Clients come and go, but some of them stay with us. The ones that are the hardest are the ones that follow us home. Not literally a client accompanying us to our domiciles, no. I am referring to a case Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Shut Down Turn Off ” – Little River Band
Today we will examine one of the encounters where the client is doing work a family, or friendship, in a crisis situation. Special handling comes into the fray when doing this work. Especially challenging are the times when betrayal has Continue reading PBN Blues Series: Kelly Price – Friend Of Mine ft. Ronald Isley, R. Kelly
Thank you for joining us, once again, for our PBN Blues Series. This entry will address a common working requested by clients that you may run into from time and again. The subject addresses how to help a client who has Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Bad Penny” by Rory Gallagher
A spiritual worker for hire should never be so obsessed with money that they lie to their clients. When deciding how to proceed in a job, it is of utmost importance to remain focused that it is exactly that, a Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Tell it like it is” – Aaron Neville
Suicide is not a talking point in a personal agenda, or a matter to be dismissed lightly. Today, I witnessed someone using the suicidal death of someone as fodder to make a point about their own personal trauma and past. Continue reading Suicide and us
When I first wrote this piece in its original form, it was in preparation for a small book. I presented these points in a workshop at Michigan Pagan Fest in the June of 2015. This is basically a word for Continue reading A New Look at Clergy Basics
This piece was inspired by the conversations that this writer has been having over the last year in the Pagan Communities in Michigan. It comes from all races. Not seeming to understand how much they are feeding that peculiar servitor Continue reading Fighting the N Word Sigil – WARNING: contains profanity and offensive language
This is a letter that I had to literally slip into many a person’s in-boxes at my daughter’s schools. I am a mom. I am a Witch. I am hopeless at hair, even my own. Add to that the factor Continue reading A Letter from a Black witchy mom about having natural pagan children in public schools
Edain McCoy (1957-2019) Pagan author, Witch, Brigid priestess, and shining guideposts for many a witch’s spiritual journey passed away today succumbing to influenza. She leave us with a legacy of a lifetime of works. One can measure the progression of Continue reading Edain McCoy makes her way home through the veil
Recently, I got introduced to some other Pagan parents who were looking for…well, mentoring might be a good word. They were interested in writing for Pagan parents and Pagan kids, and we got to talking about events that have programming Continue reading Why are events for Pagan families so hard to staff?
Detroit is full of hearty people. Yes, I said hearty, because we have a lot of heart. Although many in the fundraiser entitled Mutual Aid for The People-Detroit Food Not Bombs/Not Class Collective fly under your radar, they are doing the Continue reading Aid for The People-Detroit Food Not Bombs and Food Not Class Collective needs your help
D.J. Conway, widely known metaphysical author, born 1939, died on February 1, 2019. Her body of works served many newcomers to the world of Paganism, primarily Wicca-esque, as the first path stones to a new world. For some of us, Continue reading D.J. Conway passes through the veil
Photo by ketrin1407 / Flickr.com Lupercalia Written by Katherine O’Boyle-Sheffield January 20, 2019 Historic records indicate the pagan festival of Lupercalia has been observed as early as the 6th century and celebrated annually through the 5th century A.D. (Roach). The Continue reading Lupercalia
There is a tool in the hands of the public undergoing radical change. The Freedom of Information Act is one of the strongest forms of forced transparency that citizens have when researching the actions of government agencies their actors. More Continue reading Let’s have a chat about what just happened to the Freedom of Information Act
I’m here to hex you, vex you, and perplex you. There is nowhere for you to hide. For my broomstick I will ride, My feline familiar by my side. My silhouette you may see in the bright moonlight. Don’t blink Continue reading Witchy Wayz
At a recent festival, as I walked through vendor row, I was somewhat startled at the number of vendors – probably at least half of them – who had dream catchers hanging from their tents. I didn’t stop to ask Continue reading Is That A Real Dream Catcher?
Sometimes as magickal/spiritual workers in the business of selling our services to clients, we find that we are helping folks who are generally not held in the best regard in society. Cultural mores and standards can come into play when Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Garter Snake Blues” by Victoria Spivey
The art of divination is delightful and challenging. When doing it for clients, it is one of the best ways to determine a course of action and a situational analysis. Oracular information often leads to a Butterfly Effect of revelation Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Death Bell Blues” Tom Dickson
As a vendor of various supplies for every sort of human need and condition, Pagan and Spiritualist business folk inevitably meet is the question of sex magick. Yessss, sex, that lovely passion that is shared by the majority of the Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl” Nina Simone
We return to our series for the Pagan practitioner with another PBN Blues Series installment. Did you miss us? We missed you. *We would also like to remind you, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water.” There are Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “Michigan Water Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton
Planning Events: Learn from My mistakes We are currently right in the middle of festival season. There are indoor and outdoor events of all sorts all across the country. Some are religious and spiritual and others are regional specialty fairs Continue reading Festival and Event planing notes: Lessons from a beginner
Saw a crow in a tree. On a dark and stormy night. Saw it dancing in my porch. It was dancing side to side eyes were beautiful. Black like coal. It was full of wonder. Full Continue reading Feather
I want to be free. To feel the wind. I want to speak my mind without fear or tears. I want to love unconditionally and feel love. Want to fly like the birds without the burdens holding me down. Continue reading I
Seen tears fall from heaven. Seen angels cry. Felt my heart go to pieces when I heard the lullaby Never thought it I would hurt. Never thought you would leave The tears that fell from heaven, were Continue reading Falling from heaven
One of the things I have been thinking about lately is what to me it means to celebrate the Sabbats found in many Modern Neo pagan witchcraft traditions (and even in some non witchcraft traditions these 8 sabbats still seem Continue reading Honoring Life
In a 5 to 4 ruling, the US Supreme Court has ruled that states can require online retailers to collect sales tax, even if they are not located in that state. At this point, what happens next is anyone’s guess. Continue reading Online Sales Taxes Are Coming to a Pagan Shop Near You
We are imperfect, emotional, and broken. A puzzle with many pieces and many corners. A roller coaster with never ending ends. We are perfect and imperfect. Scattered pieces of our future and the past. We are broken but Continue reading Broken
There’s a whisper in the night. But is not the wind. There’s a shadow on the ground but is not my own. A pair of piercing eyes watching every move I make. The whisper through the night Continue reading Raven
I didn’t realize that when I started writing that I was going to be doing a series on healing our relationship to darkness and shadow. It had started before I started to write for the public and then I started Continue reading Summer Time: A Time of Light, Dark and Shadow
Handfastings, Priesthood, Clergy, and Ordination, Oh My! The Story! A while back I was ordained, legally, to be recognized by the state. It’s an interesting thing, being ordained. According to most Pagan faiths, particularly in initiatory traditions, you become a Continue reading Pagan Clergy: Tips and Tricks for the Newly Ordained
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the right of employees to file class action suits if they signed arbitration agreements conditional to employment. The decision now limits the pursuit of legal remedy, in these cases, to single Continue reading Supreme Court rules against organized workers’ right to sue
When you spend a long time among the various businesses within the Pagan community as I have, you tend to get asked quite often whether or not you know of any events at which the business owners could vend. Continue reading Celebrating Beltane Dragon Hills Style
Welcome back to another installment of our PBN Blues Series. Today we examine the dilemma of the husband enslaved by a wife’s greed, and the wife disappointed in her husband. As a worker, you will find situations that come to Continue reading PBN Blues Series: ” Vampire Women” by Spark Plug Smith
A little after Beltane Bash hosted by North Georgia Solitaries in May of 2012, I wrote the following article and submitted it to The Pagan Household for which I was a writer. The article was inspired by a scorpion which Continue reading Scorpions Get A Bad Rap – Time For a Makeover: A Brief Look Into the Scorpion Medicine Totem
Oh Pollen, how I hate thee! Let me count the ways… Gazillion spores clogging my nostrils. Countless hours of waiting room misery. Oh Pollen, how I loathe thee!
The G.L.W.C. of Michigan just issued this press release. Full disclosure, I am on that council board. Metro Detroit Pagan Community Statement of Concern 2018 METRO DETROIT, APRIL 12, 2018 — Actions and circumstances have necessitated, in the Continue reading Metro Detroit Pagan Community Statement of Concern 2018 – G.L.W.C of Michigan
It is time for another installment in our PBN Blues Series. I hope you are having as much fun reading it as I am writing it. It is also my hope that you are enjoying the music that accompanies each Continue reading PBN Blues Series: “The Ballad of Stagger Lee” by Mississippi John Hurt
Bet that title has you scratching your head, wondering what can Spring and Autumn teach us about shadow work. Maybe you have scoffed at the regurgitated old analogies of what shadow work is about. Maybe you’re just beginning your learning. Continue reading The Alchemy of Shadow Work and What Spring and Autumn Can Teach Us About This Important Work
This morning I sat my desk and looked out side to see it snowing on the second day of spring. As the snow falls I see at least 6″ of snow all over the ground from a blizzard that occurred Continue reading Working with the Land