“The threshold to the seance parlour has not been crossed for many moons. The air is intoxicating, filled with the scent of a myriad of fainted roses, rich draperies weighed down […]
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Rhabdomancy
We took leave of him in the morning, with a simple look which both meant that we no longer belonged to the living and that, if we ever returned from our […]
Read MoreLùnàris
The moon, white, shines in the trees: From each bright branch a voice flees Beneath leaves that move, O well-beloved. The pools reflect a mirror’s depth, The silhouette of willows’ wet […]
Read MoreCrepitacula
One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight for a […]
Read MoreLunar Kit, Moon Magick
Romeo: Lady, by yonder blessèd Moon I vow, that tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops…Juliet: O, swear not by the Moon, th’ inconstant Moon, that monthly changes in her circled […]
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Another New Blood post to share the latest creations.
Read MoreFolk & Cottage Witch
I believe in God, only I spell it “Nature”. – Frank Lloyd Wright – Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks for an Organic Architecture –
Read MoreTasseomancy
Also called Tasseography, Tasseomancy is the divinatory art of reading tea leaves and coffee grounds. Like Palmistry, it is particularly associated with witches and gypsies who popularised it but it has […]
Read MoreMay you be well, and ever fortunate
Megadorus – May you be well, and ever fortunate, Euclio!Euclio – May the Gods bless you, Megadorus!✥(Megadorus – Saluus atque fortunatus, Euclio, semper sies !Euclio – Di te ament, Megadorus !) […]
Read MoreBaskania & Fortunatus
The dead hare casts an Evil Eye upon me.(Ho lagôs me baskainei tethnikôs.) – Pherecrates – Fragment 189 – (translation John H. Elliott) –
Read MoreDea Marica
Dea Marica was a Roman Goddess associated with swamps, salt-marshes and bogs. She was considered the Goddess of enchantment & spellcraft, the wild woods, salt-marshes and their abundant wildlife.Her name is […]
Read MoreSel Noir
Ever since antiquity, a great power has always been attributed to salt. Salt has been used by witches and cunning folks for many years to purify, protect and ward off negative […]
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