Being a Real Witch. Or whatever.

I try not to get entangled in "real witch" debates.  For the most part, I find these conversations pretty asinine, regardless of who's having them, as they seen to me to necessarily be rooted in insecurity and misinformation.  We need other people to think our witchcraft is realer and more authentic because that's how we …

Introductions

HI!  I'm Thorn.  Some of you might know me from YouTube, Tumblr, or my Wiccan blog, Thorn the Witch. I've been meaning to start a blog specifically about tarot for ages.  I've screwed around with various ideas, sketched things out in notebooks, flirted with creating a professional tarot business, and despaired into my wine after …

Dreams and Dream Diaries

Trigger warning: all the triggers On a whim, and fueled by too much coffee and the sort of stressed boredom that comes along with Festivus in Alabama, I purchased Mastering Astral Projection: 90-Day Guide to Out-of-Body Experience by Robert Bruce and Brian Mercer.  I confess that part of my interest was generated by Brian Mercer's …

Leave my brain alone. Seriously.

I get really tired of being told by other woo people that I need to do less thinking. Have you heard this? “You’re thinking about this too hard—just go with your gut.” “This isn’t intellectual—you need to get out of your head.” “You’re making this too complicated—just go with your feelings.” Sure, there might be limits in certain circumstances where …