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Book Review-Pantheon: The Greeks by Irisanya Moon
Book Review Pantheon: The Greeks By Irisanya Moon Publisher: Moon Books 216 Page E-Book Release Date: December 2nd, 2025 Pantheon: The Greeks by Irisanya Moon is the last book in the Pantheon series that I’ve got to review, at least for now, and boy! What a book to end that series of reviews off on! The Greek Pantheon is as fascinating as the Roman, but there are notable differences between the two that, having read & reviewed both Pantheon: The Greeks as well as Pantheon: The Romans, are notable in comparison. Nonetheless, this review is about The Greek entry into this series, and Ms. Moon doesn’t disappoint! To be fair, she is another favorite author…
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Beltane & Sex Magick
Today is Beltane! The first day of May and it’s also a full moon, the Flower Moon. Our community needed this rare, powerful alignment this year. However, to break up the monotony, I decided to write a combination article about Beltane and Sex Magick. I figure everyone else will be talking about the Flower Moon, but I was captivated by something else. I have noticed a rise in sex magick on social media lately, particularly during Beltane festivities where many local pagan groups are hosting adult fertility ritual. Unfortunately, I’m still living abroad where there isn’t a big pagan community, so I cannot join in on any of these Beltane…
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Cody’s Column: How to Un 6-21-3-11 Yourself from Christianity as a Pagan
Greetings! “The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.” -Chief Seattle If you grew up in the United States, you likely had education about the Indigenous People, but who told you about them? Did your school invite the elders in to tell the stories? Did anyone make a land acknowledgement ever? You likely had education about the kings and queens of Europe. How were the original inhabitants of Europe treated in those histories? Did you hear about the peoples and languages, customs and traditions of early Pagans? Let’s switch to popular culture then for reference. Halloween was my first introduction to witches, demons, monsters,…
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Book Review-Freyja: An Illustrated Guide to the Goddess of Magic, Love and War by L. Dean Lee, Illustrated by The Saxon Storyteller
Book Review Freyja: An Illustrated Guide to the Goddess of Magic, Love and War By L. Dean Lee, Illustrated by The Saxon Storyteller Publisher: Red Wheel 128 Page Full Color, Fully Illustrated Hardcover Release Date: September 16th, 2025 Ah, the last of the Norse Gods series by Red Wheel that I have to review; I’m at once sad, but also excited, to be finishing this series (or what’s been released to us at this point). Freyja was yet another lovely entry into this series by Red Wheel, and just like the others, beautifully illustrated in full color. For those looking to connect with Freyja, this book would be an excellent starting…
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Astrology, Divination Articles, Gods & Goddesses, Monthly Columns, Paranormal, Folklore & Mythology, Spells & Rituals, This Month's Holiday
Cody’ Column: Spring Forest Walk Into Coherence
Cernunnos, Runes, Fungi, and Crocuses… Long walks in the forest… Finding medicines… Research… Ritual… Writing… Observing the birds… Looking for nettles and trillium… Tarot, Dragons, Moon Phases, Astrology… Welcome to this month’s column! This article will be more of a side-by-side journey of a magick wielder to encourage my readers to immerse themselves in their practices and maintain their sovereignty against all odds of confusion and incoherence. We begin with the Fool, or empty mind, the creative and regenerative force that guides any adventure worth traveling on. March was my birth month and as such, prompted me to evaluate my cycle or Jera in the cosmos. I have been carrying…
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The Modern Merlin’s Corner-February 2025: Embodying the Divine Masculine in a Toxic Masculine Society
Hello, and welcome to February! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful, and inspiring, Imbolc. We’re currently seeing the effects of toxic masculinity in our society-especially if you live in USA. Our leadership, to be blunt, embodies everything that the masculine energy has to offer in its shadow: greed, hatred, bigotry, intolerance, and more. While there are many who support this cult of personality surrounding the “FOTUS”, I believe there are many more who are opposed to him, including within the United States. As a male leftist, pagan, witch, sorcerer and mystic, embodying the masculine comes with a sort of taboo these days; many see anything masculine as simply…
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Good God!: Cronus
Cronus was the youngest of the 12 Titans – Greek deities who ruled the world before Zeus. The primordial deities Uranus (Father Sky) and Gaia (Mother Earth) were his parents. Uranus prevented all his children from leaving Gaia’s womb. The mother begged her children to do something. All but Cronus were too afraid to act. He escaped Gaia’s womb and used a stone sickle she gave him to castrate his father. He threw the testicles into the sea and it’s said Aphrodite arose from the white foam while blood dripping from Uranus created the Gigantes (giants), Erinyes (furies), and Meliae (nymphs). Cronus freed most of his siblings and took his…
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The Modern Merlin’s Corner-December 2024: Saturnalia, Yule and Winter Celebrations
IO Saturnalia! I hope my readers are having a joyful and blessed Saturnalia and start of the holiday season. Before getting into the subject of this month’s column, I want to take a moment to address some changes coming in 2025 to this column. Rest assured, I will still be contributing this column to our publication, but I will be re-defining it in some ways, excluding certain subject areas, as they will be touched on by other columns I will be writing, and add in other subject areas into this one. This column will still remain fairly eclectic, but I will be expanding it to include more on the subjects…
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Good God!: Cernunnos
Meet the Gods: Cernunnos Merry meet. Cernunnos is one of the Ancient Ones, as old as the earth. A nature and fertility god, he is said to have been born of the All Mother Anu, working his magic in the wildwood as the first humans on earth came to be. He was part of evolution, seen “as a shape-shifting, shamanic god of the Hunt” in prehistoric times, according to the article, “Cernunnos – Ancient Celtic God” by J. M. Reinbold. His image was painted on cave walls and carved into cliffs. People dressed in skins, bones and feathers danced to communicate with him. They still do a dance in his…
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Good God!: Sucellus
One of the gods that fits well with Mabon is Sucellus (also known as Sucellos), the god of wine and crops – two main components of many Mabon celebration feasts. Although originally a Celtic god of agriculture, forests, fertility, and of alcoholic drinks of the Gauls, his cult flourished with the Gallo-Romans and in Britain. The Encyclopaedia Britannica refers to him as “a humble but powerful guardian … protecting and blessing marginalized communities” which included the working class. “He was seen as the guardian of crops, ensuring their growth and protection from harm.” Sucellus was depicted as a robust bearded man of middle age, carrying a large mallet and sometimes…
