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Sabbatic Craft: A Religion of Early Modern Witchcraft? sabbatic witch witchcraft Aug 10, 2023

A Brief History

When most people think of Witchcraft, at least if you're living after the 1950s (immortal vampires don't count...), they often default to one of the many Neopagan movements derived from Gardnerian Wicca. 

The term "witch" is heavily abused in countless contexts, but...

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Drawing Down the Sun: Rituals and Spells for Litha and the Summer Solstice ancient celtic ritual witchcraft Jun 08, 2023
My practices for June & the Summer Tide/Litha begin on June 11th with St Barnabas' Day. Before we adopted the Gregorian Calendar here in England in 1752, it was longest day, but like St Lucy's Day, when it changed we kept the old date which made it estranged from its original significance....
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The Loafmass: A Ritual for the Harvest Tide folklore ritual tide witchcraft Aug 01, 2022

You know it's funny... the last time I wrote an article on Lughnasadha and the Harvest was on August 1st last year. It's hard to imagine it's been a year since that article. So much has changed. I've grown, I've lost (honestly way too much for one year but hey, live and learn right?) but most...

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The Unconquered Sun:- A Journey of Hope For the Winter Solstice pagan season solstice tide witch witchcraft Dec 21, 2021

*Trigger warning: Mature Content*

I know the Solstice "officially" begins at 10.59am EST tomorrow, but we tend to write these things as and when we feel and see the energy moving.

I must say, i'm almost surprised we made it to the end of the road this time. To get painfully candid with you all,...

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Rebirth of the Oak King: Welcoming Yuletide! ancient holiday pagan season tide witch witchcraft Dec 21, 2021

The Holly King is gone, and the  Oak King now reigns

Yule is the time of the old winter gods!

Hail to Baldur! To Saturn! To Odin!

Hail to Amaterasu! To Demeter!

Hail to Ra! To Horus!

Hail to Frigga, Minerva Sulis and Cailleach Bheur!

It is their season, and high in the heavens,

may they...

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The Hallow's Dance: Crossing the Veil on Samhain Night ancestor folklore halloween magic pagan witch witchcraft Oct 31, 2021

The veil grows thin at the time of the dead, as we honour our ancestors, in whose footsteps we tread, life retreats into the bulbs and the roots, the time has passed for the flowers and fruits, as leaves fall thick and carpet the ground...

The Dark Mother awaits in silence profound, now is the...

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Heralding the Winter Tide: A Quarterly Astral Update autumn esoteric pagan season witch witchcraft Sep 22, 2021

You know... as I sit here on my back porch looking out at my garden and thinking about the last couple of weeks, it strikes me just how transformative and powerful such a short time has been... I sit in good company, watching while the Dryads gently whisper their want for Milk and Honey and the...

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Quarterly Astral Update: The Harvest Tide ancient folklore harvest kore pagan season witch witchcraft Aug 01, 2021

As today is August 1st, we are entering the final season of the annual flow of Energetic Seasonal Tides before we reset the cycle in the Winter. These next couple months are going to be defined by a sense of ripening and maturity where all the seeds and ideas that we sowed earlier in the year...

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