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A Beginner’s Understanding of Ogham Divination, Part Fourteen
… Straif, which sounds much like ‘strife’… Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tradition, Divination, divination tools, Druid, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, occult, ogham, Pagan, Uncategorized, Witch, Witchcraft
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What Wood is Best for Making a Wand – Part Two
…there are many only starting out who may be interested in a guideline of what might work best for them. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Druid, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, occult, Wands, Witchcraft, wood, Yule
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Folklore of the Blackthorn – Dark Crone of the Woods
His ghost, along with the infamous Blackthorn staff, is still said to haunt the Edinburgh West Bow district. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, Divination, Druid, folklore, Halloween, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Samhain, the Morrigan, traditional witchcraft, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged blackthorn, blackthorn amulet, blackthorn binding and blasting, blackthorn black rod, blackthorn blasting rod, blackthorn divining rod, blackthorn folklore, blackthorn magic, blackthorn protection, blackthorn sloe berries, blackthorn sloes, blackthorn slones, blackthorn spines, blackthorn staff, blackthorn stang, blackthorn tree, blackthorn wand, blackthorn winter, cailleach, Calan Haf, dagda, dark crone of the woods, Draenen ddu, Draighean, Draighionn, edinburgh, english blackthorn, folklore of the blackthorn, glastonbury, goddess of winter, gregorian calendar, Major Thomas Weir, many slones many groans, morrigan and dagda, Nos Galan Mai, ogham trees, pins of slumber, Samhain, sloe berries, sloe gin, the crone of death, the crone of the wood, the morrrigan, the shepherds calendar, Witchcraft, witches
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The Magick of Broom
A traditional rhyme from Sussex says: “Sweep the house with blessed Broom in May / sweep the head of the household away.” Continue reading
Posted in Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Samhain, spell work, spells, traditional witchcraft, Witch, Witchcraft, wood
Tagged blackthorn, broom, Broom flower, broom shrub, celtic birth tree, celtic birth tree calendar, flower symbolism of the Broom, folklore, infusion of water with Broom flowers, Ireland, ngetal, ogham ngetal, reed, Samhain, sparteine, sparteine found in Broom
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Samhain: The Magick of Blackthorn
Blackthorn is associated with death quite frequently. Samhain is the death of the old year whilst hailing in the new. Continue reading
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Tagged blackthorn, blackthorn ogham straif, blackthorn spines, blackthorn thorns, blackthorn tree, blackthorn wand, blackthorn winter, blasting rod, british isles, celtic birth tree calendar, Celtic Tradition, dark crone of the woods, Diarmaid and Grainne, Draenen ddu, Draighean, Draighionn, elder tree, faery tree, folklore, goddess as crone, Halloween, hawthorn tree, Morrigan, mother of the woods, ogham, ogham stave, ogham straif, protection against evil, Protection and Revenge, Sadhbh, Samhain, sloe, sloe berry, sloe berry jam, sloe gin, sloe plum, Strife and Negativity, The inevitability of Death, wishing thorn, Word Ogham of Cuchulain
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