Gen X Witchcraft & Midlife Magic
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How to Find Your Celtic Roots (No DNA Test Required)
Looking for a deeper connection to your Celtic roots? You don’t need a DNA test—just story, land, and a willingness to remember.
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Real Celtic Spirituality: Messy, Rooted, And Not For Sale
eltic spirituality isn’t something you download from Etsy or glue together with moss and vibes. It’s a slow, stubborn remembering—of land, of ancestors, of self. Whether you're barefoot in the forest or chanting in full ceremonial regalia, what matters isn’t how it looks. It’s that it’s yours. Join me as I fumble (gracefully-ish) through reclaiming my roots—beyond Pinterest altars and into something older, weirder, and more real.
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Raw, Ruined, and Rising: The Unexpected Magic in Grieving Messily
Everlie’s first attempt at grieving through ritual ends in smoke, chaos, and unexpected healing. Sometimes magic begins where everything falls apart.
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How to Start a Spiritual Practice When You’re Cynical, Tired, and Don’t Own a Cauldron
Feeling spiritually curious but also exhausted, skeptical, and allergic to anything that smells like patchouli and promises enlightenment in five easy steps? You’re not alone. In this honest (and slightly sarcastic) guide, Everlie lays out how to start a spiritual practice when you’re too tired for rituals, too cynical for gurus, and don’t even own a cauldron. Think: tiny sparks of meaning, not full-on mystical transformation. Expect tarot cards, ancestral whispers, sacred snacks, and a lot of side-eye.
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Magic Without the Aesthetic: Embrace Imperfection
If you remember dial-up internet, chances are your magic looks a little different from what TikTok witches are doing. You’ve seen trends come and go, watched metaphysical bookstores swap their incense-scented shelves for curated Instagram aesthetics, and somehow, you’ve managed to keep your practice alive despite the algorithm’s best attempts to convince you that you need an entire apothecary’s worth of herbs to cast a simple spell. Welcome to spirituality for the pre-smartphone generation – the ones who had to learn magic the old-fashioned way: through trial, error, and a few singed eyebrows. Back When Magic Wasn’t Googleable When I first developed an interest in the occult, there was no…
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Welcome to Unstable Magix: Midlife Magic, Mishaps & Manifesting (Eventually)
If you’ve ever tried to manifest abundance and ended up with unexpected bills instead – welcome home. Hi, I’m Everlie Blackthorn, and this is Unstable Magix – a blog for midlife mystics who are equal parts spiritual and skeptical, magical and messy. If you’ve ever tripped over your own altar, accidentally summoned a migraine instead of money or wondered why the universe keeps testing you when you clearly didn’t study – then you’re in the right place. What is Unstable Magix? It’s exactly what it sounds like: a mix of magic, mishaps, and mainfesting (eventually). This is not the place for fluffy, love-and-light, high-vibes-only spirituality. Here, we embrace the fact…
