Witchcraft
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Preparing for Autumn: A Hedgewitch’s View
Autumn as a Hedgewitch’s Season Autumn has always been my favourite season. There is something in the shift of light, the deepening of colours, and the scent of damp earth that stirs both heart and spirit. The hedgerows grow heavy with berries, and the balance of day and night begins to turn. As a hedgewitch,…
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What Is a Hedgewitch? A Solitary Craft of Land, Lore, and the Otherworld
Hedgewitchcraft is one of the hardest paths to explain, partly because it refuses to be neatly defined. Ask several hedge witches what a hedge witch is, and you will get several different answers! It was the author Rae Beth who brought the term hedgewitch to oir modern eyse, with her book Hedgewitch: A Guide to…
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Hedgewitch vs Green Witch vs Kitchen Witch: What’s the Difference?
Hedgewitch, green witch, and kitchen witch are often used interchangeably because some people’s practices do overlap, including mine These paths are not rigid systems; every witch is different. For example, I am a hedgewitch, but Green witchcraft is very much part of my practice. In this blog post, I want to briefly look at each…
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Mugwort: The Dream Herb of Witches.
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) is more than just a common plant growing wild in hedgerows,across Europe. For millennia, it has been revered as a herb of protection, vision, and liminal journeying. For hedgewitches and herbalists, mugwort can be one of the most potent tools in the witch’s cabinet, rooted in ancient tradition, myth, and mystery. Mugwort…
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Field Notes: The Language of Flowers
Victorian floriography, the language of flowers, developed in a society where emotion was often restrained by etiquette. Flowers became a quiet method of communication. A bouquet could express affection, refusal, grief, remembrance, or hope without a single word spoken. Each flower, and often its colour, carried a particular meaning understood by those who knew how…
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Ragwort: The Witch’s Weed and Fairy Steed
Favoured by the Fae In fairy lore, ragwort has long been considered a plant of the Otherworld. It’s said the fae favour it, and not just for its colour. Some stories claim fairies ride their tall, hollow stalks like horses through the night. Other folklore says that carrying ragwort could help us mere mortals slip…
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Why Yoga is a Gamechanger for Witches
My Path as a Yoga Witch Hi there I’m Anya, and I like to unofficially call myself a yoga witch. Not because I’m trying to do perfect poses or make yoga aesthetic, but because both the physical practice and philosophies of yoga completely changed my spiritual practice. It helped me stop living entirely in my…
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A ritual for cleansing and protecting your home.
Things you will need Incense or a smudge stick. Smudge sticks are more commonly used., Palo santo or dragon’s blood are the best for cleansing and protecting.A singing bowl or just your or someone else’s hands? Don’t worry; you don’t need to detach them or anything! How to light your smudge stick If you choose to…
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What Makes a Witch
This is not the kind of post I usually write, but at the moment, I feel there is a bit of an issue. I have seen a lot recently on social media about witchcraft. Some people are confused about whether they can actually be a witch, and others seem to think that certain things make…