Christopher Orapello

Pagan Artist, Author, Blogger, Witch, and Podcaster

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There are plenty of videos that show tests comparing Black 3.0 with other black paint, but none of them do it for scrying mirror making. Is Black 3.0 the ultimate paint to use for scrying mirrors? Find out.

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Chant: Journey to the Underworld

“ Around, about, and throughout we go, By serpent, by hare, by toad and crow, To seek the things that are yet unknown From high above, to down below.

By bee, by cat - we unite the pack; Be our will and by our word, We do the deed of six in one By bestom, stang, and sword.

By night, by moon, and compass round, By devil and by whore, We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang, and sword.

We hail to you, beyond the veil, Majestic Queen and great Horned Lord; We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang, and sword.

By tooth and word, and blood and might, For all that we adore, We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang, and sword.

For our furrow, for kin, for dead and gone, We toil as we endure; We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang and sword.

They heed our word, the deal is done, And all that we implore; We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang, and sword.

We’ve laid the ground, down all around Our covenant is born; We do the deed of six in one By besom, stang, and sword. “

- Besom, Stang & Sword

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Witchcraft is not simply about magick; that is why there are sorcerers. Witchcraft is not just about herbs; that is why there are herbalists. Witchcraft is not only about divination or contacting spirits; that is why there are psychics and mediums. Witchcraft is something wholly, entirely different. It is a lifestyle, a vocation, a liminal space defined by experience. It is a virtual crossroads where several paths meet and create their own space by virtue of their intersection.

Besom, Stang, & Sword, by Christopher Orapello and Tara-Love Maguire.

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Episode 33 – Christopher Orapello & Tara Love-Maguire Talking Traditional Witchcraft, The Six-Fold Path, Ghosts and Down At The Crossroads

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This episode features Christopher Orapello & Tara Love-Maguire from the podcast Down At The Crossroads, and also

Now available! Tara and I get Interviewed by Lonnie Scott about our book Besom, Stang & Sword!

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DatC #092 – Folk Catholicism with Mallorie Vaudoise

iTunes • Stitcher • Direct Download • RSS Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings…

Now available!

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Gerard Way at his home in Los Angeles for The New York Times.

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For all you fellow nosey bitches who squinted at these trying to figure out what they were, here are some titles from Gerard and Lindsey’s book selection:

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So Gerard Way is a witch who wants to take care of his plants

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Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance and The Umbrella Academy) owns a copy of Besom, Stang & Sword! :-)

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"There is a stirring within the community of those who identify as witches as what was old has been lovingly and carefully made new again by those who stand at the gates of modern witchcraft. Besom, Stang and Sword is a guide of practice that evolved from the reweaving of Traditional Witchcraft and adding just enough of the evolved form of that practice to create something unique, new and highly relevant to our times."

Thank you Robin Fennelly for this wonderful review!

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DatC #091 – Botanical Magic with Amy Blackthorn

iTunes • Stitcher • Direct Download • RSS Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings …

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Besom, Stang & Sword, Released!

Patreon - Down at the Crossroads https://goo.gl/TVMXRx Besom, Stang, and Sword - https://goo.gl/hzna6d Chris Orapello, is the co-host and producer behind the...

I talk about the release of the book and some of my thoughts about people’s response to it.

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Besom, Stang & Sword, Finally Released!

As I sit and drink my morning coffee from a mug that was previously gifted to and then inherited from…

Attention witchy store owners!

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From this moment on, when someone in North America asks me for a book on Traditional Witchcraft, I will be recommending Besom, Stang & Sword

Thank you to Jason Miller for this awesome review of Besom, Stang & Sword!

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A North American Perspective on Traditional Witchcraft

"Besom, Stang and Sword," is a new publication from Weiser Books on a unique path of traditional witchcraft known as Black Tree. It is writt

Thank you Coby for the great review of Besom, Stang & Sword!

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A little over a week to go!

It’s currently a little over a week until Besom, Stang & Sword is officially released and we’re very excited. The pre-order prices are amazingly low at the moment, be sure to take a…

Can you feel the excitement!?

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DatC #090 – Traditional Wicca with Thorn Mooney

iTunes • Stitcher • Direct Download • RSS Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings …

Now available!

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FaerieCon 2018 (Nov. 9-11)

If you live in the Baltimore, MD area, next weekend is FaerieCon and Tara and I will be there presenting. Plus, if all goes well, we’ll have a dozen copies of our book for sale too. Yay! And …

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Oh, the excitement! Only one month (or less depending) until... *bouncing wickedly and cackling a bit*

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Besom, Stang, and Sword Is Drawing Near!

OMG! Yes. We’re at the less than two month mark from the release of our book Besom, Stang, and Sword from Red Wheel / Weiser Books and we couldn’t be more excited! There’s even th…

And now for a big reveal about the book itself that we had not mentioned before…