Tag: Traditional witchcraft
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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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“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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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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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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Ten Ways You Can Explore Folk Witchcraft Today.
There seems to be an abundance of different styles of Witchcraft these days… There is traditional coven based Wicca, solitary Wicca, kitchen witchcraft, hearth witches, green witches, hedge witches, grey witches, earth witches and chaos witches. There are hereditary witches and new witches, trad witches and folk witches. There are more Witches than you can…
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Folklore And Spirits Of The Land Series: Making Your Home A Welcome Space For Friendly House Spirits.
When it comes to house lore and the subsequent lore of household spirits, it can be a very mixed bag of folklore within the U.K and Ireland. This is largely owing to the fact that most folklore was shared orally and written down (where possible) during a time in history where these relatively small islands…
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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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Folklore And Spirits Of The Land Series: The Demon Pig Of Winwick And The Use Of Apotropaic Masonry In Lancashire Churches.
One thing I have noticed about Lancashire church art, that makes it stand out from other English counties, is how often churches do in fact incorporate apotropaic symbols and art in order to protect its holy sites. This is either a local regional folk magick choice, or a sign of lingering doubt in the minds…
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