Witchcraft
Fairy Witch of Clonmel (1894)
Fairy Witch of Clonmel (1894) A young woman named Bridget Cleary, of Clonmel, County Tipperary, who was tortured and burned to death because her husband believed the fairies had spirited her away and ...
Hibbins, Ann (d. 1656)
Hibbins, Ann (d. 1656) Prominent Boston woman convicted of witchcraft and executed. Her chief crime as a witch seemed to have been a bad temper, which was disliked by her neighbors. Ann Hibbins was ma...
Graves, William (17th century)
Graves, William (17th century) Connecticut man accused of witchcraft over a dispute with his daughter and son-in-law. Though no legal action was taken against William Graves, his case indicates how ea...
Bamberg Witches
At the center of the worst witch tortures and trials in Germany was Bamberg, a small state ruled by Gottfried Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim. The Hexenbischof (Witch Bishop) von Dornheim, as he wa...
Hawkins, Jane (17th century)
Hawkins, Jane (17th century) Massachusetts midwife and healer expelled on suspicions of witchcraft in the delivery of a deformed, stillborn fetus. The witchcraft accusations were mixed with a religiou...
The burning alive of Father Louis Gaufridi
The burning alive of Father Louis Gaufridi for bewitchment of the nuns at Aix in 1611 formed the legal precedent for the conviction and execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun more than 20 years later....
Gruber, Bernardo (17th century)
German trader accused of sorcery by Pueblo Indians in northern New Mexico. Bernardo Gruber was imprisoned. He escaped but died a strange death. In 1668, Gruber arrived in New Mexico with a pack train ...
Arras witches (1459–1460)
A mass witch hunt in Arras, northern France. The accused were brutally tortured and promised their lives, then burned at the stake. The incident roused the ire of the duke of Burgundy, and eventually ...
Ladder
Widely held superstitions that it is bad luck to walk beneath a ladder are related in part to fears about witches, especially during the witch hunt times in colonial America. Not all witches were burn...
Chelmsford Witches
Chelmsford witches Four major witch trails in the 16th–17th centuries that resulted in numerous convictions and executions. The first trial occurred in the summer of 1566, under the rule of Queen Eliz...
Corey Giles (d 1692)
Executed in the Salem Witches hysteria of 1692–93 by being pressed to death for not acknowledging the right of the court to try him on charges of witchcraft. Giles Corey was a well-to-do man of Salem ...
Butters, Mary (late 18th–early 19th centuries)
An attempt to cure a cow of bewitchment with white magic ended in disaster for Mary Butters, the “Carmoney Witch,” who narrowly escaped a trial in Carrickfergus, Ireland, in March 1808. Butters was a ...
Corey, Martha (d. 1692)
The fourth person to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witches hysteria of 1692–93, who was tried and executed. Martha Corey was the wife of Giles Corey, who also was executed. The Coreys were wel...
Burroughs George (d. 1692)
Burroughs, George (d. 1692) Minister accused of witchcraft and executed in the Salem Witches hysteria in Massachusetts in 1692 to 1693. George Burroughs served as minister of Salem Village from 1680 t...
Gowdie, Isobel:1662
Scottish witch whose stories of wild sexual escapades with the Devil titillated and shocked her stern neighbors and reinforced the prevailing beliefs in witches as evil creatures bent on destroying th...
Cole, Ann (17th century)
Accused witch in Hartford,Connecticut, who was believed to be under demonic possession. The case was recorded in a letter written by Reverend John Whiting, which in turn was published by Increase Math...
Greensmith, Rebecca (17th century)
Hartford, Connecticut, woman accused of witchcraft, who confessed and was executed. Rebecca Greensmith and her third husband, Nathaniel, lived next door to Ann Cole. The couple was reasonably affluent...
Good, Dorcas (17th century)
The youngest victim of the Salem Witches hysteria of 1692–93. Dorcas Good was the daughter of Sarah Good, one of the first persons to be accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Only fo...
Burning Times
A term used by Witches and Pagans to refer to the period in Western history of intense witch-hunting and executions, generally the mid-15th to mid18th centuries. Burning, one of the most extreme forms...
Bodin, Jean (1529–1596)
Bodin, Jean (1529–1596) French demonologist and political theorist who encouraged the vicious persecution of witches and helped fan the fires of the Inquisition throughout Europe. Jean Bodin said that...
Bishop, Bridget (d. 1692)
Bridget (d. 1692) The first victim of the Salem Witches hysteria in Massachusetts in 1692–93. Bridget Bishop was the first to be accused and examined, and the first to be tried and executed. Bishop wa...
Women who Burned
“It was not witches who burned. It was women. Women who were seen as Too beautiful Too outspoken Had too much water in the well Who had a birthmark Women who were too skilled with herbal medicine Too ...
Burning at the Stake as a Punishment for Witches
Contrary to popular belief, witches were not burned at the stake in England, after the Reformation. Instead, death sentences were carried out by hanging. In Scotland, however, the sentence of burning ...
The Persecution Of Witches
In medieval times, there were possibly many issues, political, religious, and otherwise, that brought about the persecution of witches. Amongst other things, These issues included the religious emphas...
Witchcraft Theory & Practice – Solstice and Equinox
The Wheel of Solstice and Equinox is as follows: Winter Solstice (known as Yule); to Spring Equinox (known as Ostara); to Summer Solstice (known as Litha); thence to Autumn Equinox (known as Mabon). T...
Problems with the Climate
Are you troubled about traipsing through the chill of the night? Do you get singed in the sun or think an icy downpour is a downer? Witchcarft is a spiritual tradition that includes many practices tha...
Weather Magick
Witches were once believed to be able to raise the wind at their pleasure. In a confession made at Auldearn in Nairnshire in the year 1662, certain women accused of sorcery said, “When we raise the wi...
Weather Lore
The local Wise Woman or Cunning Man would have a pretty good grasp on predicting the weather. So would local farmers, if they paid attention to their landscape, which, given it was their livelihood. G...
Visualization in Witchcraft
Proficiency in visualization is most important to all occult training. The receptacle of the imagination is integral to the processes of creation. Change through intent begins with inspiration, passin...
Pentacle Tarot
● Ace- material gains, growth, happiness; (R) immobility, empty wealth● King- sensible, worldliness, manifest ideas; (R) inability, corrupt● Queen- stability, culture, plans become reality; (R) neglec...
Tarot Cards ( Breaking in a New Deck)
When breaking in a new deck, you may wish to do so with a dedication using incense. Maybe you could use incense-like Frankincense, and sprinkle an herb (such as rue, betony, cinquefoil, burdock, elde...
Symbols Of Magick
Although you can carry out rituals using absolutely anything, you may like to create a special set of symbols for a variety of rituals. These you can keep in a separate box within your main store of m...
Ostara Blessing
Ostara Blessings to all. Today is the Spring Equinox when night and day are both at equal length. If you go out late afternoon you might just catch the rising Moon in the sky at exactly the same time ...
The Spring Equinox / Ostara, Explained
The Time of The Spring Equinox is From sunset on or about 20th March for three days Its Focus is The triumph of light over darkness, resurrection, new beginnings and opportunities; spring cleani...
Earth-Centered Spirituality
A long time ago in the ancient days of our ancestors, when human communities were more a less tribal and before the introduction of any religion, there were earth-centered practices. Unlike religion, ...
How to Write your own Spells
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 wish to use yo...
To Cast a Spell
Probably the most obvious characteristic of a Witch was the ability to cast a spell. A spell being the word used to signify the means employed to carry out a magical action. A spell could consist of a...
Spell crafting exercise
Exercise1. Do not do the following exercises in bed until you are used to the technique, as it is likely that you will fall asleep. 2. Have a soft, dim lamp or a lighted candle behind you somewhere, a...
Rune in a Witches Home
You can inscribe a rune of protection into your doorway, or place a rune somewhere behind something if you want to be secretive. Talismans such as the Sator Square work well for this.
A Ritual To Wash Away Negativity
Infusions can be made, using lemon, peppermint, pine or tea tree oil, to wash away negative feelings. Use 12 drops of essential oil to a bucket of hot water. Alternatively, add two peppermint tea bags...
Winter’s End Ritual
You Will Need A White candle A Corn dolly A Fireproof receptacle Either the sticky burrs from a cleavers plant (which has a cleansing effect) or several pieces of paper on which you have written your ...
A Spring Equinox Cleaning Ritual
Use this ritual to welcome the winds of positive change You can perform it on any of the three days of the rising equinox energies that precede the equinox. Alternatively, it can be adapted for cleans...
Ritual and Spellwork
It might be said that Witchcraft, recognizes the laws of the Universe symbolically through the Goddess and God, the Wheel of the Year, and reverence for all living things. Rituals performed in celebra...
Rituals in Magick
Ritual magick is no different from any other activity that you may carry out in a systematic way. Yes, it is true, it is more formal than folk magick: you are using special tools and following a serie...
Rite of Wind
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 ...
Samhain Rites and Rituals for a Hedgewitch
As this is the time when the veils between the worlds are thin, the Hedge Druid’s Craft concerns working with the ancestors and the Fair Folk at this time of the year. She can travel to the Lower worl...
Rite of Celestial Power
Places your calendar on the center of the altar, along with your magickal key. Ring your bell or chimes eleven times. If you can, go outside and light your favorite incense. If you are confined inside...
Rite of the Mountain
Light incense. On a purple candle, inscribe the word mountain with a pin, nail, or clay inscribing tool. Place the candle in a safe holder, and light. Intone the following mountain charm: Herbal magic...
Rite of Stone
Arrange your thirteen chosen gemstones around your dedication candle. You will not light your dedication candle tonight; instead, we are preparing your altar for the final ceremony. Put your magick ke...
Rite of Thunder
Arrange the white candle, the bowl of aromatic herbs, and your magick key on your altar near the black and white plate project from last night. This particular rite is mostly mental, so relax and take...
The Hedge Craft – Rites and Rituals
We previously looked at the word, enchantment (en chantement, “to sing into”) as that which brings the songs of magic and the universe together so there is a flow, balance and harmony as well as a gui...
Rite of Silence
This ritual is dedicated to pampering yourself, which means you won’t be working at your altar. You may visit a gym or a spa, or take a long, luxurious bath followed by a personal hygiene regime. You ...
Summer Solstice Rites and Rituals for a Hedgewitch
The time of the greatest light, this is a good time of the year to harness the energy towards your goals. Riding the tide, we can stand in the heat of the noon-day sun and allow its energy to flow thr...
Rite of Starry Sky
Tonight we are not using incense but enjoying the aroma of the Florida water and the fresh flowers. Sprinkle yourself with the Florida water. Go outside (or look out a window), and count the number of...
Rite of Rain
Place your magick key and the special glass bottle filled with the listed herbs beside your pebbles on your altar. Fill the bottle with blessed water. Swirl the bottle nine times, intoning the followi...
Essential Healing Salve Recipe
When it comes to healing salves, there are a couple kinds that prove their need most often. Though everyone has different preferences and different recipes for those salves, these are ours. Sore Muscl...
Elderberry Syrup Recipe
This homemade elderberry syrup can be taken at the first sign of a cough, cold, or flu. It’s also great as a daily immunity booster. For cold and flu. Adults, use 1 tablespoon every 2-3 hours. For chi...
The Best of Elderberries
The elderberry recipes here are what will make the bounty of your foraging a real prize. A recipe is what brings surprise to all you’ve gathered. There is much to learn from bringing your abundance in...
What is A Psychic Attack?
A spiritual or psychic attack is when someone intentionally sends negative energy your way. All that’s really required is for someone to think negative thoughts or wish you ill for that energy to affe...
Symptoms of a Psychic Attack
Below are a few of the many examples of what can be experienced by a psychic attack Having nightmares: Having frightening and unpleasant dreams Seeing the attacker front and center: Seeing the at...
Herbal Poppets
This is also known as the “voodoo doll,” although it has been in magical use at least 4,000 years and was only lately associated with voodoo. Though they have been made out of roots, potatoes, lead, b...
Herbal Poppets And Sachets
Traditionally, empowered herbs were used to fill either sachets or featureless dolls called herbal poppets. They were made for love, protection, prosperity, fertility, healing and success and could co...
Water Lilly
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera ...
Calendula
Calendula is known to affect the menstrual cycle and should not be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Theoretically, calendula may affect conception when taken by a man or woman, so couples tryi...
The Hedge Craft – Plantain (Plantago lanceolota)
Plantain (Plantago lanceolota) – leaf• Antihistamine – good for insect bites, hay fever tea• vulnerary (wound healer) used as a poultice for clearing heat and inflammation, varicose veins and varicose...
Moon Wort
StatusBest Time to See June, July, AugustColour GreenHabitat Woodland, GrasslandA small fern with a magical reputation.So named for the shape of its leaves, which are fan-shaped and resemble a half-mo...
Mandrake
A poisonous perennial herb that grows in the Mediterranean region and that is reputed to have powerful magical properties. Mandrake, part of the nightshade family, has a strong and unpleasant odor. It...
Skullcap (Scutulleria nodosa)
Skullcap (Scutulleria nodosa) – herb
Cypress
(Cupressus sempervirens) P Folk Name: Tree of Death Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Earth Deities: Mithras, Pluto, Aphrodite, Ashtoreth, Artemis, Apollo, Cupid, Jupiter, Hekat, Hebe, Zoroaste...
Magical uses of plants/scents
ACACIA -Blessing, raising of vibration, protection via spiritual elevation. AGRIMONY (Cocklebur) -Helps to overcome fear, dispel negative emotions, overcome inner blockages. ALLSPICE -Adds strength to...
BIRCH (Betula Pedula)
BIRCH (Betula Pedula) Plant family: Birch Family (Hamamelids) Parts Used: Sap, leaves, bark and buds. Soil and Environment: Woodland and heath, moor, parklands and gardens. Copes well in sandy, acidic...
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Chickweed (Stellaria media) – aerial parts, skin soother, with cooling, drawing action when applied to bites, stings and rashes (can be used straight from picking or crushedfirst), helps to clear ecze...
Jasmine
Jasmine flower awakens your spirit and opens your heart to great energies involving all matters of Love, as Jasmine helps to attract love into your life in all forms. Long used as an aphrodisiac throu...
Cloth of Gold
(Crocus angustifolia) X Powers: Understanding Animal Languages Magical Uses: The cloth-of-gold gives the power to understand the language of birds and beasts. You must be barefooted with washed feet w...
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) or (Erica cinerea “bell heather”) – flowers
Roses
Roses are a highly versatile and magickal herb that has the highest vibrational frequency out of all the plants. As such they have been used for cultural and medicinal purposes for over 5,000 years. W...
The Hedge Craft – Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) – root and leaf
Motherwort (Leonorus Cardiaca)
Motherwort (Leonorus Cardiaca) – herb *also known as Lionheart
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxycanthus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxycanthus) – leaf, blossom and berry. Hawthorn is a good heart tonic, beta blocker, protects the heart muscle, prevents heart attacks, is a vaso-dilator (peripheral), helpspromote...
The Planets: Mercury
Mercury is the closest and densest planet in the solar system to the Sun. Its interior is composed of a huge iron core. This is thought to be partially molten and acts like a dynamo generating Mercury...
Planetary Correspondence Saturn
Glyph Symbols Scythe, key, double axeDeities Saturn, Kronos, Hera, Kali, NetArchangel CassielDay SaturdayColor BlackNumber ThreeMetal LeadStones Onyx, obsidian, jet, hematite, apache tearIncense Patch...
Planetary Days And Their Applications: Mercury
Wednesday, the day of Mercury, is good for spells to assist money-making ventures. Mercury is also good, for spells in clear communication, persuasion, adaptability and versatility. As well as spells ...
Planetary Days And Their Applications: Mars
Tuesday, the day of Mars, is good for spells for courage, taking the initiative at home, independence and separateness from others, and change. It also represents aggression, competitiveness, and ange...
Planetary Days And Their Applications: Venus
Friday, the day of Venus, is associated with love and all forms of love magick, especially to attract love. Venus rules harmony and peace, however, if the success of a love spell depends on ruining an...
Planetary Correspondence, Jupiter
Glyph Symbols Thunderbolt, trident, crownDeities Zeus, Athena, Jupiter, Minerva, Tinia,Marduk, MaatArchangel SachielDay ThursdayColors Purple, dark blueNumber FourMetal TinStones Amethyst, lepidolite,...
Planets
Millions of years old, from ancient Babylon to modern times, the planets have always symbolized the essential forces of the universe. Equated with the gods, endowed with magickal attributes, and viewe...
Planetary Days And Their Applications
The Sun Sunday, the day of the Sun, is for spells for personal fulfilment and ambition, power and success, for increasing the flow of the life force, asserting or strengthening your identity and indiv...
Planetary Days And Their Applications: The Sun
Sunday, the day of the Sun, is for spells for personal fulfillment and ambition, power and success, for increasing the flow of the life force, asserting or strengthening your identity and individualit...
BOSCAWEN-UN STONE CIRCLE (nr Lands End, Cornwall)
Famous stone circle that is still used by the Cornish Gorsedd today. Many votive offerings have been found here, and the whole place has very much a faery ring feel to it. The central impressive stone...
A To Z of Sacred Sites in the UK
AVEBURY (nr Marlborough, Wiltshire) One of Britain’s most well known stone circles, dating from around 4000 years ago and originally consisted of 180 stones. Today it is possible to see two stone circ...
Avebury
One of Britain’s most well known stone circles, dating from around 4000 years ago and originally consisted of 180 stones. Today it is possible to see two stone circles surrounded by an outer circle. T...
Chanctonbury Ring
In England, Chanctonbury Ring is one of the time-honored meeting places of the Sussex witches. A well-known landmark and local beauty spot, it is a green, rounded height, crowned by a fine clump of tr...
Witchcraft in the Cotswold
The area of the Cotswold Hills has long been famous as a centre of witchcraft lore. In modern days two events have brought this fact to notice: the so-called ‘Witchcraft Murder’ on Meon Hill in ninete...
Paganism: Relevant or Non Relevant Science
String theory, which was first proposed in the 1970s, suggests that the universe is not composed of particles as we think of them, but of very small loops of string that vibrate at certain frequencies...
Paganism: Views of Satan
This is a question not easily answered since every Pagan has his or her own opinion on the subject. Most Pagans will agree that whatever else Satan maybe, he is at least a Deity of the Judeo-Christian...
Paganism: You are what you believe
Ideas are powerful. What you believe about yourself and your world determines to a large extent the kinds of experiences you will have and how you will interpret them. The ideas you accept as true are...
Paganism: The Importance of Being Authentic
The Basic ideas and ideals of being authentic could mean: ♦ Figuring out who you are♦ Accepting yourself♦ Being true to yourself In itself, this may all sound very easy. However...
Paganism in History
The customs and spiritual practices of the early, pre-Christian Pagan cultures were passed down from one generation to the next. These old ways were traditions for respecting and interacting with the ...
What is Paganism?
Sometimes that is difficult to define. Modern Paganism probably embraces the most diverse sets of spiritual belief systems and practices in existence today. Paganism is not a traditional “religion” be...
Witchcraft Explained
Witchcraft is a number of belief systems whose roots pre date Christianity and which comes under the umbrella heading of Pagan. Witchcraft also has roots which go back to Paleolithic times as illustra...
The Meaning of the Word Paganism
The word Pagan comes from the Latin word “Paganus” which in itself means country dweller. This word may of once been used as a derogatory term created by city dwellers to describe what can be terms as...
Other Witches Tools
Depending on the tradition, the coven, and/or the individual Witch, variations and additions to the tools described above may be used in ritual and spellwork. For example, some Witches use a sword in ...
The Broom in Witchcraft
Perhaps the most common (and commonly misunderstood) symbol of Witches and Witchcraft in popular culture, the broom has been part of Witchcraft and other pagan lore around the world for centuries. The...
The Wand in Magick
The wand is a symbol of Fire and should be placed in the South of the altar. The wand is sometimes represented by a spear. Both the wand and spear, like the athame and sword, are male symbols. The spe...
Babylonian Devil trap
Babylonian Devil trap A terra-cotta bowl inscribed with charms or magical texts to drive away evil. Babylonian Devil traps were common between the third to first centuries b.c.e. and sixth-century c.e...
Pagan Crafts: How to make a Set of Worry Dolls
Worry dolls are commonly used in Central America by children, but this doesn’t mean that adults can’t use them too! The legend states that if you tell one of your worries to each of your worry dolls b...
Pagan Crafts: How to make Spell Protection Boxes
Spells are cast by constructing a spell box, which are enclosed altars or tableaux. In general, a spell box is filled with power items necessary to achieve a goal, although you should follow direction...
Pagan Crafts: Witches Inspiration Jar
The purpose is to bring on inspiration. For creativity. Items you will need: 1 mason jar1 small crystaldried orange peels, two thirdsdried mint one third2 drops orange oil1 drop mint oila square piece...
Pagan Crafts: How to make a Sacred Salt Jar
This is not only great to have for oneself, but it makes a nice gift to someone special if you happen to know what scents they like or stones they like. Since what you put into it is “yours”, it is li...
Pagan Crafts: How to make a Simple Besom
Collect handfuls of plants to use such as: YarrowCedarJuniperFruit tree sprigsOak tree sprigsBirch or ash sprigs Bundle plants together and tie, cut ends together. The bundle may be Tied to A Branch i...
Witches Good Luck Sachet
Supplies needed: 1)small bag or panty hose… 2)vanilla incense 3)frankincense 4)items to go into sachet. Here are some items for good luck. Acorns, jade, four leaf clovers, parsley, cloves, gold, silve...
Making Coloured Sachets For Rituals
Making sachets for rituals is very simple. If you are good at sewing, fold a rectangle of cloth and stitch the sides together, using a running stitch. Alternatively, just place the herbs in the centre...
Make Your Own Besom
While it’s easy to just buy a broom, it’s also pretty easy to make one of your own out of different types of wood. Although the items that follow are for the more traditional style of besom, you can u...
50 Ways To Use Essential Oils
1. For good-smelling towels, sheets, clothes, etc. place a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto a small piece of terry cloth and toss into the clothes dryer while drying. Add 5 drops of essen...
ABC of carrier oils
Vegetable and carrier oils have a plethora of fine uses which include acting as a carrier for therapeutic applications, as an excellent addition to your culinary creations, as a lathering agent for so...
Essential Oils and Their Magickal Properties
ACACIA: Possessing high spiritual vibrations, this oil is worn to aid meditation and to develop psychic powers. Some also use it to anoint their altars, censers, and candles. ALL-SPICE: Very vitalizin...
Devil’s Marks
According to witch-hunters, the Devil always permanently marked the bodies of his initiates to seal their pledge of obedience and service to him. He marked them by raking his claw across their flesh o...
Hermetica. Mystical Wisdom
Hermetica Forty-two sacred books of mystical wisdom attributed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus, or“thrice great Hermes,” the combined Egyptian and Greek deities of Thoth and Hermes, respectively. ...
Allotriophagy
The vomiting or disgorgement of strange or foul objects, usually associated with someone possessed by or obsessed with the Devil or other demons. Such actions also once were seen as illusions or spell...
Airts, The Four
This is an old Gaelic term for the four points of the compass, north, south, east and west. They are important in magic, as the magic circle should always be orientated to them. Early Christian church...
Aiguillette
A knotted loop of thread, also called a ligature, which witches were said to use to cause impotence, and perhaps even castration, in men; barrenness in women; and general discontent in marriage. The a...
Alrunes
In German and Scandinavian myth, the Alrunes are sorceresses or female demons who can change shape; they are believed to be the mothers of the Huns. As late as the 19th century in some rural areas, th...
Footprints
Footprints are reputed to contain the essence of a person and may be used in magical charms and spells. Dust or dirt taken from a footprint may be used to obtain power over the person who made the pri...
Baphomet
The symbol of the “sabbatic goat,” portrayed as a half-human, half-goat figure, or a goat head. The origin of the name Baphomet is unclear. It may be a corruption of Mahomet. The English witchcraft hi...
Avalon, The Ancient British Paradise
Avalon, where the dying King Arthur found rest at the end of his epic story, has been identified with the present-day Glastonbury. Many legends cling to this ancient place, among the green hills of So...
The Birth of Dionysus and the Twelve Days of Dionysos
In Orphic tradition the Nativity, Epiphany or birth (Genethlia) of Dionysus is celebrated in the evening of 24th December, and is the beginnng of 12 days of ritual worship of Dionysus the Saviour, and...
Bune Wand
This is the old Scottish name given to anything a witch used to fly on. Contrary to popular belief, the instrument of the witches’ legendary flights through the air was by no means always a broomstick...
The Dorset Ooser
The Ooser was written about in Doreen Valiente’s ABC’s of Witchcraft and in Margaret Murray’s The God of the Witches. It was a hollow mask made of painted wood, trimmed with fur, and crowned with bull...
The Fetch Beast
The Fetch-Beast, also known as the Fetch-Wife, has been dealt with elsewhere in this book, and is the Underworld Self of the Crafter, known in Briar Rose as the Dragon. The third kind of Fetch, the on...
The Powers of the Sphinx
here are said to be four primary things essential to magic. These four principles are the Powers of the Sphinx: To know, to will, to dare, and to keep silent Eliphas Lévi indicates where to start in o...
Castle of Stone
The castles of our system are based on Grail Lore, but they also have representations in the none world. These castles are symbolic of the energies inherent in their names and attributed to them by my...
Planetary Correspondence The Moon
GlyphSymbols Crescent, cup, silver sickleDeities Hecate, Selene, Diana, ThothArchangel GabrielDay MondayColors Silver, white,Number TwoMetal Silver Stones Moonstone, pearl, chalcedony, mother ofpearlI...
A Moon Magick Ritual For Calm
Wait until the Moon is moving towards full, and is quite bright in the sky. Find somewhere as dark as possible so the light is undiluted and slowly ‘inhale’ the light through your nose, looking at the...
Planetary Days And Their Applications: The Moon
Monday, the day of the Moon, is for spells concerning the home, family matters, and the influence of the family, especially the mother, children, and animals. Its prime focus is fertility and all the ...
Witchcraft Theory & Practice – Full Moon
The ways of magic are aligned with the Full Moon. The archetypes of both Goddess and God resonate with a liberating consciousness and the Ritual of Esbat (the rite of the Full Moon) releases the visio...
Gorse
Ulex (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the ...
Guarding Against Psychic Attacks
Feeling protected from psychic attacks is important. If you’re experiencing symptoms becoming aware of the psychic attack, through identification of the unusual events taking place, may help to dimini...
Reasons for a Psychic Attack
There are many motivations that may make someone perform a Psychic Attack of some kind on another person. These may include the following. The person performing the Psychic Attack may be jealous. An e...
Full Moon Blessing Rite
Items needed: Clear glass bowl, a one-liter bottle of spring water, silver paint, sprig of jasmine, moonstone, two white altar candles, gardenia incense and oil, small paintbrush, altar tools of your ...
Black Mirror Gazing
The black mirror is used very much like a crystal ball. You can purchase, or make your own if you prefer! Black paint on the back of a piece of glass is all this takes. Use an old photo frame, paint t...
Mirror Doorway in Witches Homes
It is recommended that you never allow a mirror to face or reflect a doorway or window.If yours does, move it if possible.If you cannot move it, use a sator square or similar protective talisman.Mirro...
Iron Protection Ritual
Items needed: Eight pieces of iron or iron nails One black candle, A dish of salt, Protection incense. Method Place the candle on the floor near your front door. Encircle the candle with the iron piec...
Rite of Metal
Once upon a time, magickal symbolism in jewelry, such as the pentacle, the Star of David, or even the Helm of Awe could render the wearer a death sentence. Although we no longer live in the Dark Ages,...
Planetary Qualities of Metals
Ever since Vulcan, son of Jupiter, created thunderbolts in his underground forge, the power of metal magick as been a closely guarded secret. In Western alchemy, it was believed that the metals found ...
A Meditation to Help You Reduce Anxiety
A meditation to help you reduce anxiety. First, I’d like to invite you to gently close your eyes and take a nice, slow, deep breath in, deeper than you’ve taken all day so far. And as you exhale, conc...
Meditation and Visualization
Preparing for ritual and magical work involves accessing a beneficial altered state of mind that allows for both openness and focus. Many traditions practice specific meditation and visualization tech...
Simple Formula for HedgeWitch, Spellwork, Prayer, and Meditation
1. Go to the still point. This means relaxing, closing your eyes, taking several deep breaths, and letting nothing fill your mind. Be at peace. In your mind, surround yourself with white light. 2. Nex...
Meditation, Grounding and Centering Part 3
Visualization is critical to any magickal practice. It is the art of seeing with your mind’s eye, the results you wish to manifest when your work is completed. So how do we achieve that? With practice...
Meditation, Grounding and Centering Part 2
The next important step is to learn to Ground and Center. What does that mean exactly? Well during the course of our day-to-day, our energy scatters to the four winds as we try to grapple with the hec...
Meditation, Grounding and Centering Part 1
Three of the most important basic practices of Witchcraft include Grounding, Centering and Meditation. I’m going to address each one separately but the combined practice of these is going to be invalu...
How to Meditate
Attitude is everything. While there are many meditative strategies, what makes the difference in terms of spiritual awakening is your quality of earnestness or sincerity. Rather than adding another “s...
Mindfulness in Meditation
Mindfulness is not a technique so much as an important aspect of magical practice. Mindfulness is being in the moment, allowing whatever task you’re performing to have the whole of your attention in a...
Meditation
Meditation is a focusing of the mind and creating within it a relaxed state of awareness. When you learn to properly meditate, you actually alter how your brain functions—lowering the brainwave freque...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind 5
Leave the city for a while and reconnect with nature. This could mean going on your lunch break in a nearby park or going on a vacation to get away from the stress of daily life. Anything you can do t...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind 4
Live in the here and now. Forget about the errands you have to run tomorrow after work, or the bills you have to pay next week, or the uncertainty of your future that you haven’t even gotten to yet. W...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind 3
Meditate on a regular basis. We suggest meditation a whole lot on our website, but for good reason. When you meditate, you stop the flow of thoughts bombarding your consciousness every second, and ins...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind 2
Repeat peaceful words to yourself throughout your day. Pay attention to your brain at this very moment…what kinds of thoughts do you observe? Most likely, you will notice that the majority of your tho...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind 1
Focus on the positive aspects of yourself and your surroundings. In short, we have collectively created the mass disorder and confusion we observe around us on a daily basis with our thoughts. We have...
Techniques to Quieten Your Mind Introduction
In many ways, the uncontrolled mind resembles a five-year-old child wanting to run amok through the city streets, only able to sit still for a few seconds before getting the urge to jump up again. If ...
Witchcraft Theory Practice and Meditation
Meditation is a very ancient technique that has been used worldwide by sages, magi, magicians, witches, wizards, and monks who have taught people who have in turn taught others. The actual word “medit...
Mastering Manifestations One: Take your Power Back
Manifestation is about exploring your inner self and exploring it to that extent where your dreams can become part of your regular life. This is true and it is very much possible because there are peo...
Mastering Manifestations 1.2 : The Power of Concentration
When it comes to manifesting what you want, nothing beats focus and clarity. Yet most people can’t get clear or remain focused long enough to get what they want. They keep changing their minds or gett...
Mastering Manifestations Three Getting Rid of Distractions
We live in a time of constant distractions. You get pull from your concentration and lose our ability to manifest what you want by TV, mobiledevices, and the internet. Clear away anything that might d...
Mastering Manifestations Four Get Comfortable
Have everything you need, set, and ready to go. Take a bathroom break. Get some water. Assemble anything you need to create what you have in mind. You want to keep complete concentration, not have to ...
Mastering Manifestations Five Clear Your Mind
Slowly close your eyes, and take three deep, slow breaths. On the first breath out, relax as completely as you can. On the second breath out, clear your mind of any thought by just focusing on the fee...
Mastering Manifestations Six Decide What You Really Want
What do you want to manifest? It doesn’t matter if it’s a feeling or relationship or an object or an experience. It’s your desire. The only rule is you must focus on what you want, not on what you don...
Mastering Manifestations 1.7: Write Down Your Desire
Writing all these ideas down speeds your process because most people can’t write about an idea and simultaneously think about a different idea. Writing increases your concentration power. Be as specif...
Mastering Manifestations 1.8: Get Clear On Why You Want it
If you aren’t completely committed to manifesting your desire and it’s what you really want, work on finding more reasons why you want it. Write down as many as you can think of. Don’t worry about wha...
Mastering Manifestations 1.9: Write Down the Steps to Get There
Now that you are in complete concentration on what you want, you can feel the inspiration building. Write down the steps that come to mind to get you there. You don’t have to have a complete plan, jus...
Suggestions for your Magickal Cabinet
Over time you may collect all kinds of tools and equipment to use as you make magickal herbal items, amulets, charge candles for magickal purposes, and much more. Here is a listing of the basics that ...
The Athame in Magick
An athame is, quite simply, a ceremonial knife. You can obtain an athame from a specialist magical shop, but as I said before, any knife – even a letter opener – will do, although it should preferably...
The Chalice in Magick
The chalice, or ritual cup, used for rituals is traditionally made of silver, but you can also use crystal,glass, stainless steel or pewter. The chalice represents the Water element and is placed in t...
The Eye
The eye is considered to be the primary organ of sense perception. It is closely associated with light, the spirit, and the sun. The eye symbolizes spiritual and mental perception and is considered to...
The Witches Cauldron in Magick
While the word “cauldron” may bring to mind images of Shakespeare’s three witches tossing all kinds of animal parts into a boiling stew for evil purposes, the cauldron is really a symbol of the Goddes...
The Witches Bell in Magick
The bell stands in the North of the circle and is an Earth symbol.It is an optional tool and can be made from either crystal or protective brass.Best for magick is the kind that you strike.The bell is...
Tools And Treasures
You may need to collect some basic tools for your spells and rituals. They need not be at all expensive. Magick was traditionally carried out with the equipment of the home. The broom for sweeping the...
Witches Knife/ Athame
The ritual knife, like the wand, is a tool that directs energy in ritual, and may also be used to draw the circle before ritual and close the circle afterwards. However, it is more of an energy manipu...
Witches Pentacle
The pentacle is an important symbol-bearer in Witchcraft, normally inscribed with a pentagram, though other magical symbols may be present. The pentagram itself is a five-pointed star, drawn with five...
Charging and Cleansing Your Tools
Once you have prepared your elemental substances, you can charge your tools ready for use. If they have been bought, whether new or second-hand, you might also like to cleanse them first. You can also...
The Pentagram
The Pentagram of the Witches is a five-pointed star formed by five straight lines, and encased in a circle, with one point upwards. The five points of the pentagram represent the five elements. The cr...
Witches Green Salt
Green Salt is used in magick and rituals by Pagans, Wiccans, Hoodoo practitioners, people who practice witchcraft and those who want a little psychic or spiritual help for its powerful abilities to at...
Witches Salt
Salt rituals are among the oldest forms of magick. Salt can form the focus of magick for health and prosperity ceremonies as well as for psychic protection. The kind used is most usually sea salt and ...
Cascarilla Powder
Cascarilla is powdered egg shell. The shells are so finely ground that it feels as soft as baby powder. Any Botanica or store that caters to New Age and Magick rituals will have Cascarilla. You w...
The Key & its Symbolic Power
The key is symbolic of the power to open and the power to lock. This concept is displayed in the symbol of the dove and the key, signifying the spirit that opens the gates of heaven. In Roman mytholog...
The Wand & Witchcraft
As with all magical tools, it is not the wand that causes magical transformation, but the Witch, who energetically charges the wand with magical intention. As a shape, it takes the form of a line, and...
Witches Bottle Spell
Supplies Needed 1 mason jar,A variety of sharp items such asnails,broken glass,barbed wire,thumb tacks,Shovel or digging tool.1 red candlematches or lighterpen or pencil and paperWandYour DNASea SaltB...
Witch’s Broom
The besom is the traditional witch’s broom. It’s associated with all kinds of legend and folklore, including the popular notion that witches fly around in the night on a broomstick. In addition to bei...
Witches Garters
Ornaments with magical properties, and in contemporary Witchcraft, are sometimes worn in various rituals and as badges of rank. Garters may have been used in rituals in Paleolithic times: an ancient c...
Crossroads
A heavily charged place of magic. The Greek goddess of witchcraft, Hecate, was also the goddess of the crossroads, and animals were sacrificed to her at such locations. It was believed that Hecate app...
What is Black Magick
Alot of practitioners of magick will say there is no color in magick and that’s true to some extent. But that doesn’t mean the idea of black, white or nature magick doesn’t exist in today’s vocabulary...
White Magick
White Magick focuses on positive intent or actions. Even with positive intent, white magic can be used to control the will of others. Because of that, it holds a similar accountability as those action...
Magickcal Knowledge
White witchcraft is essentially the process of drawing on ancient wisdom and powers via the collective mind that we as individuals can spontaneously but unconsciously access in our dreams andvisions. ...
Four Ways to Make Everyday Magickal
For some, magick isn’t something to be contained into back room rituals and secretive assemblies in the dark depths of the forest, it’s something to be celebrated daily and integrated into the most mu...
The Crooked Path of the Outcast
One of the parts of strolling the Crooked Path that is once in a while tended to in books is the feeling of being an untouchable. What we’re discussing is this feeling of being separated, of being dis...
Herbs In Magick
There is a long tradition of using herbs for healing, but they have many other uses. As well as healing rituals, you can place dishes of charged herbs near a bedside in a sickroom or on your healing a...
Magickal Intentions – Fidelity
Although magically forcing your loved one to remain faithful is violating one of the precepts of magic (harm none), there are herbs which can be used to gently remind him or her of you, and to guard a...
Belief, Respect, Ethics, & Responsibility in Magick
Magick cannot be practiced successfully without belief, respect, ethics, and responsibility. If you do not believe in magick, you will not be able to make magick. If you do not believe in yourself, an...
Magical Ways – Visualization
The most “advanced” magical technique needed in herb magic is visualization; i.e., forming a picture in your mind of your need. Many books have been written on this subject, for students often complai...
Magickal Intentions – Luck
Luck is simply the knack for being in the right place at the right time, saying the right things, and acting on instinct. If a person is not naturally “lucky” such an ability can be acquired through t...
Magical Ways – Other Considerations
This is a convenient heading for a variety of short topics, as evidenced by the diversity of material below. When possible, bathe before performing magic. A sachet of purification herbs added to the w...