I would pair this with the classic Bonewits Cult Detector
In case you’ve never run across Isaac’s handy resource, here’s a link:
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
In case you’ve never run across Isaac’s handy resource, here’s a link:
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
The Advanced Bonewits' Cult Danger Evaluation Frame
www.neopagan.net
January 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I would pair this with the classic Bonewits Cult Detector
In case you’ve never run across Isaac’s handy resource, here’s a link:
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
In case you’ve never run across Isaac’s handy resource, here’s a link:
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
Isaac Bonewits of Valley Cottage. Hippie excellence
March 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Isaac Bonewits of Valley Cottage. Hippie excellence
My version of the Bonewits cult detector checklist, except it’s for questionable books:
Did a little thing a few weeks back to create a checklist to help develop critical reading skills when approaching nonfiction – something that’s become essential with the amount of AI slop proliferating out there (but it goes way beyond AI)
Free here:
www.michellebelanger.com/ebooks/check...
Free here:
www.michellebelanger.com/ebooks/check...
Thinking Reader's Checklist — Michelle Belanger
twenty questions to help you engage critically with a published work
www.michellebelanger.com
December 26, 2024 at 11:27 PM
My version of the Bonewits cult detector checklist, except it’s for questionable books:
A reference to Isaac Bonewits, who was famously awarded a BA in Magic by Cal Berkeley in 1970: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_B...
Isaac Bonewits - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
A reference to Isaac Bonewits, who was famously awarded a BA in Magic by Cal Berkeley in 1970: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_B...
"The #LawsofMagic are not legislative laws but like those of physics... are practical observations that have been accumulating over the course of thousands of years, with remarkable similarity in almost every known human culture." Isaac Bonewits, 1979
#witchsky #occultsky #pagansky
#witchsky #occultsky #pagansky
April 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"The #LawsofMagic are not legislative laws but like those of physics... are practical observations that have been accumulating over the course of thousands of years, with remarkable similarity in almost every known human culture." Isaac Bonewits, 1979
#witchsky #occultsky #pagansky
#witchsky #occultsky #pagansky
#LawsofMagic The Law of Self-Knowledge:
The most important kind of magical knowledge is about oneself; familiarity with one’s own strengths and weaknesses is vital to success as a magician.
Key concept: “Know thyself.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 CE, Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
The most important kind of magical knowledge is about oneself; familiarity with one’s own strengths and weaknesses is vital to success as a magician.
Key concept: “Know thyself.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 CE, Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
April 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#LawsofMagic The Law of Self-Knowledge:
The most important kind of magical knowledge is about oneself; familiarity with one’s own strengths and weaknesses is vital to success as a magician.
Key concept: “Know thyself.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 CE, Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
The most important kind of magical knowledge is about oneself; familiarity with one’s own strengths and weaknesses is vital to success as a magician.
Key concept: “Know thyself.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 CE, Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
Seems like a good time to post The Advanced Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame.
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
The Advanced Bonewits' Cult Danger Evaluation Frame
www.neopagan.net
January 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Seems like a good time to post The Advanced Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame.
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html
The Law of Synchronicity con't:
Key concept: “Coincidence is seldom mere"
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #LawsofMagic #occultsky
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Key concept: “Coincidence is seldom mere"
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #LawsofMagic #occultsky
2/2
April 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Law of Synchronicity con't:
Key concept: “Coincidence is seldom mere"
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #LawsofMagic #occultsky
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Key concept: “Coincidence is seldom mere"
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #LawsofMagic #occultsky
2/2
Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
January 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Today's #LawsofMagic: Law of Knowledge
Understanding brings control; the more that is known about a subject, the easier it is to exercise control over it.
“Knowledge is power.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
Understanding brings control; the more that is known about a subject, the easier it is to exercise control over it.
“Knowledge is power.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Today's #LawsofMagic: Law of Knowledge
Understanding brings control; the more that is known about a subject, the easier it is to exercise control over it.
“Knowledge is power.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
Understanding brings control; the more that is known about a subject, the easier it is to exercise control over it.
“Knowledge is power.”
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
#LawsofMagic: The Law of Association
If any two or more patterns have elements in common, the patterns interact “through” those common elements, and...
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
1/2
If any two or more patterns have elements in common, the patterns interact “through” those common elements, and...
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
1/2
May 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#LawsofMagic: The Law of Association
If any two or more patterns have elements in common, the patterns interact “through” those common elements, and...
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
1/2
If any two or more patterns have elements in common, the patterns interact “through” those common elements, and...
© 1979, 1998, 2001 c.e., Isaac Bonewits
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
1/2
March Book Challenge
A month of Esoterica/ Occult.
#booksky
#witchsky
#pagansky
#esotericabookchallenge
#bookchallenge
Day 10: Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, and Substances to Heal, Change, and Grow by Phaedra Bonewits and Isaac Bonewits
@phaedra-b.bsky.social
A month of Esoterica/ Occult.
#booksky
#witchsky
#pagansky
#esotericabookchallenge
#bookchallenge
Day 10: Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, and Substances to Heal, Change, and Grow by Phaedra Bonewits and Isaac Bonewits
@phaedra-b.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
March Book Challenge
A month of Esoterica/ Occult.
#booksky
#witchsky
#pagansky
#esotericabookchallenge
#bookchallenge
Day 10: Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, and Substances to Heal, Change, and Grow by Phaedra Bonewits and Isaac Bonewits
@phaedra-b.bsky.social
A month of Esoterica/ Occult.
#booksky
#witchsky
#pagansky
#esotericabookchallenge
#bookchallenge
Day 10: Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, and Substances to Heal, Change, and Grow by Phaedra Bonewits and Isaac Bonewits
@phaedra-b.bsky.social
Isaac Bonewits
We were both presenters at Pantheacon in San Jose, California
Had a long conversation with him about ritual, magic, and energy work & how they intersect
Although uncredited, that conversation played a role in his later book, Real Energy, a follow-up to Real Magic
We were both presenters at Pantheacon in San Jose, California
Had a long conversation with him about ritual, magic, and energy work & how they intersect
Although uncredited, that conversation played a role in his later book, Real Energy, a follow-up to Real Magic
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Isaac Bonewits
We were both presenters at Pantheacon in San Jose, California
Had a long conversation with him about ritual, magic, and energy work & how they intersect
Although uncredited, that conversation played a role in his later book, Real Energy, a follow-up to Real Magic
We were both presenters at Pantheacon in San Jose, California
Had a long conversation with him about ritual, magic, and energy work & how they intersect
Although uncredited, that conversation played a role in his later book, Real Energy, a follow-up to Real Magic
The late Issac Bonewits wrote about the "Jesus People" that they substituted injecting drugs to melting down a page out of the Bible and shooting that up instead.
May 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The late Issac Bonewits wrote about the "Jesus People" that they substituted injecting drugs to melting down a page out of the Bible and shooting that up instead.
Still in print:
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Still in print:
Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky
#Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky
January 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky
#Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky
Anton LeVey: "Red Bull Gives You Wings"
Isaac Bonewits with a Capri Sun -- wait, how did *that* get in here.
Isaac Bonewits with a Capri Sun -- wait, how did *that* get in here.
July 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Anton LeVey: "Red Bull Gives You Wings"
Isaac Bonewits with a Capri Sun -- wait, how did *that* get in here.
Isaac Bonewits with a Capri Sun -- wait, how did *that* get in here.
I'm old school on some of these!
🧹Witches' Bible by the Farrars
🧹ABCs of Witchcraft & Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
🧹Psychic Witch by Matt Auryn
🧹All the Scott Cunningham works
🧹Real Magic by Isaac Bonewits
🧹Hekate Soteira by Sarah Iles Johnston
🧹Mastering Witchcraft - Paul Huson
🧹Witches' Bible by the Farrars
🧹ABCs of Witchcraft & Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
🧹Psychic Witch by Matt Auryn
🧹All the Scott Cunningham works
🧹Real Magic by Isaac Bonewits
🧹Hekate Soteira by Sarah Iles Johnston
🧹Mastering Witchcraft - Paul Huson
Hey WITCHES !! Let's play a game for #WitchSky! 🐈⬛
You are the founder of a new #Coven or Tradition of #Witchcraft! Repost & Answer with three books of the Craft that are the Core of your tradition.
PS: don't tag authors to avoid getting annoyed, you can tag your friends and followers anyway.
You are the founder of a new #Coven or Tradition of #Witchcraft! Repost & Answer with three books of the Craft that are the Core of your tradition.
PS: don't tag authors to avoid getting annoyed, you can tag your friends and followers anyway.
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm old school on some of these!
🧹Witches' Bible by the Farrars
🧹ABCs of Witchcraft & Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
🧹Psychic Witch by Matt Auryn
🧹All the Scott Cunningham works
🧹Real Magic by Isaac Bonewits
🧹Hekate Soteira by Sarah Iles Johnston
🧹Mastering Witchcraft - Paul Huson
🧹Witches' Bible by the Farrars
🧹ABCs of Witchcraft & Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
🧹Psychic Witch by Matt Auryn
🧹All the Scott Cunningham works
🧹Real Magic by Isaac Bonewits
🧹Hekate Soteira by Sarah Iles Johnston
🧹Mastering Witchcraft - Paul Huson
"Abrahamic religions are orthodoxic, but Pagan religions were orthopraxic" was a quip made up by Isaac Bonewits to sound clever to impressionable girls and give contrarians a "ho ho we're not like them" feelgood slogan.
But it's not factual. /1
But it's not factual. /1
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Abrahamic religions are orthodoxic, but Pagan religions were orthopraxic" was a quip made up by Isaac Bonewits to sound clever to impressionable girls and give contrarians a "ho ho we're not like them" feelgood slogan.
But it's not factual. /1
But it's not factual. /1
#LawsofMagic: The Law of Pragmatism keywords:
If it works, it's true.
Phaedra's corollary: If it doesn't work or doesn't work well, why do you keep doing it?
Credit to Isaac Bonewits c1979, 1989, 2001
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
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If it works, it's true.
Phaedra's corollary: If it doesn't work or doesn't work well, why do you keep doing it?
Credit to Isaac Bonewits c1979, 1989, 2001
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
2/2
April 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#LawsofMagic: The Law of Pragmatism keywords:
If it works, it's true.
Phaedra's corollary: If it doesn't work or doesn't work well, why do you keep doing it?
Credit to Isaac Bonewits c1979, 1989, 2001
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
2/2
If it works, it's true.
Phaedra's corollary: If it doesn't work or doesn't work well, why do you keep doing it?
Credit to Isaac Bonewits c1979, 1989, 2001
#witchsky #witchtips #pagansky #occultsky
2/2
Real old-school paganism sickos know this has the same vibe as Isaac Bonewits asking Satan for a bigger hog via Anton LaVey.
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Real old-school paganism sickos know this has the same vibe as Isaac Bonewits asking Satan for a bigger hog via Anton LaVey.