There is an incredible body of Holocaust memoirs and novels that has been built up over the past 80 years, from classics like Night by Elie Wiesel, originator of the phrase "never forget," to fiction like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, also a 2013 feature-length film. Often disturbing and vivid, Holocaust-era books give us […]

Hello to the inquiring minds of the Inglenook readers. I am bringing you an offering as your Transformation Features Writer. If you want to know more about what that means, you can read my first Inglenook download for December 2025. Before I pull any cards for you, I want to know the question I’m supposed […]

How Magical Realism Reveals Possibilities for the Future When looking at the effect of human dominion over the past five centuries, it seems there is no question that Earth’s plight is a crisis of self-destructive anthropocentrism. Philosopher Donna Haraway, in her book Staying with the Trouble, urges us to imagine a world without the human […]

It was stories of the ancient past that first drew me to Celtic witchcraft. I was halfway through my final year of university when I read about the Menai Massacre for the first time. A Roman-led attack on the island of Anglesey which was, at that time, a major druid stronghold. Countless men, women and […]

What is a spiritual book club, and what can it do for you? With the number and variety of books being published today, it can be difficult to choose what to read and when. That might be why so many readers are increasingly choosing to read with book clubs. In fact, book clubs made up […]

Coming of (P)age in 2026 To come of age in this world is to realize that you don’t actually know much of anything, especially in the Age of Information. It’s already difficult enough to not know who you are or what you’re capable of: the things lost in the churning tides of youth. To find […]

If you've heard of the Wheel of the Year, but never known what it is or how to follow it, this is your guide. In Wiccan and pagan tradition, the Wheel of the Year is a cycle of eight seasonal festivals or "sabbats" that mark the changing seasons. The sabbats are split between four solar […]

Book Recommendations for Yuletide The clear, bright stars of a winter night have inspired centuries of people toward stillness, self-reflection, rest, and renewal as the new year approaches. Many modern pagans and Wiccans celebrate the ancient holiday Yule by participating in the tradition on the long night of the winter solstice, which is traditionally perceived […]

            It’s fun to think of astrology as personalities. The most reductive forms of astrology are the tastiest sugar all over our teeth.             Personality prescriptions are many of those astrology memes, or when someone says, “You’re a Leo. You must be obsessed with romance (or yourself).”             Despite that, astrology is useful to me […]

For many practitioners of magic, divination requires some basic ingredients. Candles, prayer books, crystals, incense, spices, and tarot cards often serve as tools that help shape and alchemize thoughts and desires into meaningful changes in one’s life. But at what point do magical “materials” cross the line into “magical materialism”? It should come as no […]