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The Magickal Ironwood Tree
Lignum Vitae was the traditional wood used for the British police truncheon Continue reading
Posted in Business, Druid, Earth, folklore, healing, Health, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Witchcraft
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Magickal Hawthorn Tree: The Mayflower Tree – Revisited for Beltane
“what more can I say about the wonderful Hawthorn?” Continue reading
Posted in amulets, Amulets and charms, Business, Celtic Tree Calendar, Druid, folklore, healing, Herbalism, Herbs, Lore, Magickal, magickal trees, wort cunning
Tagged beltaine, Beltane, Celtic Tree Calendar, english physician and complete herbal, faery tree, faery triad, fairy triad, first day of beltane, folklore, hawthorn, hawthorn correspondences, Hawthorn faery, Hawthorn fairy, hawthorn ogham, Hawthorn ogham pendant, hawthorn tree, Huath, may bush, may day, may pole, may tree, Mayflower Tree, nicholas culpeper, oak ash and thorn, ogham, ogham birth tree, ogham tree calendar, pilgrim ship mayflower, quickset, Samhain, sandra kynes, teresa mooney, the english physician, The Fairy Bible, thorn apple tree, trysting trees, Uath, whispers from the woods, white thorn
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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 and 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
Posted in Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, Halloween, Ireland, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, protection, Samhain, spells, Spirit, traditional witchcraft, Wands, Witch, Witchcraft
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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The Magick of Aspen
…called the “Whispering Tree”, the Aspen is representative of the Autumn Equinox… Continue reading
Posted in Celtic Tree Calendar, Druid, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees
Tagged aspen tree, aspen tree and magic, aspen tree ogham, autumn equinox, betrayer of christ, britain, celtic birth tree calendar, druids, eadhadh, folklore, mabon, magic of aspen, magical alphabets, magick of aspen, magickal trees, nigel pennick, ogham alphabet, quaking aspen, Samhain, scotland, shivering tree, usa, white poplar
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Lady Ellhorn, the Magickal Elder Tree
The Elder tree, or Lady Ellhorn, as we lovingly call her, is a tree of beginnings and endings… Continue reading
Posted in amulets, Amulets and charms, Beltane, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, healing, Ireland, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, traditional witchcraft, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged banishment, Beltane, celtic tree astrology, Celtic Tree Calendar, crone, crone aspect, elder faery, elder medicinal properties, elder mother, elder ogham pendant, elder tree, elderberries, exorcism, folklore, healing, Ireland, lady ellhorn, magickal trees, midsummers eve, prosperity, ruis, Samhain, scotland, triple goddess
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The Magickal Rowan Tree
I’m not here to give you a lot of scientific gardening information on the Rowan tree. I’m more interested in its magickal side and folklore, as I am sure you are. Continue reading
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Tagged amulet, Ash Tree, druids, folklore, healing, mountain ash, protection amulet, protection charms, psychic powers, rowan amulet, rowan cross, rowan tree, rowan twigs, sacred trees, success
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