Victoria A Wilder

The idea of avoiding the fool is certainly intriguing. It’s especially so when we consider the Tarot...

Witchcraft is more than simply using energy to raise power. It requires study, understanding on many levels, and a powerful will. However, at it’s core, that’s precisely what magick is: the art of using energy to change things. It doesn’t matter how many tools we have or techniques we learn, our magick doesn’t work without understanding that basic concept.

This is the nineteenth entry in a series on a set of Pagan guidelines known as the Ordains. The Ordains, as we know them today, can be found in the...

The idea of avoiding the fool is certainly intriguing. It’s especially so when we consider the Tarot...

Witchcraft is more than simply using energy to raise power. It requires study, understanding on many levels, and a powerful will. However, at it’s core, that’s precisely what magick is: the art of using energy to change things. It doesn’t matter how many tools we have or techniques we learn, our magick doesn’t work without understanding that basic concept.

This is the nineteenth entry in a series on a...

This is the eighteenth entry in a series on the Ordains. I’ve always had mixed feelings about money in general, and this law didn’t help.

The idea that one should practice a particular type of magick only if they fully understand it exists for a good reason. The nature of magick is such that dabbling can prove dangerous.

This seems like a simple concept: Keep an open mind in all things. Versions of this tenet can be heard all over the Pagan community. In fact, long before learning of Gerald Gardner’s Ordains, this has been a stable belief in my life. The belief, of course, being that taking in knowledge constantly is a basic part of being a witch.