Solitary Paganism
Sex and Culture
In Sex and Culture (1934), Unwin studied 80 primitive tribes and 6 known civilizations through 5,000 years of history and found a positive correlation between the cultural achievement of a people and ...
an innocent, care-free pagan race
“Look back a little and see what has happened. Nineteen hundred years ago you were an innocent, care-free pagan race. You worshipped countless Gods and Goddesses, the spirits of the air, of the ...
The Principle of Vibration
This principle teaches us that all is in motion, nothing is at rest. Everything moves; everything vibrates with its own rate of vibration. Everything is in a constant state of movement and change. Obj...
The Principle of Correspondence
This principle teaches us that “As above, so below. As within, so without.” We do exist on all planes—the astral/spiritual, energetic, and physical—so this principle is a lesson in perspective. When m...
The Seven Hermetic Principles
Here are the seven classic Hermetic principles. I kept them as straightforward as possible. The Principle of Mentalism This is the first principle. It states that “all is mind”—that everything exists ...
Hermes Trismegistus and the Hermetic Principles
Truth be told, a lot of magick is founded on philosophy. Case in point: the Hermetic principles. The Hermetic principles are a set of philosophical beliefs based upon the ancient writings of Hermes Tr...
LUCK BRINGER
Any of the following items you can acquire from occult supply shops. You will need: 1. Bottle of perfume, new, not used before. 2. Some Devil’s Shoestring. 3. Some Jerusalem Root. 4. Some Adam a...
A Solitary Sunrise Ritual for Success and Prosperity
Timing: Work this solitary ritual on a Sunday at sunrise. Supplies: a yellow or gold votive candle a straight pin or boline (for inscribing the candle) a votive candle holder a plain, small plate or s...
PROSPERITY SPELLS
Purpose and Focus: Be clear with your intention. What is the purpose of the ritual? Are you focused? Did you take a moment to ground and center and to put aside all negativity? Do not focus on fears o...
Plant Magick, The key to understanding the Old Ways
Plants are an integral key to understanding the Old Ways. Our ancestors attached symbolism to different plant part such as flowers or leaves because of what their shape resembled, or even what the nat...
The Incomplete five senses of Witchcraft
Fundamental to magick is a belief that the phenomenal world of the five senses is incomplete. Witches believe that we live in a world quite different from the one our five senses show to us – they bel...
BOOBACH
The Bwbach, or Boobach, is the good-natured goblin which does good turns for the tidy Welsh maid who wins its favour by a certain course of behaviour recommended by long tradition. The maid having swe...
PIGMY ELVES
The Ellyllon are the pigmy elves who haunt the groves and valleys, and correspond pretty closely with the English elves. The English name was probably derived from the Welsh el, a spirit, elf, an elem...
FAERIES- DO YOU BELIEVE OR NOT
Fairies being creatures of the imagination, it is not possible to classify them by fixed and immutable rules. In the exact sciences, there are laws which never vary, or if they vary, their very eccent...
The Chaos of the divine feminine
“The reason that they felt ill at ease was that by eating and drinking they laid themselves open to Az-concupiscence: their bodies were no longer self-sufficient but depended on nourishment from outsi...
The Blood of Wolves
In the ancient witchcraft religion (Yatuk), Persian Sorcerers used blood of wolves (who are sacred to Ahriman) to call upon darkness. Ahriman was probably in this sense, one of the first Vampyre forms...
The workings of Saturn
The workings of Saturn are focused within darkness, and the possibility therein. The self-alchemical process of moving through the sphere of Saturn is relative to darkness in that the initiate moves t...
Fallen Angels of Ancient Lore
The Watchers, or Fallen Angels of Ancient Lore are the guardians of the path of the wise. Such Angels dwell within the shadow gardens of twilight, of dreams and the nightside of being. We must listen ...
The Saturnian Mysteries
The Saturnian Mysteries is only one avenue of magical exploration which may be explored within a Sabbatic context, not to, by any means, destroy an ongoing tradition but rather develop it. Through suc...
From the graves of Corpse-sleep
“Oh moon nourished haunters of dreams, who have tasted the souls’ blood of life, From the graves of Corpse-sleep from which ye emerge, from the pools of blood beneath the fountains of red sea, that em...
the intent of the Left Hand Path
What is often misunderstood is the intent of the Left Hand Path. Many view the LHP as one in line with Christian Satanism or Diabolism, which is an inaccurate view of the path itself. The LHP is the f...
disunion from the natural order
The Left Hand Path itself is the path of disunion from the natural order or Objective Universe. Witches, are considered wise unto their very name, which indicates and objective view of their own surro...
LEFT HAND PATH
That the Luciferian Tradition is awakening from European Traditional Craft is nothing new, the emergence of the work in America leads to a Left Hand Path approach to the path of the wise. Considering ...
The heart of the arcana
The heart of the arcana is in the brain itself, it is our connection and desire to unite the Hand and the Eye in the Grimoire of the Fallen, which was long ago scribed in the blood of our spiritual an...
The Luciferian Essence
The Luciferian Essence is found within the eyes of Cain, the father of Witchblood, buried deep within the dark well of the watchers, from which our mind is of the deep. Leviathan the serpent guards th...
The Witchcraft tradition
The Witchcraft tradition was explored in essence by the practitioners of Yatuk Dinoih, or Persian Witchcraft of which emerged from the sorcerous shadow-god Ahriman, the darkness which would create fle...
Luciferian Witchcraft
Luciferian Witchcraft is the very result of sorcery which emerged in ancient cultures and times. The Luciferic linage is traced back to the Fallen Angels of ancient lore, whom tasted from the shadow g...
The roots of Traditional Witchcraft
That the roots of Traditional Witchcraft as they have emerged passes beyond western culture as a cornerstone of middle-eastern origins, while reemerging in Europe to America as time moved forward. Wha...
Luciferian path
As the darkest night is coming and recently with some of my friends came around to talk about darker side of magick, I though may be good idea to talk about branches of witchcraft like Luciferian path...
Slavic New Life
The biggest holiday in a family’s life was the birth of a baby. But a new Slavic soul would have been just as eagerly awaited by demons. For this reason, red ribbons were tied up by the cradle in orde...
Kupalnocka, or the Slavic Valentine’s Day
“Kupała Day was the longest of the year, Kupała Night the shortest – it was one ceaseless passage of joy, song, leaping, and rites,” Józef Ignacy Kraszewski wrote in his Stara baśń (Old Ta...
The Slavic holiday calendar
The Slavic holiday calendar began on 21st December, with a symbolic victory of light over darkness (the Winter Solstice). The Święto Godowe (Nuptial Holidays), also known as Zimowy Staniasłońc would e...
An Offering Plate for the Ancestors
At Samhain, we invite our ancestors to share our feast with us and, naturally, we want the table to look nice for them. Just as we put out the “good china” when we invite the living to reunion dinners...
The Samhain Vow
In the old days and still for some, one of Winter’s vital tasks was to mend Summer’s tools—to mend the fishing nets, repair the hoe and shovel handles, and so on. Today, most of us don’t have that sor...
A Samhain Rite of Transformation Part 2
A solitary declares, or the coven’s Priestess and Priest share, the explanation of Samhain: This is the moment when the God’s grave becomes a womb, when He is no longer dead, but gestating. Now we no ...
A Samhain Rite of Transformation
A theme that unites Samhain’s aspects—harvest, reunion, and New Year’s—is transformation. This theme is so strongly at the core of this holiday that it has survived even into the secular celebration: ...
Singing for the Ancestors
When I say “ancestors,” I use the term loosely. Of course I mean our grandmothers and grandfathers, parents, aunts, and uncles who’ve passed on. But I also mean siblings and friends, and I don’t mean ...
Blessing and Consecration for Found Bones (or Other Natural Material)
For this rite, you need salt and water, burning incense, a candle, and a clean white cloth. The incense should be woodsy-smelling, and the candle should be red or orange (colors of life) or black (for...
Sacred Slaughter
Today, the animals we eat are butchered with no ceremony at all; but for Neo-Pagans, slaughter is sacred. When, in Teutonic Magic, Kveldulf Gundarsson talks about the central act of a blot (the word r...
Calling the Dryads
As you become more proficient at using energies, you will find a need to link with nature spirits and spirits of the elements. These energies are very subtle and the incantations used in this spell ac...
Setting up your altar
To turn your dressed table into a proper altar, you will need as basics the following objects: 1. Two candles with candle holders – you might like to think of one representing the female princip...
Preparing for Spell Work
Several processes become automatic when preparing for spell work. If you choose to wear special clothing, then this has to be prepared before you actually start your personal preparations. We give bel...
Witches Chanting
Chant … in The Craft, when the witches were sitting in the park repeating Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, they were using what is known as a circle chant meditation to raise their power levels. Chants ca...
Candle Magick:
When the candle sheds its gleam, At the mystic hour, Let fulfilment of my dream, Gather secret power. Flame of magick, brightly burn, Spirit of the fire. Let the wheel of fortune turn, Grant me my des...
Mature Basil leaves
Mature Basil leaves can be used for this technique. The resulting decoction is said to attract clients and prevent theft. YOU WILL NEED: Glass jar or metal container Handful of basil leaves One pint o...
Basil for Business
Many Hindu families keep a tulsi or Holy Basil plant in a specially-built structure, which has images of deities installed on all four sides, with an alcove for a small earthenware oil lamp. Here basi...
Preparing a crystal circle
If you wish to use stones and crystals when laying out your circle or sacred space, you can use a mixture of both. You might mark each quarter with a large stone, particularly if you are outside, and ...
Moon power
This spell can be performed indoors as well as outside. It is representational since you use a paper moon or flower. In the incantation the Moon is represented as a white swan. This should be done at ...
Disperse negative emotion
Here is a simple technique for dealing with negative energies such as anger and resentment. It uses the Elements and their qualities in a very positive way. The circle of light links with spirit, the ...
Good health wishing spell
This spell is worked at the time of the New Moon and is incredibly simple to do. Bay leaves possess a great deal of magical power and are used for granting wishes. This spell can be used to fulfil a r...
Healing the body
This spell works on a simple principle, that of identifying within the body whether the pain it is suffering is physical, emotional or, as is often the case, has a more deep-rooted spiritual component...
Subtle Energies
The subtle energies which come together to give each person their unique makeup are very precious and can be conserved and enhanced. We as spell workers have a responsibility to make ourselves as heal...
Crystal Healing Spell
This spell is used in this instance to charge (energize) water for healing. You can drink the water or juice, or use the former in your bath. By using planetary significances you can see how many aspe...
Enhancing Communication
Here is a simple way to use one of the stones ruled by Jupiter in a particularly modern way, at the same time also appealing to the gods of communication. This is an example of combining several energ...
Programming a crystal
Crystals are prepared for programming by charging them. Programming a crystal aligns the energy of the crystal to the intent. Using a carefully thought-out affirmation and directing this to the centre...
Cleansing a crystal
When you acquire a new crystal you should first of all cleanse it and then dedicate the crystal for the purpose intended. This can be done simply by holding the crystal while consciously thinking that...
Meditation with Jade
In Chinese thought, jade is very highly regarded, since it is said to embody the five cardinal virtues: charity, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom. For this reason, it can be used as an aid to medi...
Yellow Candle
•The Element of Air •Intelligence •The Sun •Memory •Imagination supported by logic •Accelerating learning •Clearing mental blocks
Copper Candle
•Professional growth•Business productivity•Career manoeuvres•Passion•Money goals
Silver Candle
•The Moon Goddess •Astral energy •Female energy •Telepathy •Clairvoyance •Intuition •Dreams
Green Candle
•The Element of Earth •Physical healing •Monetary success •Mother Earth •Tree and plant magic •Growth •Personal goals
Charge of the Goddess
One of the aspects of Witches that sets it apart from most other spiritual practices is beautifully illustrated in a single line of the oracle commonly known as “The Charge of the Goddess,” wherein t...
Bru nà Boinne
In addition to their agricultural significance, cattle also had a divinatory role at Beltane. The appearance of a white heifer was considered very auspicious, a manifestation of Bóand, goddess of insp...
WATER FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS
Water is a feminine energy and highly connected with the aspects of the Goddess. Used for healing, cleansing, and purification, Water is related to the West, and associated with passion and emotion. I...
AIR FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS
Air is the element of the East, connected to the soul and the breath of life. If you’re doing a working related to communication, wisdom or the powers of the mind, Air is the element to focus on. Air ...
EARTH FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS
Each of the four cardinal elements – earth, air, fire and water – can be incorporated into magical practice and ritual. Depending on your needs and intent, you may find yourself drawn to o...
THE FOUR ELEMENTS
In many modern-day Pagan belief systems, there is a good deal of focus on the four elements – Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. A few traditions of Wicca also include a fifth element, which is Spirit or Se...
Light & Dense Vibrations
Here’s the easiest explaination I can provide on light & dense vibrations (high & low vibrational energies). Just like oil & water don’t mix, light & dense energies don’t mix. When you...
Confidence Spell using Tigers Eye and a Golden Candle
The purpose of this simple confident spell is for increasing your self-worth and self-esteem. A tiger’s eye is used . This crystal strengths your solar plexus chakra, which is the seat for you will. A...
Breaking A Spell With A Spell
This is known as a counter spell, or the kind of spell that can break any spell that may have gotten cast on you. It is always best to cast this during a waning moon. While it is not completely necess...
How To Cast A Circle Of Protection
One of the most important aspects of Ritual Magick, as practiced by Wiccans and other neo-pagans, is the art of the sacred circle. Circles can serve many purposes, but are most commonly protective. Ma...
Arnica
Arnica – Bruises and Sprains. Stimulates the Heart. CAUTION: Do not apply to broken skin. Do not take internally.
10 Facts About Paganism and Witchcraft
There’s a lot of information out there on Paganism, including but not limited to Wicca, in books, on the Internet, and through local groups. But how much of it is accurate? How do you learn to s...
How Does Magic Work?
So you’ve been reading up on Paganism, witchcraft, Wicca, and all kinds of other things, and it seems pretty straightforward… but you’re probably wondering How does magic work, anywa...
How To Write Your Own Spell in 5 Steps
While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with using other peoples’ spells — and in fact there is an entire industry devoted to publishing books full of them — there are times when you may wi...
Pagans & Witches – Becoming
People become Pagans or Wiccans for a variety of reasons. Most of those reasons are pretty good – sometimes it involves a connection to the divine, a sense of coming home, or even just a gradual...
Witchcraft – Learning the Basics
Magic power is inherent on Earth. By various means, we have learned how to use it. We hold the complete, pure energy of the All – of the Goddess and the God – most high. As witches, we know that we ar...
A Spell Against Spite and Gossip
In life we often deal with not so nice people. I want to share spell, that probably will be useful to many of us. Traditionally, witch bottles filled with rusty nails, sour red wine (or even urine) an...
Verbena Bath
Vervain, sometimes called verbena and lemon verbena, are often and easily confused. The two can complement one another: lemon verbena provides purification while vervain offers magical protection.Make...
Cinnamon Incense – Is used to gain wealth and success.
Cinnamon Incense – Is used to gain wealth and success.
Anise Seed
Anise Seed – Awakening Subtle Energies for Magic, Ward Against “the Evil Eye,” Keeps Away Nightmares.
Angelica Root
Angelica Root – Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions, Cures and Bewitchment. Deflects Curses.
A black cat crossing your path
The most common American myth is that a black cat crossing your path is a catastrophic symbol of bad luck, on par with walking under a ladder or stepping on a crack. Every myth – good or bad – about b...
Black Cats Are the Familiars of Witches
In most of Europe a black cat arriving at one’s home is actually considered good luck. Somewhere along the line as the separatists fled to America for religious freedom, they became associated with ev...
Black Cats Are Incarnations of Satan
In the Middle Ages, black cats became associated with black magic and the devil. The 1233 document “Vox in Rama” – which translates as “To Deal With the Topic of Devil Worship” – Pope Gregory XI claim...
Black Cats Are Omens of Death
According to Greek mythology, a slave named Galinthias was turned into a black cat by Zeus’ wife, Hera as punishment for trying to prevent the birth of Heracles. Galinthias was sent to the underworld ...
Black Cats Are Symbols of Luck & Prosperity
In the south of France, black cats are referred to as “matagots” or “magician cats.” According to local superstition, they bring good luck to owners who feed them well and treat them with respect. In ...
All Cats Represent Strength & Protection
All Cats Represent Strength & Protection As far back as 3100 BC, all cats, regardless of colour or characteristic were worshipped as sacred beings in Egyptian and Muslim cultures. They were consid...
Black Cats and Witches
Black cats have long been associated with witches and witchcraft to the extent that during October, the Month of Halloween, black cats and witches are favorite icons used for costumes, home decor, and...
Black cat folklore, superstition, and mythology
Black cats have played a major role for centuries in folklore, superstition, and mythology. Black cats in the middle ages were believed to be witches’ familiars, and some people even believed th...
Yule Log
6 egg whites, room temperature (appx 1 hr) 3/4 cup sugar 6 egg yolks 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 dash salt confectioners’ sugar Filling: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, c...
Easy Pipe cleaner Pentacle Ornaments
Use chenille stems in your favorite color to create one of these. They’re easy, and your kids can do it once you show them how to bend the stems. You’ll need three pipe cleaners, or chenil...
Cinnamon Spell Ornaments
Will you be decorating a tree this year for your Yule celebrations? There are all kinds of things you can hang on it! Try making a batch of cinnamon spell ornaments as a fun and magical holiday projec...
Salt dough
Salt dough is one of the easiest things in the world to make, and you can create just about anything from it. Use it with cookie cutters to make your own Sabbat ornaments. You’ll need: 4 Cups fl...
Yule Decorations
There are so many great ways you can decorate your home for the Yule season. Adapt store-bought Christmas decorations, or make your own Pagan-themed home decor for the season. Here’s how you can...
Pagan Revival
Paganism has enjoyed a grassroots revival over the last forty and more years. How do the seekers find an authentic expression of a deeper, older religious feeling? Today’s seekers automatically look t...
SALT LAMP
Himalayan salt has your allergies in the bag! But more importantly than clearing your nasal passages, it can also improve the air quality and give your mood an overhaul! ou are made up of negatively c...
Himalayan salt
Did you know that the Himalayan salt “crystal” is an up and coming contender not only in the kitchen, but also in the medicine cabinet? What you put in fuels your temple. I know that you need your ing...
Pink Witches Salt
Pink Witches Salt or Himalayan Crystal Mineral Salt is also known as ‘Pink Halite’, it is a form of (edible) crystal. Pink Witch Salt is an excellent crystal for love, especially self-love. It not onl...
Far Eastern Bat Symbolic Meanings
In the Far East, particularly China, the Bat represents good fortune and longevity. The number of Bats seen also has meaning. Two Bats are greater luck, and five represents the five blessings of long ...
Black Bat Dreams
Black Bat Dreams speak of forthcoming personal disasters so be diligent in discerning if it is time to conduct a spiritual cleanup of your self and surroundings. Conversely, seeing a Bat in your dream...
Bat Dreams
Note: Not all dreams about Bats are morbid. Depending on other factors of the dream, your subconscious or higher-self could be sending a gentle and humorous message to let you know that you or someone...
Bat as a Celtic Animal Symbol
Celtic symbolism associates Bats with the underworld as well as with being a “spiritual navigator”. Because the Bat hangs upside down Celts gave this night creature the symbolic value of transposition...
Carnation Oil
Carnation (strength, healing) Wear carnation oil to promote physical strength. Add carnation oil to frankincense resin and burn to promote healing.
Amunet Goddess – Egyptian
In Egyptian mythology, Amunet was a primordial goddess. She preceded the great gods and goddesses of Egypt and had connections with the creator god Amun. Her myth was important not only in Egypt but a...
Blackthorn in Bloom
githeach-dubh / droighnean/straif in Gaelic (prunus spinossa in latin). It seems appropriate to post about Blackthorn today as we have had a wee taste of another blackthorn winter or blackthorn hatch ...
Necromancy
Necromancy is believed by some to be the darkest of all the black arts, where witches and alike are able to communicate with the recently departed or by summoning spirits and even resurrecting the dea...
The 4 Stages of Witchcraft
Stage 1 Wicca and the like, all white and fluffy doing nothing but good learning the rules and basic spells, cat naming etc. Stage 2 Grey Witchcraft, after many years of study you have now found yours...
Covens
A coven is typically a group or circle of witches regardless of gender, so a coven can be mixture of both men and women alike. Just in case you don’t know a male with is still a witch and not a warloc...
The Elementals
The Elementals are very ancient nature sprits; they are forms of energy which represent the Elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water, believed to be the building blocks of all life. To witches they are lik...
Shadow Creatures
There is a silent darkness that is attached to witchcraft and a subject that is very seldom talked about within the witchcraft community, seen by few and dismissed my many, known commonly as shadow cr...
Hell Hounds
Throughout time mankind has always told tales about a black furred, red eyed beast seen on the darkest of nights in the near vicinity of either graveyards or cemeteries, it is said that seeing one is ...
Bee Balm
Although Bee Balm is somewhat of a giant in medicine and aromatherapy applications, uses in folklore and magic are surprisingly rather sketchy and hard to find for this herb. Of course, for purifying ...
Witchcraft Old School
Old school, what is that.. well its a schooling that exist longer then any other schools now defunked, it is a school of thought, learning that has accepted the natures and rules of its awareness and ...
Herb Magick
Centuries ago, our ancestors used herbs for more than just seasoning soup. As a matter of fact, herbs were used for healing and Magick long before they were used as seasonings. But the Witches and the...
Tools Necessary for Herbalism
The first step in herbalism is to gather the tools you will need, and that is the main point of this first message. I have found the following useful and in many cases vital to learn and practice the ...
Overlooked Herbs
Again and again, some herbs seem worth the effort that don’t get nearly enough praise or press . . . in my opinion, anyway. You might want to give them a try if you haven’t already. 10.Pineapple Sage&...
Herbs for Healing and Happiness
Gardening is one of the most creative things you can do and an exercise in mindfulness. It keeps you grounded with a deep connection to the earth. Growing herbs to use in remedies and spellcraft is do...
Parsley
The next time you pass over that bit of green garnish on your plate, stop and think again, for that parsley is one of the oldest, tastiest, most nutritious, and easiest to grow of all our culinary her...
Herbal Cures for anxiety: VALERIAN
Valerian, native to Europe and North America, has long been used to treat anxiety, stress, muscle tension and insomnia. It contains valerenic acid and valeranon that help the body relax into a calm st...
Orris root
Orris root (rhizoma iridis) is the root of Iris germanica and Iris pallida. It had the common name of Queen Elizabeth Root. Constituent chemicalsThe most valued component of orris root is oil of orris...
Chamomile
StatusAmber – Vulnerable and Near-ThreatenedBest Time to SeeJune, JulyColourYellow, WhiteHabitatGrassland A SMALL, ATTRACTIVE, CREEPING PLANT WITH DAISY-LIKE FLOWERS AND FEATHERY LEAVES. This perennia...
Moss
Powers: Luck, Money Magical Uses: To carry moss (any type) taken from a gravestone in your pocket is a good ensurer of luck, especially financial luck. Moss is used to stuff general-purpose poppets
Herbal Incense
Incense composition and use is an art form in itself. Basically, an incense is any combination of plant materials, perhaps combined with essential oils and a base, which are mixed together and burned ...
Enchanting Herbs
Prior to actually using herbs in magic, they can be enchanted. Enchantment (in a magical context) aligns the vibrations of the plants involved with your magical need. Thus it is a process that increas...
Powerful Healing Herbs in Your Kitchen
The humble herb and spice rack in your kitchen today need not be just a decorative feature, although they look quite pleasing to the eye hanging on the wall, in both modern and old fashioned styled ho...
Wolfsbane
(Aconitum napellus, Arnica latifolia, Arnica montana) Poison Folk Names: Aconite, Cupid’s Car, Dumbledore’s Delight, Leopard’s Bane, Monkshood, Storm Hat, Thor’s Hat, Wolf’s Hat Gender: Feminine Plane...
Herbal Ointments
An old form of herb magic as well as medicine, an ointment is simply any fatty substance to which powdered herbs and/or oils have been added. A good example of this is found in the text under Mallow. ...
Herbal Baths
Baths are often used in herb magic, for they are an easy way to spread an herb’s power over the entire body.There are two methods; one, make a sachet (use about one-half to one cup of the appropriate ...
An Explanation of Herb Magick
In the practice of magical herbery, the collections of what might be considered “herbs” is far greater than in the study of medicinal herbology. Magic can encompass so many thing, the possibilities ar...
Sacred Herbs of the Saxons
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris): Mugwort is well known as the premier herb for dreamwork. The silver on the underside of the leaves shows an affinity for the moon and the female reproductive system....
Funeral Herbs
Since ancient times herbs have played a part in funerals. They’ve been used toscent graves and cremation fires, to fill amulet bags and in making wreaths todecorate burial places. BASIL: Protection, L...
Willow Herb Epilobium
Epilobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, containing about 197 species. The genus has a worldwide distribution. It is most prevalent in the subarctic, temperate and subantarct...
Herbal Oils
Though extracting oils by steam distillation and other methods is almost prohibitively expensive, we are spared this cost by the wide availability of essential oils and synthetics on the market today....
Lavender
(Lavendula officinale orL. vera) Flower: G Folk Names: Elf Leaf, Nard, Nardus, Spike Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air Powers: Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, ...
Cherry
(Prunus avium) Seed and wilted leaf: X Folk Names: Sweet Cherry, Mazzard Cherry Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water Powers: Love, Divination Magical Uses: The cherry has long been used to st...
Ratio of Fresh Herbs to Dry Herbs
When cooking with fresh and dry herbs, there is a general rule when it comes to the ratio of fresh to dry. Because dried herbs are generally more potent and concentrated than fresh herbs. 1 tablespoon...
Herbs Used in Hair Care
Herbs for Dry Hair:Burdock root, comfrey, elderflowers, Lavender , marsh mallow, parsley, sage, stinging nettle. Herbs for Damaged Hair:sage, rose, calendula, chamomile, burdock, thyme, rosemary Herbs...
Plant and Herb Magick
Plant magic is an age old tradition dating back to ancient Egyptian times, it has been used for many purposes, such as healing, self empowerment, love spells and protection. Each plant has its own mag...
Herbal Cures for anxiety: Passionflower
Similar to valerian, passionflower is recognized for its calming and sedative actions which are effective in helping to combat anxiety, fatigue, and sleep issues. It contains alkaloids, glycosides, an...
A Witch’s Glossary of Herbs
A handy key to the herbs of witchcraft. Each of the herbs listed has its own character and magickal properties. They are revealed to the Witch through study, meditation, and practice. For this glossar...
Some Reasons Herbs May Not Work
More and more people are turning to herbs because there is a growing disappointment with using pharmaceuticals for chronic illness. Many people are getting fed up with taking a pill that never really ...
Night Shade
(Atropa belladonna) Poison Folk Names: Banewort, Black Cherry, Deadly Nightshade, Death’s Herb, Devil’s Cherries, Divale, Dwale, Dwaleberry, Dwayberry, Fair Lady, Great Morel, Naughty Man’s Cherries, ...
Herbs and the Minerals They Contain
Herbs and the minerals they contain is a very involved subject and should be we researched well beforehand. Minerals Calcium This mineral builds and protects bones and teeth. Helps maintain a regular ...
Beginning Herbalism
Herbalism, like midwifery skills, is one of the oldest parts of teaching within the craft, but is also one where we have lost a huge amount of information and where science has yet to catch up. Every ...
Your First Herb Garden
If you live in an area that gets very hot during the summer months, cover herbs with a layer of mulch to keep them from drying out. If you’re maintaining them in pots on your deck, opt for containers ...
Herb Gardening
Herbs play well with other plants. In fact, many of them (like rue, catnip, garlic and marigold) make good companion plants for pest control with vegetables and flowers. (When you don’t want to use pe...
Herbal Medicine Today
Herbal medicines are still in use today. In some respects, they have gained a new momentum in the medical field. As many people seek alternative treatments and begin to check out traditional, and East...
The Greek Way of Herbal Healing
In classical Greek science and medicine, everything in the universe has its own inherent nature and temperament, or balance of the Four Basic Qualities: Hot, Cold, Wet and Dry. This is the basis of ho...
Magickal Intentions – Hex Breaking
When people feel that they have been hexed, cursed, jinxed, or psychically attacked, an ordinary cause can usually be traced for the supposed hex. No matter how certain these people are of their condi...
Negativity/Hex Removal Bath
Sometimes we feel like we’re carrying around some excess negativity, bad luck or even possibly hexes. First thing to do is to assess why and how you feel that this negativity is weighing on you! For e...
Hexes
The term hex comes from Early American Folk belief, and implies the use of magick to hurt or harm another person’s body, family, or property. The hex was usually cast by a hex-doctor or sorcerer, who ...
Hex
A spell or bewitchment. The term comes from the Pennsylvania Dutch, who borrowed it from their native German word for “witch,” Hexe, which in turn is derived from Old High German hagazussa or hagzissa...
Hex Breaking
Now the nature of the hex is simple. It’s basically a dark cloud that follows someone causing havoc and misery. This is what we will learn to break today. First you must be able to sense the hex. Writ...
Hex Signs
Round magical signs and symbols used by the Pennsylvania Dutch, primarily to protect against witchcraft but also to effect spells. Hex signsare both amuletic and talismanic (see amulets; talismans). T...
How To Make A Hex Sign
Be sure you have all the tools you will need to complete the sign you have designed or found. If you are doing an original drawing, plan it out first on a blank piece of paper. Be sure that the pictur...
The Egg Hex
Supplies needed are as follows: 1)One egg, (Fresh eggs are the best) 2)Magic marker 3)shovel or digging tool 4)black candle 5)sage 6)matches or lighter 7)cinnamon incense 8)pepperment oil, or olive 9)...
Herbal Pot-Pourris, Sachets and Pillows
There are many uses for herbs in sachets, pot-pourri, pillows and other containers where the herbs may not be visible but release their delicious scents. No one could resist a lovely collection of lac...
The Hedge – Physical Boundaries
Henges and hedges, dill heaps, stone walls and more have marked the edges of a community. In my own little parish, a couple of years ago we re-established “beating the bounds”, a tradition of going ar...
Vinegar – Use it about Anywhere
1. Cleans Glass. Mixed with water or simply sprayed full-strength on glass and mirrors, vinegar does a great job quickly and easily. Simply wipe windows dry with crumpled-up newspapers and watch ...
THE NATURAL MAGICK OF HEARTH AND HOME
The natural magick of the home-based Witch is uncomplicated and down-to-earth. There is wisdom and spirituality evoked by the very earth that we live on. Why not take that basic energy and direct it i...
Spring Cleaning Recipes
These recipes use the guidelines found in Spiritual Spring Cleaning to create natural magical cleaning products. To make the following recipes you will also need a blender or food processor, mixing bo...
Hearthcraft
The word hearth is of old English origin, meaning the floor around the fireplace or the lower part of a furnace where molten metal is collected during the smelting process. Throughout the ages, Hearth...
Magickal Herbal House Washes
There are several ways to create a magical floor wash. The simplest is to place herbs that correspond to what you are trying to achieve in a bowl. Pour hot water over the herbs and let them steep for ...
Spirituality in Hearthcraft
Nurturing the spiritual elements of the home can be key to the path of a herth based house witch. The answer to how you can do this depends on how you define your spirituality. Attempting to define sp...
Hedgewitch: A Universal Telephone Line
Remember Harvey? And do you recall how he said that his house insurance was cancelled?Here is the creative way in which he handled it:“I got this darned letter in the mail that said ‘your house insura...
What is a Hedge Witch
A Hedge Witch is a solitary practitioner of the herbal arts – both, medicinal and spiritual. She is the person you call when you develop a rash or get a toothache, and the doctor or dentist is unavail...
Herbs for Medical Symptom
Please refer to the herbs in the list for dosages and instructionsbefore attempting to take the herb. Some herbs are poisonous! Aches: rosemaryAcne: rosemary, thyme, witch-hazelAllergies:&nb...
Herbal Vitamins and Minerals
Allspice, also known popularly as Jamaican pepper or pimento, is just what its name implies: a single spice that tastes like a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and pepper, which add...
Remedies From The Witch’s Libary
Prickling in the legs Prickling in the legs can drive you crazy when you’re trying to go to sleep. One remedy is to eat banana – there’s a lot of potassium in bananas and the prickling sensation can c...
YOUR KITCHEN MEDICINE CABINET Spices to the Rescue
Just as there is no clear dividing line between food and medicine, there’s also no dividing line between cooking spices and medicinal herbs. The astute herbalist must be resourceful and versatile, and...
Natural Antibacterial Herbs
There are hundreds of plants used all over the world, which are used in herbal medicine as treatments for bacterial infections. Here are some of the most accessible and reliable. Bayberry (Myrica ceri...
Cleansing Detox Herbs
Garlic–blood cleanser, lowers blood fats, natural antibiotic Red clover blossoms–blood cleanser, good during convalescence and healing Echinacea–lymph cleanser, improves lymphocyte and phagocyte actio...
Emotional Management
That’s all well and fine, but how do you keep your emotions in check? Is thereany way to handle them without becoming completely disassociated from realityor losing all sense of human compassion?Absol...
Braid That Bind
This spell is intended to bind you to the one you love. You will need three long strands of hair (about 12 inches)from your head and from your loved one’s head, a strip of red ribbon, and a small cher...
Hair
Hair represents strength and energy. Early Christians shaved their heads to show their devotion to the religion. In some cultures, it is seen as an act of purity to have all body hair removed before m...
Hair and Nails
Nails have been associated with demons and evil; some Jews keep their fingernails as short as possible, and tribes in Madagascar believe the Devil lives under unpared fingernails. Much Western magical...
Healing Guilt
While it can be therapeutic to put something off, procrastination or ignoring a problem isn’t self-care; in fact, it’s the opposite. Ignoring a problem just makes it more of a problem. Self-care invol...
Witches’ History of Healing
Contemporary witches and Pagans view healing as one of their most important functions. They use a wide range of healing techniques, including magic; herbal and folk remedies; bodywork, and energy work...
Electuary
An Electuary is a medicinal paste created with something sweet, such as honey or jam. Thick electuaries can be rolled into little balls for children to take with some juice, and thinner electuaries ca...
Random Natural Remedies
Best deodorants is plain old baking soda. You can pat it right onto your skin or mix it with a little cornstarch for extra staying power and moisture control. Try 1/2 cornstarch and 1/2 baking soda. S...
Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress
Anxiety is a normal response to a stressful situation. It is an emotion that we all experience at some point. It keeps us alert and ready for action as a survival mechanism, allowing us to react quick...
Psoriasis herbal remedies
Aloe (externally): Preliminary studies indicate that aloe vera gel may be useful in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions that include an inflammatory component. In one study, it showed...
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices
ALLSPICE Active ingredient is eugenol, same as cloves. Topical pain relief, tea and mouthwash. ANISE Seven tsp. of seed to one quart water, boil down by half, add 4 tbsp. of honey, take two tsp to cal...
Anti-Anxiety Herbs
A list of herbs that help reduce stress & anxiety & how to use them.Chamomile: Top of the list because it’s my personal favourite. Chamomile is very calming, & also helps calm the nervous ...
Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs
To truly understand and appreciate the healing potential of herbal medicine, we must keep firmly in mind the key differences between herbal medicines and pharmaceutical drugs, and the advantages of th...
Herbal Medicines & Preparations
Herbal medicine has been practiced for as long as humans have been around. It was the only form of physcial medicine (except for acupuncture), available until the last century. When it was discovered ...
Healers Commodities
Charms and sachets – Fill a small bag, of the correct color or material, with herbs to make a charm or sachet. You can carry the charm with you, hang it in the house or car, or bury or burn it, d...
Old-Fashioned Remedies and Tricks Grandma Used
Grandmas always seem to know it all don’t they? Well, here are some unique and wonderful old-fashioned remedies you may not have heard before that we would like to share. While we cannot guarantee tha...
A Ritual For Empowering Herbs For Healing
All healing herbs must first be empowered. You can use ready-dried and powdered herbs or chop yourown and grind them in a mortar and pestle. This method is particularly suitable for herbs to be placed...
Soothing The Feet
Tea tree foot and hand soak for fungus problems, also good for nice soft good smelling hands and feet 1/2 cup warm cider vinegar6 drops of tea tree oil Add one of these four essential oils (your choic...
Herbal Safety
Although herbs are generally safe with very few side effects, one should be responsible and careful when using any herb. Some herbs can have dangerous interactions with conventional medications, so if...
The Heart
The heart is flexible and resilient like a soft cushion. The heart only knows how to love. It radiates love, it has a field of love around it, like the earth has gravity. The casing of the ego surroun...
Herbal Remedies
Not long ago, American herbalists had to rely on folklore and anecdote. There was little clinical data on herbs, and what did exist was mostly published in German. But researchers (and translators) ha...
Ritual bathing
Ritual bathing is a magic practitioner way intrinsic part of any workings that call for need of Ritual bathing . Purification baths are not for personal hygiene but to cleanse and are part of acknowle...
Herbal Medicine & Its History
No one knows, for sure, when humans began using herbs for medicinal purposes. The first written record of herbal medicine use showed up in 2800 B.C. in China. Since then the use of herbs has gained an...
Herbal Cures for anxiety: CHAMOMILE
Chamomile has long been used as a remedy for illness, including stomach trouble, colds and fevers. Now it’s most frequently consumed in tea form and is well known for its relaxing properties and calmi...
Herbal Cures for anxiety: LAVENDER
There have been a number of studies which suggest that lavender is affective at easing stress and anxiety, calming nervousness and helping to induce sleep. Not only does lavender smell divine, its sce...
Anxiety Surrounding my Pagan Path
Just to give some background, I struggle with pretty severe anxiety and depression, to begin with and I found eclectic paganism through witchcraft. Recently I’ve been feeling so much doubt/stress/anxi...
Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom
Always double check before attempting to take the herb. Some herbs are poisonous!Aches: rosemaryAcne: rosemary, thyme, witch-hazelAllergies: nettleAmenorrhea: chaste tree berryAnti...
Cleansing your Lungs
For Smokers and Ex Smokers Needed Ingredients: 1 pound of onionGinger root (size of a thumb)2 tablespoons of turmeric1pound of sugar (you can use honey or maple syrup) 1 quart of waterPreparation: In ...
A Healing Ritual For An Absent Person
This simple healing ritual is for someone who has a virus or other debilitating condition. The virus may be affecting the whole body and not responding to treatment. As the ritual is intended to stimu...
Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan: Coping Strategies and Self-Care Tips
Solitary paganism is a spiritual practice that involves worshipping alone, without the support of a community or coven. While it can be a fulfilling and empowering practice, it can also be challenging...
Solitary Pagan Practice: An Effective Way to Ease Depression
Solitary Paganism has been gaining popularity as a spiritual practice for those who prefer to practice alone. It is a way of connecting with nature and the divine without the need for a group or coven...
Healing Spell
Whether your burden is a failed relationship, a difficult childhood, a financial loss, a crime, an unrealized dream, or something else, you can use this spell to help yourself finally get over it. The...
Healing through a Higher Power
It’s time for you to start seeing things happen. It’s time to start receiving. You had enough lessons. You did the work. You overcame so much. You believed even when it was hard to. You never gave up....
Ghosts, Hauntings and Witchcraft
Hauntings by ghosts and poltergeists are sometimes blamed on witches and witchcraft, particularly in areas where fear of magic runs high. In Brazil, for example, where fear of magic is strong among th...
A Witches Goddess
A witch’s primary power (deity) is her or his Goddess. She is known by many names, derived from many cultures, and all are aspects of the One. The Moon in its waxing and waning, in its phases of full,...
The Charge of the Goddess
Charges are declarations of the powers of the gods or goddesses involved in the ritual, and are inthemselves empowering and a way of linking the practitioner’s own divine spark with that representedby...
Diana Goddess
Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbe...
A Goddess Meditation
You can use this to create your personal or group Charge of the Goddess.Find a quiet, safe place for meditation where you will not be disturbed and can fall asleep withoutcoming to any harm, if you na...
Luna Goddess
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin Lūna). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometim...
A goddess chooses her God wisely
She enhances her intuition and spiritual discernment using her previous experiences to know what not to accept. She picks a God who has been disciplined in himself to heal the fragmented parts of his ...
A Witch’s God
The witch’s God has been denied! In His many masks He has been debased, despised, and relegated to a power of evil by a subjective regime that reviles passion and individuality. You see, our God’s pre...
Lammas: Honoring the God Lugh
If your celebrations focus more on the god Lugh, observe the Sabbat from an artisan’s point of view. Place symbols of your craft or skill on the altar—a notebook, your special paints for artists, a pe...
Creed of the Green Witch
I Acknowledge the Unity of the Divine, symbolized by the Divine Androgyne, aspected as fe male and male, Goddess and God, form and energy, lunar and solar powers, honored during the Wheel of the Year...
Green Correspondence
A list of correspondences you can find in nature and in the supermarket, ♡ WOODS ♡ FLOWERS ♡ HERBS ♡ FRUITS ♡ VEGGIES
Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings
Plants and herbs are a common ingredient in many forms of magic. Whether you are making incense, stuffing a sachet, or brewing a folk remedy, if you practice long enough, you’re eventually going to ha...
Green Witchery and Mother Earth
The green witch is a naturalist. She or he harkens back to the old days of healing magick with herbs, spices, and such. The green witch has studied labouriously all their witchy lives to know their fl...
Center and Ground
This is an essential magical technique that tiesespecially well into self-care. It’s a practice that cancalm agitated personal energy, replenish low personalenergy, and create a sense of belonging, co...
Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling
It is no great problem in ethnology or anthropology as to how gypsies- became fortune-tellers.We may find a very curious illustration of it in the wren.This is apparently as humble, modest, prosaic li...
Gypsy
Gypsy is based on the word Egyptian and refers to Little Egypt or lesser Egypt. The people who came from this area on the outskirts of Egypt were highly skilled in natural magick and were especially g...
Gypsies
Gypsies Nomadic, are people who probably emerged out of northern India around the 10th century and spread throughout Europe, the British Isles and eventually America. Gypsy tradition has little in the...
Garden Themes For The Green Witch
A green witch will design her/his garden to what they hope to achieve and the available space they have to do it in. Also, look at your climate and altitude when planning your garden. You can plant wh...
Garden of Compassion
In this garden, you place a separate candle for each person who has asked you for magickal help. You use large candles for ongoing work, such as for someone with cancer or a heart condition, or for a ...
Hedgewitches Spellwork: The Gardening Tools of Belief
In a recent A & E Biography interview, I was asked what constitutes a “spell.” I wasn’t surprised at the question, because those who have never cast a spell find the process alluring but (thanks t...
Planting by the Moon
To make moon planting really simple, when the moon is a new moon, this is not the time to plant anything. However, just after you see the first crescent you can start planting as this is when there is...
Garden of Ambition
In this garden you use a separate candle for each of your goals. A Garden of Ambition that is focused on work might, for example, include candles for a raise, a promotion, recognition, better assignme...
Garden of Thanksgiving
Count your blessings, and notice that your cup is at least half full. What are you thankful for? In this garden you include a candle for each of your blessings. Each person’s garden will be unique, bu...
The Urban Herb Garden
The Window Box Even the city apartment dweller has room for herbs. Take clutter off the kitchen windowsill and replace it with an attractive planter, filled with fresh, growing herbs. The following he...
The Magick Of Flowers
Anemone: Healing and protection. Aster: Love, patience, healing, variety, peace. Baby’s Breath: Innocence, happiness, love, pureness of heart. Peace and unity. Bachelor’s Button: Celibacy, attracting ...
Evening Garden
An Evening Garden should face West, where it bids farewell to the Sun each night. In it, you place candles for things that you want to end or go away, such as problems, hardships, illnesses, st...
Herbs for Your Spring Garden
Try these herbs for spring planting. Spring herbs can be some of the most satisfying plants in the garden. They typically germinate quickly or leaf out fast from their winter dormancy. They are also s...
Magick Garden
Witches have been growing herbs for centuries, so they have amassed a wealth of procedures for effective magical gardening. Sometimes these make more sense than a pile of gardening books.When the seed...
Morning Garden
A Morning Garden should face East, where it greets the rising Sun each day. In it you place candles for things that you want to help grow, such as plans, projects, children, gardens, and businesses. Y...
Flower Names and Their Meanings
If you want to express your deep feelings to someone special in your life, in a thoughtful and unique way, check out the list of flower names given below, and find out what message you can devise usin...
Hedgewitch What’s Growing in Your Belief Garden?
In a physical garden, you need to test the soil to ensure the chemical balance is right forwhat you wish to produce. Indeed, you can buy all manner of kits and products to determine the integrity of w...
Faces of the Holly King
NamesJanicot, Woden, Odin, Gwyn ap Nudd, Arawn, Iuan, Krampus, Hod, Hob, Basajaun, Lucibello, Iu-Hu, Old Nick, Misrule, Pan, Baphomet, Scratch, Puck, Buccos Station of the WheelNorthwest, Yule, Decemb...
Horned Women
In Irish legend, 12 horned women, all witches, who take over the household of a rich woman and bewitch her and her sleeping family. No reason for the bewitching is given in the story—perhaps, in times...
Goblins
In French folklore, wandering sprites who attach themselves to households and both help and plague the residents. Goblins live in grottoes but are attracted to homes that have beautiful children and l...
Bells In Folklore
Bells are Repellers of witches and evil spirits. Bells are associated with the divine: their sound is symbolic of creative power, their shape a symbol of the female force and the celestial vault. The ...
Folklorists, Thoughts & Festivals
Folklorists believe that the first festivals arose because of the anxieties of early peoples who did not understand the forces of nature and wished to placate them. The people noted the times and seas...
Jack-o’-Lantern
A phosphorescent light seen in marsh and swamp areas, which in folklore is either the manifestation of a malicious lost soul or a death omen. Jacko’-lantern is known by various names, including will-o...
Folklore & Spell Work
The majority of people who are new to spell working will acknowledge that for them common sense backed up by practical action is normally more productive than theoretical or mystical thinking. In magi...
Broom Folklore in Rural Cultures
The broom is one of those tools that most people have in their home – whether they’re a witch or not! In many rural cultures, the broom has become a source of legend and folklore. Here are just a few ...
Baba Yaga
In Russian folklore, a female witch who loved to roast and eat people, preferably children. She was as likely to pop a niece in the oven as she was a stranger. She lived in a little hut beyond a river...
Merlin
Merlin was as Archetypal wizard of Arthurian lore. Merlin is a Latinized version of the Welsh Myrddin. His exact origins are lost in myth; he may have been a god, perhaps a version of Mabon or Maponos...
Berkeley Witch
In English folklore, the Berkeley Witch was a wealthy woman who lived during the time of the Norman Conquest in the town of Berkeley in England’s heartland. She was wealthy and well liked, and lived l...
Making a Corn Dolly
To Make a Corn Dolly You Will Need Two small handfuls of corn stalks Green and yellow wool or cotton Trailing greenery (ivy or grape vine are ideal) Appropriately colored ribbons for the ritual (red o...
Lunar Folklore
If the Moon is feminine in nature, how did we ever come up with the “man in the Moon?” Even though this idea is often thought of as strictly an American invention, such is not the case. The Sanskrit w...
Befana
Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5). A popular belief is that her name derives from the Feast of Epiphany or in Italian La F...
Folk Magick And Ritual Magick
Whether you are casting a simple spell, using items from your kitchen cupboard, or performing a complicated group ceremony, the source of the power behind it is the same. Every spell or ritual involve...
Apples in Folklore
Apples, cultivated in Britain as early as 3000 b.c.e., have had a long association with magic, witches, and goddesses. Magic apple lands, whose fruit gave eternal life, were cultivated by various West...
Hag
A Hag is an old, ugly woman believed to be a witch or sorceress; also, a supernatural, demonic being whose powers enable her to live an incredibly long time. The origin of the term “hag” is found in t...
Mother Shipton
A 15th-century English witch and seer who supposedly prophesied scientific inventions, new technology, wars and politics through several centuries, all written in crude rhymes. The books of her “proph...
Girdle Measuring
An old technique of magical healing by wise women and men, wizards, and witches involving the measuring of the patient’s girdle or belt. Changes in girth revealed the presence of evil spirits or fairi...
Banshee
It is the duty of the banshee or ‘woman of the fairies’ to foretell the death of an individual. Banshees are attached to particular families and their cry is only heard when a family member is about t...
Shape Shifting
Spells designed to bring about a difference in bodily appearance in order to dissolve mischievous enchantments by the fairy folk or frequenters of the lower world were legion in most cultures. In Celt...
Mother Redcap
A name applied to English ale-wives, wise women and witches. It was also given to familiar animals. One Mother Redcap was an elderly woman who lived in a village about 14 miles from Cambridge, England...
A Smoke and Fire Love Spell
One sheet of white parchment paper, love drawing incense (mix together 2 tbsp. each of sandalwood, lavender buds, orris root powder. To the powdered mixture add six drops rose oil and one drop cherry ...
Hedge Witches’ Rites of Fire
Light incense. Pass over working area. Place the representation of your magick key near your other supplies for this night. Close your eyes, and envision yourself surrounded by white light. Take thirt...
Bonfires
The most likely derivation of the word ‘bonfire’ is that it was a ‘boonfire’ , that is, a fire for which the materials had been begged as a boon or gift. We still see this taking place in the weeks be...
Fireplace Magick Spell
This simple spell isused to make a wish come true, and is especially effective if done on New Year’s Eve. It is also great way to end a romantic evening or group gathering. Items needed: One square of...
Incenses and Fragrances based on the Element of Fire
Allspice (money, luck) Wear allspice oil to increase luck, especially when gambling. Allspice is added to incense to attract money. Basil (love, wealth, protection) Add basil to food, or sprink...
Familiars and The Witchhunts
Familiars usually assumed animal forms—cats, toads, owls, mice, and dogs were the most common—though virtually any animal or insect could be suspected. In witchcraft trials, if so much as a fly buzzed...
Familiars in Contemporary Witchcraft
Many modern witches have animal familiars, usually cats, which are their magical helpers. Some also have dogs, birds, snakes or toads. Witches do not believe the familiars are “demons” or spirits in a...
Fairy Lore
The physical characteristics of fairies vary. Some are tiny, winged, gossamer creatures a few inches tall who can alight on a drop of water and barely make it tremble. Some are dwarfs and “little peop...
Fairies and the Witchhunts
In 1566 John Walsh of Dorset was accused of witchcraft.He admitted being able to tell if a person was bewitched.A gift bestowed upon him partly by fairies.The fairies, he claimed, lived in great heaps...