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The Problem With Gatekeeping, Occult Snobbery, And Elitism Within Modern Witchcraft.
One of the best things about witchcraft is that it has so many flavours! Witchcraft is a practice that is evident in pretty much every culture of the world! Therefore, how can there ever be one practice or way that is superior to them all? The truth is that there cannot be. Therefore modern occult…
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‘By The Pricking Of My Thumbs’: The Use Of Needles & Pins Within Witchcraft For Healing & Ill.
As long as there has been a practice of Witchcraft, so too does there seem to have been a use of pins, needles, nails, and other sharp, pointed, and easily accessible such tools within the art. In this weeks blog we shall be looking at references of the use of both pins and needles within…
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Folklore And Spirits Of The Land Series: Where Boggarts Lurk And Skrikers Scream (Part 2)
Last week, we took a journey through the infamous folklore of the Boggart, a somewhat complicated trickster creature that hails from the North of England.We looked at their history, etymology, tales, relevance within Lancashire folklore, and whether or not there was a potential link between it and the Poltergeist.Where the Boggart can be a nuisance…
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Folklore And Spirits Of the Land Series: “Where Boggarts Lurk And Skrikers Scream”. Part one.
There are many ‘mythological creatures’, or as many of us Witches prefer to call them, spirits of the land, here in these beautiful Celtic isles. Each of them with their very own unique forms, functions and personalities. Here in Lancashire, in the North West of England, we are no stranger to demons, goblins, long leggedy…
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Why Psychic Protection Is More Important Now (In 2022) Than Ever Before, & How You Can Use It!
When we speak of psychic protection and protective magick our minds can automatically drift towards the act of stopping or preventing ‘psychic attack’ from a Witch or fellow Occultist. Or perhaps we remember the grounding techniques, or boundary exercises that we did when we first started treading the path that is Witchcraft. Or maybe we…
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Grimoire Series: House Protection And House Cleansing – A Witch’s Fortress.
Last week, I gave a step by step instructional on how to make the ‘Restful mind charm’. A charm that is designed to be used alongside other self help methods, such as grounding and centring, and the implementation of personal boundaries, for the benefit of easing sleep issues and night time anxiety. That blog touched…
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The Grimoire Series: The Restful Mind Charm.
As individuals, we are constantly being bombarded with negative news, fear, screen fatigue, toxic polarization of opinion, and anxiety. Worse of all, these updates are in our pockets! On our smartphones, our tablets, and even on our non pocket devices. We are currently saturated with information! And not all of it good…
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The restful mind charm: The lavendula cross.
This restful mind charm uses Lavender, Licorice and some other natural plant medicine to help bring about a calm mind before sleep, as it’s often the fact our mind is active and busy that keeps us awake, as opposed to the mind not being able to shut down. It is used alongside personal grounding techniques,…
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Ceromancy ~ A Folk Witch’s experience on scrying by wax.
Date: 13th February 2022. Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous (Next full moon in three days time). Time and weather: 2:25pm, 9 degrees, Overcast and raining. Place: Lancashire, U.K. Once again, it is cold and wet here in the North West of England. The recent Mercury Retrograde has ended, Imbolc and the New moon have come and…
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Leeting the Witches & Soul Cakes; Haunting Traditions Of Lancashire.
If like me, you are somewhat attached to British, Brythonic and Celtic folklore and you live in the North of England, then you may be lucky enough to be part of a community that still participates in this Pagan-Christian Folk tradition. Perhaps you’re even blessed enough to live in a rural area that still carries…
Diary of a Folk Witch 