The natural magick practiced by home-based Witches is simple and grounded. It draws wisdom and spirituality from the earth itself. Why not channel this basic energy into your home? Applying natural magick to your living space is a wonderful way to connect with your sense of wonder and to align with the rhythms of nature, celebrating the cycles of the earth, the moon, and the seasons.
You might identify as a cunning man, wise woman, hedgewitch, kitchen-witch, garden witch, or natural magician. Or perhaps you don’t use a title at all. A Witch’s inner power comes from connecting to the natural world that surrounds their home, family, and life. Natural magick is elemental, quiet, and spontaneous.
Using nature’s influences to enhance the power and security of our homes is an age-old practice. Author Scott Cunningham described a magickal home as a “pool of protective energy” and “a shrine to the deity of life itself.” This highlights that your home is a sacred and influential magickal space. So, how can you apply this concept to your lifestyle in a natural and practical way?
If you live in an apartment or a modest home, remember that it’s not about how much you spend or how fancy your residence is. Your home doesn’t need to look like a photoshoot for Better Pagan Homes and Gardens. Cottage witchery is about creating magick with what you have or can acquire affordably.
Look for charming decorative pieces at garage sales and flea markets. Watch for sales or make magickal and creative accessories yourself. Natural and magickal décor and supplies do not have to be expensive. It’s not about the size of your home or your budget. The sense of welcome and practicality in your home is a form of magick in itself.
Cottage witchery encourages you to view your home in a new magickal way and to connect with a simpler time. You don’t need to give up modern conveniences. Instead, reconnect with the energies of the natural world—cherish, celebrate, and direct these magickal forces into your home and everyday life.
For example, arrange a few sunflowers in an old glass canning jar and place it on your table in the summer. It will brighten up the whole room, just like magick.
In autumn, arrange mini pumpkins and gourds on a shelf and scatter a handful of oak leaves around them to celebrate wisdom and the earth’s abundance during the harvest festivals.
In winter, set a rustic basket of pine cones and pretty twigs that you gathered and arranged yourself on your hearth. This invokes an earthy type of enchantment, as pine cones symbolize fertility and pine encourages prosperity. This is the essence of simple, affordable, and practical magick. By bringing natural and rustic items into your home, you can incorporate fascinating energies into your life.
Cottage witchery aims to inspire you to add a little old-time charm and down-to-earth magick into your everyday life. This book is filled with witchy ideas, all of them practical and easy to incorporate into your magickal lifestyle.
