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Elizabeth Autumnalis
- Feb 28, 2019
- 4 min
Cathedral of the Woods: the Ancient Magic of the Redwoods
The redwoods sang to me the first time I saw them. I couldn’t have been more than eight or nine, looking over a book of photographs when I first saw the redwood forests. I didn’t have words for it then, but I felt my heart reach out toward them. Like something familiar that I hadn’t realized I missed until I saw them again. At that moment I knew that I would see them again someday. In 2018 we were finally reunited. Almost two decades later and I was finally able to see them i
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Elizabeth Autumnalis
- Aug 29, 2018
- 4 min
Choosing Witchcraft & Walking a Path of Sovereignty
Witchcraft is a tricky thing. Most of us who follow the path of witchcraft would agree that it was less of a choice and more that the path called to us. While this is true for many, it is also important to remember that you alone are sovereign over your true will. Paths, deities and spirits may come knocking and it may feel like there is no choice involved, but do not let the ego of being chosen get in the way. You always have the power to say no. Whenever I talk about choosi
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Elizabeth Autumnalis
- Aug 10, 2018
- 3 min
Pagan Retreats: How to Prepare Yourself Magically
Each year thousands of people gather at magical retreats of every kind. Each year I personally try to attend as many of these as possible. This past February I attended PantheaCon and as we near the end of August we are preparing for the Temple of Witchcraft’s TempleFest. Attending these places of immersive magical learning has made me think quite a bit about the things that I do each time to prepare myself. Here are just a few of the tried and true preparations that I do for
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Elizabeth Autumnalis
- Mar 8, 2018
- 5 min
Growing Up Pagan: Most Influential Books
For as long as I can remember I have been surrounded by books. In my earliest years my mother had a bookstore on Essex Street called the Black Cat Book Guild. I grew up on the store’s floors mixing together baggies of leftover herb crumblings and drawing pentagrams on paper bags. I spent a lot of time pouring over old musty books with yellowed pages and writing my own stories. I would later own my own library full of books that my partner vehemently refuses to help me move. I
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Elizabeth Autumnalis
- Jan 13, 2018
- 4 min
Are We Becoming Distracted by the Gods?
Credit: Mohamed Nohassi | CC0 Creative Commons A friend and I were talking recently about how we individually experience the Gods. We also spoke about how we had seen numerous people share their experiences as well. Since then, I keep coming back to the idea of polytheism. I find it fascinating that almost everyone seems to perceive the gods differently. I personally don’t identify as either a hard or soft polytheist. Like in a lot of my witchcraft (and arguably my life in ge
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