Tag: spells
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Folk Witchcraft Series: Five Most Effective Charms For Home Protection.
This week, I am going to be discussing five charms for the purpose of house protection that I have personally found to be the most effective in regard to the psychic and energetic safeguarding of the home. Some of these charms and ways will not be specifically native to the U.K and Ireland, and where…
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The Grimoire Series: A Modern Take On A Traditional Blood Staunching Charm.
There are many documented examples of traditional blood staunching charms that were used by Charmers, Pellars and Folk Witches alike here in both the British and Celtic isles. There is also a plethora of examples that come from our Pennsylvanian Dutch Cousins, over the waters in America. One example of this would be from the…
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Folk Witchcraft Series: Every Day Tools Of The Folk Witch.
Subscriber Content Right, that’s the non subscriber bumph out of the way, let’s grab a cup of tea, a snack, put our feet up and talk folk ways. Below are a list of some of my most commonly used tools. In reality, I use far more than the listed tools, but I have chosen to…
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Plant And Tree Lore Series: Witches’ Broom.
Hello and welcome to another instalment of the plant and tree lore series! This week we shall be looking at the tree growth and deformity otherwise known as witches’ broom; a fascinating growth that is steeped in folklore and folk magic applications. So, without much further ado, let’s begin! To the untrained eye, witches’ broom…
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The Grimoire Series: Granny’s Curtains.
The act of washing ones curtains (nets in particular) was seen as a way of protecting ones home from the evil eye (and in extension, curses), illness and everyday voyeurism. To keep your windows clean and the curtains too was seen as not only as protective, but also that you and your family were respectable…
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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;…
Diary of a Folk Witch 