June’s poll asks, Which future columns would you like to see?
Loading ...We’ve introduced a bunch of new columns this year, including an herbalism column from Michelle Simkins, where we’ve published articles such as:
- Love, romance, and rose magick
- Make a love charm with rosehips this season
- Connecting with lemon balm: Joy, abundance, and success
- Lemon balm elixir to connect with the Earth
Amanda Wilson is our arts columnist, and has shone the spotlight on artists who are (as yet) less well known, as well as sharing how you, too, can incorporate art into your magical practice with articles such as:
- Weather witching: Harnessing the power of weather magick
- Weather shamanism and working with nature spirits
- Artist Spotlight: Taylor Ellwood
- Poppet magick: Stitching creativity
- Bring spring into your home this Ostara
- Magnificent magick of spell boxes
- Colour magick: Working a spectrum of spells
- Beltane blast: Rituals and activities for the first of May
- Artist spotlight: Kostas
A crystals and scared stones column from Dallas Jennifer Cobb, with articles like:
- Connecting with the ancient wisdom of fossil magick
- Bless your evolution: A simple fossil magick rite
- Petrified wood connects us to our deep roots
- Petrified wood spirit bags: Reaching through ancient roots
- Amber and its ancient healing properties
Emma Kathryn, now also an assistant editor with Spiral Nature, writes about everyday witchcraft in her column, and has covered numerous topics, such as:
- Learning tarot: Three ways to read the cards everyday
- Success drawing wash: How to make, consecrate, and use it
- Washes, waters, and vinegars: Magical liquids and their uses
- Elements of spellcrafting: Create your own workings, rituals, and spells
- Ethics in witchcraft: Where do you fall?
Chrysanthemum White Alder‘s column is more freeform in topic, but is always insightful. Recent articles have included the following:
- Energetic hygiene: Magical solutions to practical problems
- On Pagan clergy: The labour of connection
- Live your magick: The contradiction of control
- Learning from failure: Turning lead into gold
- Trauma-informed meditation: Processing the past
- Bed magick: Low-energy spells for the chronically ill
- Trancework in groups: Accessing mutual imagination
Our mythology and folklore columnist, John Farrell, focuses mainly on Heathen topics, and recently has written:
And, of course, our ever-popular astrology column from Eric J. Pride, where you can always view the latest at Hidden Insights.
(We would post a list, but depending on when in the month you’re reading this, it may be less helpful than just clicking on Hidden Insights to see what’s new.)
If you enjoy the work these writers do, please drop them a line to let them know, whether by commenting, emailing, or getting in touch with them on social media. Writers love to hear that the work they’ve put out there has impact, and your interaction might help spark a future post. How neat would that be?
We love the work our columnists do (as well as our freelance writers!), but we’re wondering what else you’d like to see a regular column on?
Click to vote above, and/or let us know in the comments.
Image credits: Stanley Zimny with work from Psyche
