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The Divination Series: An Introduction To The Planchette And Automatic Writing.
Subscriber Content Introduction. Hello! I hope you’re all having a wonderful spring? The season has well and truly woken up here in Lancashire, with many plants and trees bursting in to life! The poplar tree in the garden is starting to fluff up nicely, and will soon scatter it’s seed. Blanketing our garden in a…
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The Grimoire Series: The Lancashire Rose Sigil, And The Importance Of Regional Witchcraft.
Hello and welcome to this weeks instalment of the grimoire series! This week I’m following on from last months article of ‘the rose’, in which I spoke about the rose’s history, folklore, colour magic symbology and more! In this particular piece, I also mentioned Lancashire’s long association with the red rose and it’s county symbolism.…
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The Folk Witchcraft Series: Folk Witchcraft And Prayer.
Subscriber Content Hello, and welcome to this weeks blog! I hope you’re having a great week, and that you’re not too cold- it’s snowing here in Lancashire today!This week, I am going to be taking some time to discuss prayer within folk witchcraft, largely from my own perspective and practice as a traditional style folk…
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The Tree And Plant Lore Series: The Rose.
This salt dough based poppet is used to help initiate a healing journey for someone who has experienced a broken heart. Perhaps through a break up or a more complicated divorce. This poppet working is not designed to be made by the one who is suffering with the broken heart, but rather by someone like…
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The Kitchen Witchcraft Series: Rune Cookie Recipe.
Hello and welcome to Diary Of A Folk Witch, a learning platform open to all! For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Zanna and I am a Lancashire based folk witch, Priestess, and birth doula. The aim of this website is to provide free or affordable content and learning on all…
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Folklore And Spirits Of The Land Series: Haunted Liverpool, Then And Now.
Subscriber Content Hello everyone! I hope you’re well and enjoying the new year? I’m not sure what you lovely lot are up too, but over my way I’m attempting to deal with the icy cold weather, snow and damp. It really is freezing! The weather tricked me the other day and showed me a lovely…
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“Lament Of A Pendle Witch”, A Poem by ZBK
Today I would like to take the time to share with you a poem that I wrote primarily to tell the story of how a Lancashire Witch may have felt in the run up to trial- though I appreciate a lot of artistic licence is involved here, and this poem certainly has a neo-pagan flare…
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Diary Of A Folk Witch Entry: When The Wind Blows.
Date: Friday the 13th January 2023Moon Phase: Waning gibbous Location: Lancashire (home)Weather: Rain and winds, 5 degrees Celsius. There is something about the way in which the wind rolls down from the Lancashire moors and whips, whistles, and howls around the nearby suburban houses, where I live, that truly fills me with quiet awe.Since early…
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Eight Tips For Better Pendulum Practice.
The pendulum is a form of divination that comes directly from the practice of dowsing. Dowsing being an old way of using tools such as pendulums or dowsing rods to locate water sources, lay lines, etc.As well as this, the pendulum has been incorporated by many folk workers and witches over the years to scry…
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The Grimoire Series: The Red Bell Charm For Protection.
This week, as part of the Grimoire series, I am going to be offering you a written tutorial on how to make this gorgeous, and rather festive looking, red bell charm for protection. A charm utilised mostly during what many of us refer to as ‘the dark half of the year’. The period of Samhain…
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