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A Beginner’s Understanding of Ogham Divination, Part Three
… the third lunar month [18th February – 17th March] in the Celtic Tree Ogham, Nion [Nuin], … Continue reading
Posted in Ash Tree, Business, Celtic Tradition, Divination, divination tools, Magic, Magickal, mythology, ogham, The World Tree
Tagged A Beginners Understanding of Ogham Divination Part Three, as above so below, Ash Tree, celtic mythology, celtic tree ogham, how to use the ogham, nion, nion ogham, nordic mythology, nuin nion, ogham, ogham alphabet, ogham divination, ogham fews, ogham staves, the hanged man, yggdrassil
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Happy Yule 2018 to All
But don’t let’s stop at Yule / Christmas. Keep the love going all year long. So Mote It Be. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christmas, folklore, Magic, Magickal, mythology, Pagan, Sabbats, Witchcraft, Yule
Tagged acorns, bringing in the yule log, bringing of the yule log, britain, frankincense, frankincense gold and myrrh, germanic people, gift giving, gifts given on new years day, gold, Happy Yule 2018, holly, Ivy, King Haakon, king of norway, magickal, mistletoe, myrrh, Oak, pagan christmas, pine boughs, pine cones, pope gregory the great, prince albert, queen victoria, the christ child, the holly king and the oak king, The Saga of Hákon the Good, three wise men, twelve days of christmas, victorian kissing games, when did the first christmas tree appear, when is yule, when is yule 2018, where did christmas come from, Yule, yule 2018, yuletide, ġéol ġéohol and ġéola or ġéoli
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From the Wortcunner’s Cabinet – Poppy
In the Victorian Language of Flowers, Poppies symbolise sleep, and imagination Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dreams, healing, Herbalism, Love, Magic, Magickal, mythology, Nightmares, talismans, occult, sorcery, spells, Water Element, Witchcraft, World War I, wort cunning
Tagged Aphrodite, Ceres, corn poppy, corn rose, demeter mekon, erratic wild poppy, flanders field, greek god of sleep, Hecate, hoo doo, hypnos, Kore, Magick, nicholas culpeper, Nyx, opium poppy, poppy, poppy appeal, poppy for love, poppy for sleep, poppy magical correspondences, poppy magickal correspondences, poppy opium, red poppy, remembrance flower, Somnus, Thanatos, the black and white of the garden, the wortcunners cabinet, Victorian language of flowers, white poppy, wortcunner, wwi, yellow poppy
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Happy Litha – Midsummer 2018!
Litha. Summer Solstice. Midsummer’s. However you choose to say it, it is a special time of year Continue reading
Posted in Business, folklore, Litha, Lore, Magic, Magickal, mythology, Pagan, Sabbats, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged amaterasu, aten, birthday of gerald gardner, birthday of scott cunningham, celtic sun goddess, celtic tree month, Egyptians, englands witchcraft act of 1563, hanging of bridget bishop, happy litha, horus, litha 2018, litha rituals, litha rituals for solitary witch, midsummer, midsummers eve, midsummers night bonfire, sulis minerva, summer solstice, sun deity, the holly king and the oak king, what is litha, when is litha
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The Magickal Cedar Tree
But, one thing is correct, Cedar is a sacred tree…all trees are sacred. Continue reading
Posted in Amulets and charms, Celtic Tradition, Druid, folklore, longevity, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, mythology, protection, sorcery, spell work, Talismans, The World Tree, Witchcraft, wood
Tagged banishing, cedar, cedar as a magical tree, cedar rune pendants, cedar smudge sticks, cedar tree, cedar tree folklore, cedar tree magical properties, celtic birth tree, cherokee legend cedar, exorcism, greek goddess persophone, jewish custom new year, Jupiter, king solomon, lebanon, lebanon cedar, magical cedar tree, magickal cedar tree, magickal power, non native cedar tree, north american tree, protection charms cedar, purification and protection, sacred tree, Sun, tree of life, woodland trust, yggdrasil
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The Magick of Birch
Magickally, Birch wood is believed to ward off evil, banish fears and build courage. Continue reading
Posted in amulets, Amulets and charms, Beltane, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, mythology, protection, traditional witchcraft, Water Element, Witchcraft, wood
Tagged beith, beithe, beltane fire, bereza, berke, beth, birch brooms, birch folklore, birch for good luck, birch for protection, birch medicine, birch tree, birch tree magic, bouleau, brigid, Celtic Tree Calendar, faerie folk, first letter of ogham, magick of birch, nine sacred woods of beltane fire, sidhe, Thor, Venus
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Planes of Existence, Summerland, and Spirit Guardians
It’s a bit of a quantum physics nightmare, really. Continue reading
Posted in Astral Plane, Chakras, Divine Spirit, Dreams, Earthly Plane, Elemental Plane, folklore, Lore, Meditation, mythology, occult, Spirit, The World Tree
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The Lucky Birds, Crows and Ravens
By Isabella @TheWandCarver They get very bad press, crows do. Some farmers would as soon to shoot one as to suffer its existence in many cases and people in general are afraid of them simply because of the rhymes, poems, … Continue reading
Posted in Corvids, folklore, Lore, mythology, the Morrigan, wildlife
Tagged anting, Australian crow, Cattle Raid of Cooley, Cúchullain, corvidae family, corvus, crow, crow anting, crows, crows and ravens, crows predict weather, formic acid, jays, magpies, north american crow, nutcrackers, Queen Medbh, ravens, superstition, Tain Bó Cuailnge, the Morrigan
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