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		<title>Witchcraft is the flower of the Western Magical Tradition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Golden Dawn]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m a Witch and a magician. Can I be both? If so what do I call myself? Witchcraft and Magick seem like different paths Here’s the problem. In the twentieth century Witchcraft and the Western Magical Tradition seemed largely unrelated. Witchcraft was presented as the revival of European Folk Religion, combining the remaining folkloric remnants [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Witches Care for the World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 17:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal magic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Witches care for the world. We care for ourselves, we care for our people, we care for the planet. Witchcraft is a tremendous power and we are responsible to use it wisely, judiciously, and to help.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Magical Work with White Ancestors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It all started when my therapist recommended ancestor work. I was initially resistant. “My ancestors were racist. I don’t want to work with them,” I said. “Also they were Christian. Why would they want to talk to a Witch?” She assured me that she finds the ancestors want to be in relationship and are genuinely [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Instant Yule, A Last Minute Guide</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2024/12/instant-yule-a-last-minute-guide/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witchcraft]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[How did it get to be Yule already? It’s rather late to be decorating, pulling together ritual and making a solstice blog post. If like me the season has caught you off guard here are a few last minute tricks for instant Yule inspiration. Instant Books These little books are quick reads. I dip into [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weather Magic Review</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2024/08/weather-magic-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Debra Burris changed my mind about weather magic. I’ve been afraid to work with weather for fear I’ll do accidentally cause harm. Burris offers the reassurance that it’s just another way to do energy work. If you’ve ever wished for a storm to pass by that’s weather magic. So why not learn about it? That [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Real Arthur Avalon</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2024/06/the-real-arthur-avalon/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tantra]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arthur Avalon brought Tantra to the west. That is, westerners knew Tantra existed, but it was classified as a degenerate form of Hinduism involving black magick rituals and sex. The majestic Arthur Avalon books changed all that. They presented Tantra as a legitimate spiritual pursuit and established the whole field of Tantric studies in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Are we afraid of our gods?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theurgy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are we afraid of our gods? Should we be?]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Winter of the Recluse</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2023/12/the-winter-of-the-recluse/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 the exercises I learned in physical therapy but it hasn’t been the same since. The focus of my magick these days is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Community Thelema at Babalon Rising</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2023/07/community-thelema-at-babalon-rising/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At Patheos Star and Snake Brandy Williams reconnects with Thelemic community at Babalon Rising.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Surprise and Consent in Initiation</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starandsnake/2023/05/surprise-and-consent-in-initiation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 18:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O.T.O.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witchcraft]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m not a big fan of surprise. I’ve developed a particular dislike of surprises in initiations. I define initiation as a ritual that inducts the candidate into something new. In magical communities initiations connect the candidate with a group or an organization. They can also impart an energy. For example Tantric initiations can unlock the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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