Tag Archives: Samhain

Samhain, The End of Harvest and Witches New Year

Posted on 30/10/2018 by Isabella

,…Samhain is an original Gaelic celebration spelled Sammhuin in Scots Gaelic… Continue reading →

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Folklore of the Blackthorn – Dark Crone of the Woods

Posted on 23/10/2018 by Isabella

His ghost, along with the infamous Blackthorn staff, is still said to haunt the Edinburgh West Bow district. Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

Feuille-morte

Posted on 02/10/2018 by Isabella

“To make a countryman understand what feuille-morte colour signifies, it may suffice to tell him, it is the colour of withered leaves in autumn. “ Continue reading →

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Posted in Autumn, Business, folklore, Magic, Magickal, Samhain, traditional witchcraft, Witch, Witchcraft | Tagged an essay concerning human understanding, Autumn, autumn crone, crone, dead leaf, death, Feuille-morte, John Locke essayist, life after death, mollie kellogg artist, new life, reincarnation, Samhain, spring, spring maiden, Summer, winter | 5 Comments

Magickal Hawthorn Tree: The Mayflower Tree – Revisited for Beltane

Posted on 01/05/2018 by Isabella

“what more can I say about the wonderful Hawthorn?” Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

From the Wortcunner’s Cabinet: Dittany of Crete

Posted on 10/04/2018 by Isabella

To obtain a bouquet of Dittany, it was said, you had to truly be in love. I only hope they were met with satisfactory results! Continue reading →

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From the Wortcunner’s Cabinet: Wormwood

Posted on 23/01/2018 by Isabella

I have used Wormwood extensively for everything from astral travel to protection and psychic awareness. I must say, it is definitely one of my “go-to” herbs. Continue reading →

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Posted in Amulets and charms, Business, Earth, folklore, healing, Health, Herbalism, Herbs, Magic, Magickal, wort cunning | Tagged absinthe, Artemis, artemisia absinthium, crown for a king, Diana, Divination, green ginger, healing, herb, herbs, horus, Isis, love spells, madderwort, old love charm, old woman, prophecy, protection, Samhain, scrying, sweet annie, witch bottle, wormot, wormwood, wormwood astral travel, wormwood binding herb, wormwood clairvoyance, wormwood healing, wormwood herb, wormwood in magic, wormwood love, wormwood metaphyisical, wormwood protection, wort cunning | Leave a comment

Magickal, Mysterious, Whitby Jet

Posted on 14/12/2017 by Isabella

Some say it “ain’t Jet if it ain’t from Whitby!” Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Samhain

Samhain, The End of Harvest and Witches New Year

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Folklore of the Blackthorn – Dark Crone of the Woods

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Feuille-morte

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Magickal Hawthorn Tree: The Mayflower Tree – Revisited for Beltane

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From the Wortcunner’s Cabinet: Dittany of Crete

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From the Wortcunner’s Cabinet: Wormwood

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Magickal, Mysterious, Whitby Jet

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