Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person thing...

Thresholds , by Nick Hanks, begins at Chalice Well in Glastonbury, examining the meaning and symbolism created in the space at the edge of t...

I love getting a new We'Moon calendar and datebook each autumn, ready to fill with future events, and as an inspiration and guide. Here's a ...

Are we guilty of over-romanticising customs of the past? There's been a huge resurgence of interest in folklore and seasonal festivities, wi...

These shelves full of herbs are among the magical things you can buy at Herbs at Niffty Witchy Supplies, an independent shop at 28 Park Para...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person thing...

Did I really need another book about the history and culture of magic?  Yes. Yes, I did. But it's called  " Magick ", the way Aleister Crowl...

This silver birch tree, along with oaks, willows and a wych elm, is in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park . It's a large and rather lovely green...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can ...

This painting is called  The Haberdashers' Hall 8th May 1945. That's the date WW2 hostilites ended in Europe. It's on display at Beauty and ...

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of November. I'm teaching an online divination course and in-...

Art has always been one of humanity's most effective ways of depicting the mysterious - of showing experiences and phenomena that cannot eas...

A Bad Witch's Blog has once again been listed among the top 60 Witchcraft blogs worldwide according to Feedspot. This year I'm at number 13,...

A few days ago, I sat on the bench you can just see in the shadow of the large house and spent a few moments honouring Anne West, Helen Clar...

While many pagans will have celebrated Autumn Equinox last weekend or on September 21, in 2026 it falls on Spetember 23rd astronomically. Th...

As we approach the equinox I drew a card as a reading for the world using the Greenwood Tarot. The Five of Wands revealed itself.  The word ...

In this post I've chatted to Pagan priestess Robin Corak, continuing my interview series Authors on Their Own Writing:   Q: Out of all that ...

The Autumn Equinox, when the day and night are in balance is often celebrated on September 21 in th Pagan Wheel of the Year, although in 202...

I so enjoyed making a junk journal last month that I signed up for an online course to learn more about collaging with scrap paper. The pho...

Here's a photo of Dr Thomas Waters at the launch of his new book Magick: Decoding the Visual Culture of Spells, Illusions and Psychic Powers...

I've chatted to High Priestess Kim Gardner, continuing my interview series Authors on Their Own Writing. Kim talks about her new book, Carpo...

Dragons are the most iconic of fantastic creatures, found in mythology and folktales all over the world. A new book,  Dragons of The Deep , ...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can ...

This linden tree was looking spectular in early autumn sunlight as I walked through my local park yesterday. The leaves are starting to turn...

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is one of the most intriguing annual autumn customs that still continues today. Or,  more precisely, happens e...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can ...

Continuing my interview series Authors On Their Own Writing, I chatted to Primis Nati about her new book, which is on her experience of Sata...

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of October. Tomorrow, Tuesday September 1st, I'll be at Romfo...

I went to see Richard Dadd exhibition that's currently on at the Royal Academy of Arts. The Victorian artist is best known for his fairy sce...

I made this tiny scrapbook from scratch and in it I handwrote poems and collaged pictures. Crafting something completely by hand was such a ...

I was very lucky to see an early copy of Of Toads and Hares: The Witches and Wisewomen of England , published by The History Press . It's a ...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person thin...

Walking down my street on the way to the shops yesterday, I realised I was treading on a prickly carpet of beech nuts among fallen leaves. I...

In the past, Londoners would today have been eagerly setting out to enjoy the delights of Bartholomew Fair. This was for centuries the highl...

Living in England, where we normally get lots of rain, this picture would in the past have been a dreary sight. However, after a summer of d...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can ...

What could be better on a sunny day in August than to spend time out in nature, surrounded by trees and water with blue sky above, and also ...

Yes, two official case files in one week, both published by Chaosium. This one's free!

The drought has not been kind to my apple tree. This is a photo of one of the very few fruits it's produced this year. I left it for the bi...

The spooky whodunnit, Murder in the Museum of Memories, is part of a 3-case-file set

Geraldine Moorkens Byrne is an Irish poet, novelist and teacher of folk magic. I've chatted to her about her books in my interview series Au...

Tomorrow is International Cat Day, so I've used the Cat Wisom oracle in a reading for the world. The card is family, and the message in the ...

Elyse Welles is a native Greek Priestess reviving the lost earth temple arts in her work with land spirits and the frame drum. She teaches o...

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. There are online things you can ...

I often write that London is one of the world's greenest cities, but it is now far less green than it should be. We might not be experiencin...

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of September. I'll be at the Awakened Spirit festival in Augu...