Storm Faerywolf > Quotes

“We find inspiration and magic where it presents itself, whether that is in ancient myths, historic recreations, or completely new innovations based on popular culture. The magic is in the relationship one has to it. In Witchcraft if it speaks, we listen.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

“We cannot fall into the trap of separating our sexuality from spirituality. Witchcraft in particular is decidedly carnal in nature, and the power that it offers is just as legitimate for us as for anyone else.”
― Storm Faerywolf, The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft

“Often, the moon in witchcraft is equated to the divine feminine, but in a Queer Craft we might step outside of the gender binary and remind ourselves that the moon itself has no gender. It need not always be considered a goddess and contrary to some people's assertions, the moon has sometimes even been seen as a god.”
― Storm Faerywolf, The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft

“Unlike religions and spiritual systems that seek to regulate the specifics of ones’ sexual practices, witchcraft acknowledges the importance of the golden thread that links them all: the state of ecstasy.”
― Storm Faerywolf, The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft

“Boundaries are an important aspect of a heathy psyche, a healthy community, and a healthy witchcraft.”
― Storm Faerywolf, The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft

“True Witchcraft is more than just the practice of it. It is the result of the practice.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“The Star Goddess is the primary deity in the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft. She is the whole, undifferentiated universe, both manifest and non. She is the vast infinite darkness, who divided herself and brought forth the first light from the primal dark. She is the great and cosmic womb of the universe, the stirring motion of primal chaos, which is all potential. She is the Void, and that which emerges from the Void. She is all and she is nothingness, circumference and center.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“Witchcraft is a dark mirror into which we scry, delving into the unfathomable waters of dream and vision, to peer beyond the veil and the world of things known and into the secret inner workings of nature herself.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

“Our job as practitioners of the Witchcraft is to venture beyond the firelight of normal human perception and into the Outer Darkness of the unknown. While a few
may legitimately make such a venture, even fewer will return unscathed.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“As a practitioner of Witchcraft, my drive is to learn as much magic as I can from whatever sources resonate with me. In those instances in which a practice, symbol, or deity speaks to me and demands my devotion, I make a commitment to honor the cultures from which they originated by pledging to study their histories, to listen to the voices of those who identify as part of those cultures, and, where possible, to support the living people who belong to that cultural group.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“A common theme in both shamanism and Witchcraft is the relationship between the spiritual practitioner and the spirit world—in particular, the relationship that the practitioner has with a specific spirit, often referred to in Witchcraft as the 'familiar'.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

“True to the tone of Traditional Witchcraft, we strive to delve into the hidden secrets of nature, to commune with the intelligences that govern the natural world, and to continue to learn about the workings of the universe, just as our ancestors before us did.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“These are troubling times. And troubling times call for Witchcraft.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

“Witchcraft is a path that works with spirits. Whether these are the disincarnate spirits of the once living or the conscious presences within a plant, bone, stone, or other curio matters very little.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“True Witchcraft has always been about what works, rather than adherence to dogmatic views. Witchcraft is the antithesis to dogma. Where dogma exists, Witches appear to challenge the status quo.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“Since modern witchcraft draws so much potency from the stories of the past, we can reach back into antiquity to identify with not only those with whom we may share a lineage or bloodline, but also with those with whom we may draw a poetic association. We also identify with those people who may not have been actual witches but who were accused and/or executed for the 'crime' of witchcraft, thereby drawing that current of poetic power into our own lives and practices.”
― Storm Faerywolf, The Witch's Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power

“At the heart of all Witchcraft is the pursuit of knowledge. We seek to better understand the processes of nature, to draw back the veil and peer into the hidden inner mechanisms by which the universe is governed and kept in motion.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft

“The experiential Mysteries that are at the heart of Witchcraft are usually accompanied by the secrets: certain signs, names, lore, etc. that can be intellectually revealed but would be useless to anyone who had not yet undergone the initiatory experience.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Betwixt & Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft

“Ours is not a path that can be fully understood with the mind,
but must be lived and felt. Witchcraft must be experienced. We engage the Craft, not just with our left-brained awareness of logic and language, but also with our right-brain awareness of art, and inspiration, and dream.”
― Storm Faerywolf, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft