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		<title>Learning and Unlearning Witchcraft: Can Bad Info Ruin Your Practice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Learning takes time, and it’s not simply a matter of reading the “correct” books, getting the “real” training, or knowing the “right” people.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Talking to Gods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wondered if I might just be broken somehow. I had profound experiences, and my magic worked—I had inklings that pushed me onwards, and a deep sense that there was something out there I was missing—but I had no idea what people meant when they said that they “saw” or “heard” gods and spirits.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cicada Magic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A very serious shapeshifting ritual for stressed out people like myself.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Secular vs. Religious: Making Distinctions as a Witch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, when we say "witchcraft is a practice" or "I'm a secular witch," we're not being as clear as we think we are.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be an Expert Witch: Expertise, Advancement, and Small Ponds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How do you know when you're an expert at something? Or when you really are "advanced" as a practitioner?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Serious Play: Shifting Our Perspective on Ritual</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s been plenty written in the fields of psychology and education about the role that play fills in the development of children. Aside from encouraging creativity, autonomy, and dexterity, it actually helps with brain development itself. Play is no less important as we age, and can be used consciously to overcome common anxieties surrounding ritual.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Free Ways to Learn Witchcraft</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's easy to take a cursory glance at social media and leave with the impression that learning to practicing witchcraft will cost you a lot of money, and certainly there are plenty of us that enjoy formalizing courses, specialized tools, and elaborate altars. But there are actually lot of ways to begin exploring and practicing that don't cost anything at all. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Witch&#8217;s Guide to Fountain Pens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People are often pleasantly surprised to discover that the real reason they don’t like writing and can’t manage to keep a journal (or think their handwriting sucks) is because they’re using shitty tools. All pens are not equal. Here, I share a few tips and sing the praises of my favorite witches' weapon.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Still Wiccan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A friend recently remarked that they appreciated how, after all these years writing and creating videos online, and with all the changes that have taken place in witchcraft communities, I’ve never stopped identifying as Wiccan. It’s true that Wicca seems to be increasingly falling out of favor–for all kinds of reasons–and it’s also true that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Biggest Mistakes as a Witch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thorn Mooney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 19:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've made a lot of mistakes in more than two decades of practicing witchcraft. Some have been silly, and others have had farther reaching consequences. I spent some time reflecting, and came up with these five that I think of as my biggest.]]></description>
		
		
		
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