Doreen Valiente News Today

Despite what we might have assumed, it wasn’t all about the sex

Paganism is about empowerment—witchcraft as a way of “striking back” at everything from Covid-19 to the obliteration of Roe v. Wade.

Almost 50 years after Anita Roddick’s first outlet opened in North Laine, the Brighton neighbourhood remains an inspiring place to shop

This winter I've become a recluse. Everything is just hard. Here is what you do not want a person my age to say: I fell this summer and hurt my hip. I do

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: With Barbados no longer a kingdom, other Commonwealth countries Jamaica, Grenada, and Antigua and Barbuda face growing republican sentiment.

To celebrate Halloween, let’s take a look at some religious deities and prophets, theorising which monsters they’d best represent.

Perhaps it’s high time that we opened up a little about the Witchcraft Act of 1735, commonly and erroneously cited as the last draconian law against pagan witches. Getting into the weeds of this is tricky, and requires some careful consideration. Hopefully, there's food for thought in what follows...

I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of Past Lives. The thought we might reincarnate over and again and have unexplained memories and experiences

"The Baphomet should never be cute." I overheard this spoken among our customers at the Mystic South Conference this July. They scowled with disapproval at my own colorful rendering of this often misunderstood symbol. Bemused as I was, that comment got me to thinking about the misunderstandings surrounding the original Baphomet symbol since its creation by Eliphas Levi 169 years ago. I'd like to talk about that more.

Lughnasadh celebrates Tailtiu, who cleared the land of Ireland for planting and then died from exhaustion. While we live in a hi-tech, post-modern world, some ancient truths remain. Sacrifice is necessary.