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“I’m Cat, and for a long time, Cat’s Rants, the longest running occult based blog was over at TypePad – since 2004. Sadly, TypePad shuttered permanently as of September 30th 2025. Please be patient while I export 21 years of blog posts over to my new WordPress location. With a much easier url to remember and all your favorite posts all the way back to 04, Cat’s Rants should hopefully improve over its former location.” Cat has practiced and studied the occult, tarot, and spellcasting for over 35 years, and has shared her expert teachings on how to cast your own spells, including original spells and recipes on the Cat’s Rants blog since 2004. A professional tarot reader since the 1990s, she’s also an internationally-known psychic reader and tarot expert. As a published and respected occultist for over two decades, and an expert in the fields of rootwork, hoodoo, and Catholic folk magic, she continues to serve the public by teaching authentic spell casting and offering readings and services.

Month: November 2009

  • Happy Birthday to Me!!!!!!!!

    I sure was a cutie patootie, wasn’t I? – come to think of it, the drooling problem never has ceased, though now it must be triggered by things like half-naked pictures of Christian Bale or a sign that says “Free Stoli.” I also think I’m going to have that pot belly again in another decade…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #16

    Constantly asking practitioners for substitutes is sometimes a bit ridiculous. 😉 Check the spell you want to cast and if one of the ingredients seem pretty important, and you, for whatever reason, cannot get ahold of it, try picking a different spell. I can’t count the number of times someone said “What can I substitute…

  • Curiousity Regarding Interest In….

    Hey everyone, I’ve had a few ambitious ideas in mind (several in fact – I wish I had this cool thing known as free time sometimes,) and had thought of putting together a few PDF’s of the blog, namely a love & recon collection, other spells collection (everything but the luv,) and maybe the big…

  • Mama Cat’s Pearls of Wisdom #15

    If you’re keeping a spell journal or spell record, note the weather in your record. You may find your spells have a better effect during different types of weather. For example, I used to have a target who when I cast a spell on that person during a windy time, the spellwork would manifest 3…

  • Random, Random, Random

    There are just so many jokes I could say, that I will leave this at I found this in the supermarket (its a real product) and I can’t be the only one thinking these resemble something.

  • Question to Professional Readers and Practioners in the Rant Room

    Hello my fellow Rooties and Readers, I was wondering if any of you had some feeling on the issues of people who don’t read your FAQ and consistantly ask questions (sometimes the same person repetitively doing so,) that are answered in the FAQ? Do you get this a lot? Do you find you have problems…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me, Contest 2009 edition, part 2

    Hello Occulties, As promised, here is the second half of the contest edition of Questions You’ve Asked Me. I’d like to once more thank everyone for participating in the contest! 🙂 Without further ado… Q: Do you believe that you can communicate with people in dreams and if so are they having the same dream…

  • Questions You’ve Asked Me – Contest 2009 edition, part 1

    Hello Occulties, Thanks to everyone who took part in this year’s contest! Without further ado…let’s get to our WINNING QUESTION!!! 🙂 Q: How can one improve their success rate at spellcasting? Are there meditations or mental exercises one can do to improve? Is it something like learning how to play the piano, or are some…