created in collaboration with Lara to activate her Suffragette City sculptures. […]
Join me on Halloween for a guided ceremony to connect with your ancestors, release yourself from karmic bondage and gain clarity about future goals. Throughout the world, rituals are used at this time of year to honor the cycles of life, heal ancestral wounds, and to honor and communicate with departed loved ones. During this […]
Herbal Charm on the Oracle Hour Artist, herbalist, and all around charmer Melanie Griffin recently joined me on the Oracle Hour to discuss: the trials and tribulations of art-making how struggling with illness all her life led her to train as an herbalist techniques of self-care and global healing Click the link below to listen. Once you’re […]
So, if you’re just tuning in, I was describing my time in Amsterdam at 20 years old. Broke, friendless, in the freezing cold, with the school that I’d gone there to attend boarded up and empty. I didn’t know it then, but I was about to begin a crash course in magic. My magical apprenticeship […]