Tag: occult
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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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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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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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“By apple, clove, horse shoe and hoop” a Folk Witches healing working
When we think of Witchcraft and folk magick, many an image may fill the imagination. For some, the image may be that of a very stereotypical fairy tale Witch, complete with conical hat, hooked nose, warts and a broom stick; uttering curses over a bubbling cauldron. Others may see something akin to Hollywood movies, where…
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“By Apple, Clove, Horse Shoe & Hoop” A Folk Witches Healing Working
When we think of Witchcraft and folk magick, many an image may fill the imagination. For some, the image may be that of a very stereotypical fairy tale Witch, complete with conical hat, hooked nose, warts and a broom stick; uttering curses over a bubbling cauldron. Others may see something akin to Hollywood movies, where…
Diary of a Folk Witch 