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Tag Archives: Samhain
Samhain, All Hallows Eve, and Mercury in Scorpio Retrograde Blessings 2019
It wouldn’t do to tell your boss to go f him/herself. Just saying. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Human Nature, Magic, Magickal, Pagan, Sabbats, Samhain, Uncategorized, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged all hallows eve, ancestry, forgiveness, genealogy, hedge riding, mercury in retrograde, mercury in retrograde 2019, mercury in scorpio retrograde, riding the hedge, Samhain, samhain2019, solitary witch
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Samhain, The End of Harvest and Witches New Year
,…Samhain is an original Gaelic celebration spelled Sammhuin in Scots Gaelic… Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, dowsing, Halloween, Magic, Magickal, necromancy, occult, Pagan, pendulum, protection, Sabbats, Samhain, Talismans, traditional witchcraft, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged all hallows eve, ancestors, ancestral altar, beginning of winter 1 November, brujas, burning bonfires, cailleach, Calan Gaeaf, Celtic, celtic calendar, end of harvest, gaelic, guising, hedge rider, hedge riding, hedge witch, honouring ancestors, mummers plays, necromancer, Oíche Shamhna, ouija board, pendulum dowsing, raising of the ancestors, riding the hedge, Sabbats, Samhain, samhain 2018, sammhuin, se'nnight, tarot reading, the witches new year, witch, Witchcraft, witches
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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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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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Magickal, Mysterious, Whitby Jet
Some say it “ain’t Jet if it ain’t from Whitby!” Continue reading
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
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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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Speaking of Witch Wands & Magickal Things 