Honoring the Wild: The Long Arc of Magickal Activism Bends Toward Hope – Part 2

September 22, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

This blog is the second part of last week’s blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2023/09/honoring-the-wild-the-long-arc-of-activism-bends-toward-hope-part-1/ ‎ Looking Ahead What is clear in my activist work and the work of those who told stories in the book is that this is a practice that is not for the future anymore. This activism is required for what is happening right now. Climate change is no longer a future event; it is here. It is in the dramatic temperature changes, in the shifting of shorelines, and in... Read more

Honoring the Wild: The Long Arc of Magickal Activism Bends Toward Hope – Part 1

September 15, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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“Our tradition honors the wild and calls for service to the earth and the community.” – from Reclaiming Witchcraft’s Principles of Unity One of the first things I learned as a witch was the elements. I turn to Air to feel the wind, to know change and inspiration. I turn to Fire to feel heat and sun, to know transformation and passion. I turn to Water to know blood and tears, to make contact with emotion and depth. I... Read more

the morning is wiser than the evening: (what i told my insomnia)

September 8, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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A few weeks ago, I had a bout of insomnia. For a few nights, I couldn’t sleep. At all. And I am not a person who has trouble sleeping. (Well, jet lag sometimes gets me. And being really angry about something or someone. But neither of those apply right now.) I lay in my bed with my eyes open, switching back and forth between trying to stare at the dark and opening up my phone to see what else the... Read more

holding the unholdable: the magick in the ugh

August 31, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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I wonder sometimes if I seem less witchy because I talk less about spells and more about feelings. Feelings are crunchy and harder to contain. They don’t come with instructions or moon phases or certain essential oils. (Okay, some might.) They come with questions. They ask only for a witness, a sacred witness. They stand in the periphery, sometimes shadowed, sometimes screaming. Thanks for reading Heart Magick! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. But I... Read more

the body keeps (carries) the cacophony (what is a score for when there is no winning)

August 11, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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Sometimes, when I walk in the morning, it’s dark enough for my brain to stop thinking about what’s next on my schedule. These mornings, as the night creeps and stretches further across the start of the day, random phrases jump in my head. I think of them as breadcrumbs along a path I wanted to follow again. I don’t remember setting them down. I don’t remember carrying anything in my pockets. I don’t remember wanting to return to things like... Read more

making it up: or why I think magick is a game of truth and dare

July 28, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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I wanted to write about something else this week, but my brain has already forgotten what it was excited about, so this is a surprise entry. (Not that you would know that unless I said anything…) My friend Hilary took pictures of me before a ritual at California Witchcamp. As I was looking at them, reviewing them to see how they turned out, and if I looked as witchy as I wanted to look…I took myself back to that dusk,... Read more

asking desire to slow dance during the longest song

July 21, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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In the Reclaiming tradition, we have core classes. One can take them to learn about Reclaiming culture, magick, and community, and to meet cool people. Elements of Magick is the first one, the foundational one, the one that is a pre-requisite for the rest (mostly). I’ve been co-teaching an Elements of Magick class online, with a lovely co-teacher and friend, and also with Aphrodite as the main character in this offering. Why? Why not? After all, we’re heading into Venus... Read more

the wonder of nostalgia: the spell of reconnecting to the parts that we thought we knew

July 14, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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This week, I wandered into nostalgia. I wandered into a past where I was whole (I thought), strong (I felt), and overcaffeinated (totally). It was the late 90s. It was a coffee shop that called me back for an interview. It was a job that I took on to start creating my independent life away from my parents and old friends. I was striking out for the new, the wondrous, the free coffee. And I did. I woke up for... Read more

the rules of magickal re-entry: (the first rule: you get to make up new rules)

July 3, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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Deepening into mystery, a phrase of importance and vagueness. Each day is, actually, a mystery. No matter how many horoscopes you read, weather reports you study, and life experiences you have, nothing is certain. The matters of the heart are no different. The matters of the spirit are no different. I got back from California Witchcamp yesterday. It was deep in ways I hadn’t expected, ‘easy’ in ways I also hadn’t expected, and my brain wants to figure it all... Read more

What I’m Packing for Witchcamp

June 23, 2023 By Irisanya Moon

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I’m heading off to Witchcamp soon. This requires a little preparation, including packing my bags, heart, and body. Camp is an intense week of magickal mischief and ritual, connecting with friends from around the world, and sleeping under redwoods. One of my favorite/least favorite parts of the process is packing. I tend to favor the ‘throw-it-all-in-a-pile-and-sort-through-it-later’ approach. This way, I can tend to the preparation over the course of weeks, and things can adjust as I drop more into the... Read more