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Erika FortnerHEAD MISTRESS OF THOT, AND THOT: THE SCHOOL OF RITUAL, OWNER OF KEVEN CRAFT RITUALS, and QUEEN MEB WITCH SHOP IN PORTLAND, OREGON WITH HANDMADE SKINCARE PRODUCTS, ORGANIC GOODS, TAROT, METAPHYSICAL ITEMS, HOME & HEARTH DECOR. ERIKA IS AN ELECTIC, REIKI AND PSYCHOPOMP WITCH, SPECIALIZING IN TAROT AND CHANNELING SINCE 1995- SHE RIDES THE CUSP OF THE ALPHA / OMEGA AND ESPECIALLY FAVS THE MORRIGHAN, ISIS, HECATE, FREYA, AND CERNNUNOS.
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Jaclyn CherieJaclyn Cherie has her roots in Upstate New York. She is an Author, Word Alchemist, Hedge Witch, Feminist, Creatrix of The Nephilim Rising, and Luciferian. Finding her Muses in the most unusual places and people, she strives to tell raw, real stories of Magick, the human condition, Sacred Sex, Women’s Issues and, her favorite topic, rebellion.
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Danielle DulskyDanielle is a heathen visionary, Aquarian mischief-maker, and word-witch. The author of Woman Most Wild and The Holy Wild., she teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell-work, and seasonal rituals since 2007. She is the founder of The Hag School, the lead teacher for the Flame-Tender Teacher Training, and believes in the emerging power of wild collectives and sudden circles of curious dreamers, cunning witches, and rebellious artists in healing our ailing world. As an Irish-American, Danielle’s witchcraft is deeply rooted in Celtic philosophy and Irish mythology. She believes fervently in the role of ancestral healing, embodiment, and animism in fracturing the longstanding systems supporting white-body supremacy and environmental unconsciousness, is committed to centering the voices and teachings of POC and LGBTQIA+ folks in her work as founder of Living Mandala, LLC and The Hag School and supports organizations and initiatives that do the same. Parent to two beloved wildlings and partner to a potter, Danielle fills her world with nature, family, and intentional awe. Find her praying under pine trees, wandering through the haunted places, and whispering to her grandmothers’ ghosts.
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Ziona MosesZiona Moses (aka mama Zizi) is an Aborisha of House Maman Brigette a Brooklyn New York-based New Orleans Voodou House in the stewardship of Priestess Lilith Dorsey. Hailing from her lineage in Yoruba Obeah-Kabbalah and Hindu mysticism. Ziona is both an educator and an avid student of African Tradition Religious practices, oral storytelling, indigenous rootwork, shamanic healing, and cookery. As a world traveler, Ziona has immersed herself in the study of the divine feminine, cultural healing, origin mythos, and forgotten religious rites. Ziona is the Founder of the Ziona Collective & IOLA Earth Rituals LLC. which showcases her creative work, magickal inspiration, products, services, and travels. She’s excited to bring her special brand of magic to the House of Twigs and the greater Pacific North West community.
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Emma KathrynMy name is Emma Kathryn, my path a mixture of non-Wiccan Traditional British Witchcraft and Obeah, a blend that represents my heritage. A Devotee of Hekate, my witchcraft is what is needed when needed. I live in the middle of England with my partner, two teenage sons and two crazy dogs.
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Coby MichealI AM A PRACTITIONER OF TRADITION WITCHCRAFT, PROUD ARMCHAIR OCCULTIST, AND CULTIVAR OF BANEFUL HERBS. I HAVE A PASSION FOR POTION-MAKING AND ARCANE ARTIFACTS. I LOVE RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MAGIC, OCCULT PHILOSOPHY, AND THE PAGAN PRACTICES OF GERMANI/NORSE TRADITIONS AND THE BRITISH ISLES. I SELF PUBLISHED "THE POISONER'S POCKET GUIDE" AND WILL HAVE A NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK WITH INNER TRADITIONS IN OCTOBER 2021, "THE POISON PATH HERBAL". I STUDIED RELIGIOUS SUTDIES WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WHICH STARTED MY INTEREST WITH POISINOUS PLANTS AND TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN WITCHRAFT WHILST STUDYING AMERICAN FOLK MAGIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HOODOO, WHICH THEN LED TO THE GRIMOIRE TRADITION AND EVENTUALLY SABBATIC WITCHCRAFT.
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Winter ClarkWINTER COMES FROM A LINEAGE OF INTUITVELY GIFTED ANCESTORS, DEVELOPING HER OWN CONNECTION WITH SOURCE ENERGY BY THE AGE OF 10. SHE HOLDS A SACRED SPACE FOR CLIENT TRANSFORMATION AND REBIRTH, PROVIDING SUPPORT WITH EMPATHY AND WATCHING THEIR RISE TO SUCCESS AS THEY CREATE A LIFE THEY LOVE! WINTER IS A SOULCALL COACH, MASTER USUI REIKI ENERGY HEALER, ADVOCATE OF FLOWER ESSENCE MEDICINE, FACILITAROT OR SHAMNIC HOURNEYING PRACTICES AND AUTHOR OR GODDESS GROWS UP: YOU ARE THE GIFT.
Recent Posts: The House Of Twigs
New Year Musings: Tales from the Winter Woods
The Wheel continues to turn as Yule begins to pass. The old year gone and the new one already underway and perhaps, as to be expected, I find myself in the woods once more. After the festivities and celebrations of Yule and Christmas, the indulgence and glamour of twinkling lights and shiny trinkets, this is […]
Old Brooms, Captive Spirits, and Herbs & Crystals for Nightmares
Today in the cat’s Eye.. BSM ASKS – I know there is a superstition about not bringing an old broom into a new house. I’m moving soon and I don’t want negativity to follow me, what is the tradition about this? REPLY – First, it is the broom you clean with on a daily basis, […]
One Big Question : Working with the Dead and Ancestral Altars
Today in Cat’s Eye… AR ASKS – Â I need advice. Am I wasting my time giving offerings to the dead? I feel like it’s busy work and I’m wasting my time and doing it wrong. This is a lot of upkeep and for what? Plus, it’s endangering my house because I leave candles burning unattended […]
Breaking a Circle, Dreaming out Ex-Friends, Spells Not Working, and More on Shadow Work
Today from the Cat’s Eye… MC ASKS – What happens if you are in a ritual circle that is complete and you break it? Is there a consequence if you break that circle when you are inside of it? REPLY – Many would answer this by telling you to energetically cut an opening in the […]