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The Voice That Dims Your Flame
In a world full of powerful, gifted spiritual teachers, I know I'm not the only voice. But I am my voice. And that voice is needed. I'm still scared. I may stumble. But I am here, and I am doing it.
Cerissa Leese
2 days ago3 min read


Tools for a Living Magic
As a witch who values autonomy and respect, I’m not here to sell you a "spiritual aesthetic." I’m here to help you find the tools that keep you in alignment with your own power. Here is why the "prescriptions" are always shifting.
Cerissa Leese
Mar 43 min read


The Radical Act of Presence
Choosing not to drink isn't about diet culture or "staying thin." It’s about Biological Respect. It’s about refusing to ingest a known toxin simply because a marketing campaign told me it would make me more "fun."
Cerissa Leese
Feb 253 min read


Identity Is Not a Spell
Modern spiritual culture places enormous emphasis on self-definition. “What kind of witch are you” has become both instruction and moral directive, as though identity is something fixed, discoverable, and inherently liberating once named. In beauty culture, spirituality, and contemporary witchcraft alike, authenticity is treated as the highest good.
This assumption deserves examination.
Cerissa Leese
Feb 182 min read


Valentine’s Day Was Never About Romance
The modern holiday traditions of cards, roses, and heart-shaped symbols sits atop a much older structure built from ritual, fertility rites, blood, and institutional control. What we now call romance was once something far less sentimental and far more dangerous.
Cerissa Leese
Feb 113 min read


What You Do After the Working Is Part of the Working
In traditional witchcraft, a working is not complete when the visible action ends. The candle going out, the words spoken, or the ritual concluded marks only the midpoint of the process, not the conclusion. What follows – the return, the grounding, the reintegration – is structurally part of the work itself.
Cerissa Leese
Feb 42 min read


Full Circle Is Not the Same as Going Back
Full circle is not going back. It’s being asked to show up differently, and knowing that this time, you can.
Cerissa Leese
Jan 283 min read


Why We Keep Looking Up: The Aurora Effect
In times of uncertainty, whether socially, politically, and/or emotionally, people look for frameworks that make internal experience feel legible. Astrology and celestial language offer something powerful: pattern without confrontation. Explanation without blame. Meaning without demand.
Cerissa Leese
Jan 203 min read


The Heat Is On
What we experience when extreme weather arrives is a collective disorientation: fear, urgency, helplessness, and a scramble for narrative meaning. This pattern—reactive, emotionally driven, and story-hungry—is far older than modern climate discourse. It is ancestral.
Cerissa Leese
Jan 143 min read


Empire, Fear, and Myth
Witch hunts were never about witches. They were about fear looking for a body. When societies face instability such as economic strain, environmental disruption, or political unrest, they search for meaning quickly. And when meaning is rushed, it becomes myth. When myth is repeated enough, it becomes doctrine. When doctrine is enforced, it becomes control.
That pattern did not die with the gallows.
Cerissa Leese
Jan 73 min read


Why So Many People Are Turning Toward Witchcraft Right Now
Something is happening right now. And it isn’t about aesthetics, trends, or social media algorithms, even though those are where it’s most visible. It’s about disorientation.
Cerissa Leese
Dec 31, 20253 min read


Before the Word "Witch" Ever Existed
The witch trials didn't create the witch. They created the word as a weapon. Centuries of systematic persecution built on fear, power, and the deliberate targeting of women who refused to forget what they knew.
Cerissa Leese
Dec 24, 20252 min read


When Belief Becomes Dangerous: A Brief History of Religious Persecution
Religious persecution is not just a historical event. It is a recurring response to difference.
Understanding this history matters because it helps us recognize when fear is being recycled and when ancient anxieties are dressed up as modern concern. It reminds us that resilience often looks quiet, ordinary, and adaptive rather than defiant.
Cerissa Leese
Dec 17, 20253 min read


About That Meme… and the Truth Beneath It
Whether you celebrate Yule, Christmas, both, or neither, the darkest nights of the year belong to everyone.
Cerissa Leese
Dec 9, 20253 min read


The First Witch: Pre-Accusation Magic
Before the word witch ever existed, there were women and men who listened more closely than others. Not to spirits, not to omens, not to imagined forces—but to the land, to the body, to the breath of the seasons. They lived in a world without clocks or electric noise, without the hum that keeps the modern mind distracted.
Cerissa Leese
Dec 6, 20254 min read


I never meant to show the witch side of myself so openly
consider this an invitation: remember what you’ve always known. Trust your instincts. Weave magic into your days, whether by candlelight or in the soil beneath your nails. Break bread with the old ways that never truly left us, and carry them forward—in the small moments, in the wild ones, in the quiet revolutions of the heart. Let the old ways rise again.
Cerissa Leese
Jul 2, 20253 min read


Alcohol + Hair = ?
It wasn't until I became a mom that I really honed in on just how much alcohol is considered a way of life for us moms (ever heard of "mommy juice?"). And then once I came back from maternity leave I had other moms asking me what my nightly drink of choice was...because mom life is HARD work so we must need something to take the edge off, right?
Cerissa Leese
Jun 26, 20253 min read


Life Lessons from a Hairstylist
In the last several years our political climate has gotten so extremely polarized. It's easy to take "sides." I've seen friends no longer be friends due to differing political views. Throughout all of this I kept thinking to myself, what is it I'm not getting?
Cerissa Leese
Jun 18, 20253 min read


More Than Just A Hairstylist
Everyone knows that when you find your forever stylist it's about so much more than just hair. We're a little bit like friends, but not quite. We're a little bit like therapists, but not quite. We have the ability to listen, commiserate, and help you look like the best version of yourself.
Cerissa Leese
Jun 12, 20252 min read


Recipe: Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake
Years ago, before I knew what I was actually allergic/sensitive to, I had to go on a pretty extreme elimination diet. No eggs, no dairy, no gluten to name a few. Which made birthday cakes near impossible! I tried every vegan and gluten free cake I could find, from store bought to recipes, and this is what I came up with. It's moist, rich, and oh-so-chocolatey! The best part is, it's also customizeable based on your dietary preferences. This is how I make it!
Cerissa Leese
May 20, 20251 min read
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