Tag Archives: Samhain

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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Posted in Business, Chakras, crystal, Crystals, Fossils, gemstone, gemstones, healing, Jewellery, Love, Magic, Magickal, Pan, Prosperity, protection, Samhain, Stones | Tagged akasha, base chakra, crown chakra, Earth, fossilised wood, Fossils, Health, jet, jet earth element, jet for emotional support, jet for mourning, jet for prosperity, jet for protection, jet for psychic abilities, jet fossil, jet from whitby, jet mourning jewellery, jet removes negativity, jet stone for business, jet stone for healing, jet stone for love, money, mourning jewellery, mourning jewelry, queen victoria, relationships, root chakra, Samhain, seven laws of attraction, Solar Plexus Chakra, stone for balance and harmony, third eye chakra, whitby jet, witch bottle for business | Leave a comment

The Magick of Broom

Posted on 02/11/2017 by Isabella

A traditional rhyme from Sussex says: “Sweep the house with blessed Broom in May / sweep the head of the household away.” Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

Samhain: The Magick of Blackthorn

Posted on 31/10/2017 by Isabella

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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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 | Leave a comment

The Magick of Aspen

Posted on 26/10/2017 by Isabella

…called the “Whispering Tree”, the Aspen is representative of the Autumn Equinox… Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

Lady Ellhorn, the Magickal Elder Tree

Posted on 07/09/2017 by Isabella

The Elder tree, or Lady Ellhorn, as we lovingly call her, is a tree of beginnings and endings… Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Samhain

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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The Magick of Broom

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Samhain: The Magick of Blackthorn

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The Magick of Aspen

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Lady Ellhorn, the Magickal Elder Tree

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