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Blessed Imbolc 2021
By Isabella @TheWandCarver Instagram: @thewandcarver Imbolc is a sabbat which is celebrated roundly by most Wiccan folk. As it happens, all the sabbats seem to be celebrated more so by those who identify as Wiccan than any other neo-Pagan group. … Continue reading
Posted in folklore, imbolc, Ireland, Pagan, Sabbats, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch
Tagged beginning of spring, blessed imbolc 2021, brambrack, brigids cross, brigits cross, Candlemas, colcannon, fire festivals, gaelic ireland, goddess brigid, imbolc 2021, imbolc sabbat, Ireland, st brigid, st brigit
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The Magick of Foxgloves
Foxgloves can both ‘raise the dead and kill the living’ Continue reading
Posted in Business, folklore, Herbalism, Magic, Magickal, Pagan, protection, Wiccan, Witchcraft, wort cunning
Tagged comfrey, dead mens bells, digitalis purpurea, faery magick, fairy magic, folks gloves, foxes music, foxesglew, foxglove, foxglove magical properties, foxglove magickal properties, foxgloves, goblin gloves, kings evil, mullein, nicholas culpeper, polipody polypody, Scott Cunningham, syphytum officinale, the complete herbal and english physician, the encyclopaedia of magical herbs, the magickal foxglove, verbascu thapsus, witches gloves
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The Magickal Boswellia Tree, or The Frankincense Tree
By Isabella @TheWandCarver Instagram: @thewandcarver Ah, the Boswellia sacra tree! The sap of this tree is the most used resin in all of history for purification, protection, consecration, and healing. It is most prevalent in northern Somalia and the Dhofar … Continue reading
Posted in Amulets and charms, Business, Druid, folklore, healing, Health, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged beyo, boswellia sacra, boswellia serrate, boswellia tree health properties, Consecration, dhofar, dhofar mountains, dhoop, frankincense health properties, frankincense resin, healing, india, luban, maid, mohor, necromancer witch bottle, olibans, olibanum tree, olibanus, oman, pakistan, protection, protection witch bottle, punjab, purification, spirituality, the boswellia tree, the frankincense tree, the magical properities of the boswellia tree, the magical properties of frankincense, the magickal properties of frankincense, the magickal properties of the boswellia tree
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The Magickal Bodhi Tree
Oh, Aswattha tree! You are a God. You are king among trees. Continue reading
Posted in Air, Ayurvedic, Business, folklore, healing, Health, Hinduism, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Aswattha, Bo tree, Bodh Gaya Bihar India, bodhi tree, Brahma Brahman, Buddha, common fig, deity of the bodhi tree, fertility, ficus carica, ficus religiosa, figs are not vegan, healing, magical properties of the bodhi tree, magickal properties of the bodhi tree, Mahabodhi Tree, Nature Spirits, Peepul tree, protection, Rainmaking, sacred fig, Siddhartha Gautama, Siva, tess whitehurst the magic of trees, the tree of awakening, Vishnu, wisdom
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The Magickal Bay Laurel Tree
We use it extensively in magick. But why? And how? Continue reading
Posted in Business, folklore, Litha, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Mars, spell work, spells, Uncategorized, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged Anti-Harassment, bay leaf magic, bay leaf magic spells, bay leaf magick, bay leaf magick spells, Grecian laurel, healing, health properties of bay leaves, Laurus nobilis, magical correspondences of bay leaves, magickal correspondences of bay leaves, prosperity, protection, psychic abilities, rest on one’s laurels, success, sweet Bay, The Magickal Bay Laurel Tree, true laurel, Wish Granting
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Happy Imbolc 2020!
Did you know that St Brigid is the patron saint of brewing? Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tradition, Fire, folklore, imbolc, Ireland, Magic, Magickal, Pagan, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged brighids cross, brigid brighid brigit, Candlemas, goddess brigid, happy imbolc 2020, how to celebrate imbolc, imbolc 2nd of february, Imbolc shona daoibh go léir, imbolg, Laa'l Breeshey, Là Fhèill Brìghde, Lá Fhéile Bríde, sacred correspondences for brigid, saint brigids day
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The Magickal Acacia Tree
Osiris was the first god to be born from under the Acacia tree Continue reading
Posted in Air, Business, Egypt, folklore, healing, Health, Litha, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, occult, Osiris, Pagan, sorcery, Uncategorized, Witch, Witchcraft, Zeus
Tagged acacia and the afterlife, Acacia caesia, Acacia catechu, Acacia greggii, acacia leaves, Acacia senegal, acacia tree, ancient egypt, ancient egyptians, Astarte, black khair, Cape Gum, Cassie Flower, Catechu, charles darwin, Diana, Egyptian Thorn, Fidelity, frankincense and myrrh, goddess isis, gum arabic, hathor, health advantages of acasia, heliopolis, immortality, Isis, magickal properties of acacia tree, Osiris, protection, psychic abilities, ra, the celestial boat of ra, the magickal acacia tree, what are the magical properties of acacia, where were the first gods born, Zeus
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A Beginner’s Understanding of Ogham Divination, Part Twenty
Like the Yew, we peel away the outside to allow the inside to flourish. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Divination, divination tools, Druid, folklore, Magic, Magickal, occult, ogham, Pagan, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged A beginner's understanding of ogham divination part twenty, ancestry, celtic ogham, Change, communication with the dead, death, Divination, divinity, Flexibility, immortality, ioho idad iodad, longevity, ogam, ogham, ogham divination, ogham fews, ogham idad, ogham iodad, ogham ioho, ogham staves, rebirth, reincarnation, strength, the crone, triple goddess, winter solstice, Witchcraft, Yew, yew tree
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A Beginner’s Understanding of Ogham Divination, Part Seventeen
Folklore has it that Ohn/Gorse is effective against faerie mischief. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tree Calendar, Divination, Druid, folklore, Magic, Magickal, occult, ogham, Pagan, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged A Beginners Understanding of Ogham Divination Part Seventeen, beltaine, Beltane, celtic birth tree, Divination, divination tools, fertility, furze, gorse, hope, how to use the ogham, ogham, ogham fews, ogham staves, prosperity, protection, sabbat, spring equinox, the celtic tree oracle, What’s Your Birth Tree is the New What’s Your Star Sign
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