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Spiral Castle Blog

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Prayer and the Traditional Witch

Laurelei Black 9/25/25 Laurelei Black 9/25/25

Prayer and the Traditional Witch

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Meeting the Witchfather: Healing Religious Trauma with “Adversarial” Deities

Jess Cook 9/23/25 Jess Cook 9/23/25

Meeting the Witchfather: Healing Religious Trauma with “Adversarial” Deities

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The Red Thread Unraveled: Exploring Spiritual Roots Through American Folkloric Traditional Witchcraft

Jess Cook 9/3/25 Jess Cook 9/3/25

The Red Thread Unraveled: Exploring Spiritual Roots Through American Folkloric Traditional Witchcraft

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The Road Between: Ancestor Reverence in Modern Witchcraft

Jess Cook 8/27/25 Jess Cook 8/27/25

The Road Between: Ancestor Reverence in Modern Witchcraft

A Spiral Castle witch reflects on ancestor reverence in modern witchcraft—kinship, signs, and the road between the living and the dead.

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The Devil at the Crossroads: Understanding the Witch’s Pact in American Folklore

Jess Cook 8/19/25 Jess Cook 8/19/25

The Devil at the Crossroads: Understanding the Witch’s Pact in American Folklore

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Invitation to SCT and RTA Bloggers

Laurelei Black 2/20/25 Laurelei Black 2/20/25

Invitation to SCT and RTA Bloggers

Spiral Castle Witches and students in the Red Thread Academy are invited to contribute their experiences and insights to the SCT blog.

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