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Tea Time with Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends

Elizabeth Autumnalis

Jun 1, 2019
4 min

Tea Time with Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends

Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends is a business that mainly focuses on the creation of magical teas. It was started by Amy Blackthorn (author of Blackthorn Botanical Magic) who I had learned about by listening to her interview on Down at the Crossroads. In her interview she talked a bit about her business, her book and her teas and I was instantly interested. There are few things that I love as much as magic, but tea is one of them. I went right to her website and ordered a Panacea Po

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Cathedral of the Woods: the Ancient Magic of the Redwoods

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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Choosing Witchcraft & Walking a Path of Sovereignty

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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Pagan Retreats: How to Prepare Yourself Magically

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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Growing Up Pagan: Most Influential Books

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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Are We Becoming Distracted by the Gods?

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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