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Kitchen Witchcraft Series: Making Blessing Bread. (Traditional And Gluten Free).
Hello and welcome to this weeks instalment of the Kitchen Witchcraft series!This week I thought I would share something a little different and take some time to talk about Folk Witchery and Kitchen Witchcraft.For the folk witch, so much of their inspiration comes from the world around them; the trees, woodlands, moors and nature sprits.…
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Plant Lore Series: Talking To Rubus, The Magic Of Bramble.
Allow me to please introduce you to one of my closest plant allies, Rubus, and delve headfirst into the bramble bush! A plant steeped in folklore, magic and protective qualities.When we think of a traditional British or Celtic hedgerow, one of the first plants we tend to think of is of course the bramble, or…
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The Grimoire Series: The Shell Grounding Charm.
Although shells are used primarily within sympathetic magic for protection workings, I also find that they work very well within healing and grounding workings too. When we think of the practice of grounding and centring (either spiritually or psychologically) we often think of the earth. Visualisations such as extending roots down into the earth, or…
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Folklore And Spirits Of The Land Series: Taking Inspiration From Spirit And ‘Elizabeth’s Lament’
Within my own personal practice, a great emphasis is placed upon connecting not only with the land on which I walk, live and practice, but also it’s folklore, regional customs and of course, it’s own regional spirits. These spirits can take various forms, such as the fairies (or ‘Feorin’ here in Lancashire), land spirits such…
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Folk Witchcraft Series: Coffin Lanes And Corpse Roads. Where Spirits Dwell And Lych Folk Watch.
Not too far from me lies a secluded little nature spot called Viridor Wood, a long and pretty woodland where dog walkers roam, families have picnics, foragers pick wild edibles and sometimes, Witches explore. You see, deep within the wood lays the remains of a long and almost forgotten part of Lancashire history and folklore;…
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The Plant And Tree Lore Series: “Through The Ivy Curtain And Past It’s Tangled Snare”.
Ivy, or Hedera helix, is commonly found throughout the British and Celtic Isles, and many other Ivy species grown around the world too. You can stare at the Ivy and it seems like she never moves, but be careful…take your eyes off her and you shall soon find that she has stealthily scaled your trees,…
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The Grimoire Series: A Safe Key Spell For Protection Of The Home.
Keys, alongside many other easily accessible and everyday tools, have a long history and listed examples of extensive use within folk magick and witchcraft. The key has two main associations, being initiation and the gaining of entrance into something, and that of blocking or barring entry. This latter aspect of being seen to block access…
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Diary Of A Folk Witch: The Witch’s Garden, Prayer, Cerridwen, And The Importance Of Self Care.
Date: 16th May 2022Moon Phase: Full Moon/Lunar BeltanePlace: Lancashire, UK For the last few weeks, I have been sheltering in the womb of self care and retreat.With the easing of Coronavirus restrictions over the last few months, I have found the world is steadily going back to ‘normal’. With ‘busy-ness’ increasing and the world speeding…
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An Invocation To The God And Goddess.
Hello and thank for for joining me this week in our second instalment of the Grimoire series as part of the premium content subscription. I am delighted to share with you two invocations that I have written and use within my own personal practice, and I, of course, invite you to also use them should…
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Grimoire Series: The Home Centre Candle Working.
The Home Centre Candle is a working I created back in about 2014 to act as a central point of power and manifestation within the home. It is a symbolic piece of sympathetic magick whose objective can be tweaked each month depending on what is needed.For example, if I felt the home and family needed…
Diary of a Folk Witch 