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Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Brooklyn residents volunteer to clear snow from the sidewalks. Winter Storm Juno moved further east, faster than predicted, leaving NYC residents relieved. Roads were open by 10 a.m.

Quentin and Eric were knocking at doors around the neighborhood to shovel people's front door. They do that "to help people, for a few bucks" and "try to keep fair prices, no matter how beautiful is the building".

A Brooklyn Botanic Garden employee shovels at the entrance of the park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn residents enjoy a day off to sled and cross-country ski in Prospect Park.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklynites prepare themselves to face Winter Storm Juno on the eve of what "could be the the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Brooklyn, 10/14
The season of the witch is back. From American Horror Story: Coven to a new exhibit at the British Museum called “Witches and Wicked Bodies,” witches are once again ascendant. The current neo-pagan revival is less evocative of the cutest witches we met in 1990’s – it is distinctly feminist. The new witch culture blends a kind of radical eroticism with metaphysical liberation — and it aims to change the world.
On the weekend of October 10th, we attended and shot the first anniversary of the Witches Compass, a monthly gathering of appropriately attired occultists at Kateland, a bookstore in Bushwick, Brooklyn that is at the epicenter of the local pagan universe. Katelan Foisy (also a painter, model, and tarot card reader) lead attendees through an immersive ritual cleansing to honor the Hunter’s Moon — with massive paper moons on display. Katelan and her witch-colleague Damon Stang are pioneers of the occult revival happening in this hipster enclave. A few days after the Witches Compass, I sat down for an interview with Katelan and Fred Jennings, the co-owner of Kateland. They explained what makes the third contemporary resurgence of the occult so different than the ones that have come before. Intrinsically feminist, LGBT-friendly, and politically active by nature, the new witches are in it for far more than just love spells.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Attendees deep in meditation as they listen to Katelan Foisy’s story of the carnival funhouse.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Katelan Foisy, painter, tarot reader, witch, and co-creator of the Witches’ Compass, helping attendees to untangle ropes that have been ritually tied to together to symbolize the bonds we need to break.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.

October 10, 2014, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in the yearly ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy healing based on Native American Techniques and applied them in her everyday life practices.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Detail from Katelan Foisy’s altar.

October 10, 2014
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Local witches and believers are waiting to take part in their annual ceremony inside a local store. The Witches Compass is an interactive ritual environment and celebration. Participants are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of the Waxing of the Waning Moons. Each round of the Witches Compass is a unique event inspired by the balance of the elements and the flux of the lunar tide. Katelan V. Foisy is a witch but also an artist, writer, and Tarot reader who has created her own form of energy-healing based on Native American Techniques and applies them in her everyday life.