Category: Articles
An archive of Christopher’s Articles about a wide variety of topics.
Faery Magic: Be Witched!
(Originally appearing in Gaywired.com) Not so long ago, I realized I believed in something, but I wasn’t sure what. I was raised in a traditional Catholic family, and went to an all boys Catholic school. Though the idea of an all boys school may sound fun, sparking...
Coming Out of the Broom Closet
(Originally appearing in Genre Magazine.) He Doesn’t Wear A Pointy Black Hat or Fly on a Broomstick at Full Moon, but Christopher Penczak is a Fully Initiated Witch. Not the kooky, Hollywood Cartoon Kind of Witch, but a Practitioner of the Spiritual Discipline of...
Celtic Astrology Tree Signs
(Appearing Originally in Kaleidoscope Magazine) In the ancient worlds, the study of astrology was as important as the study of astronomy. Magic and science were not separate disciplines, but part of the same coin. We know the Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks of the...
City Witch: Calling the Urban Gods
One of the traditional forms of communicating with the ancient pagan gods was through a communion with the landscape. As many deities were described with intimate links to the natural land, if not the full embodiment of it, the land served as a sacred interface for...