I am a Witch
Not the fluffy bunny, white light, tree hugging, never harm none sort. Some might say I'm a grey witch, I say it doesn't matter.
I call myself a Kitchen Witch, sometimes a Hedge Witch. How I practice has a lot in common with the practices of the old Spaewife from Scotland or the Romany traditions. It comes from the heart and the hearth. I make do with what I have on hand in my kitchen and in the garden, and in my head. You will find that this is reflected in my writing and in my rituals.
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"Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife,
but it took skill to be one with an apple corer."
~Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
Sabbats and Esbats
The Wheel of the Year
All of my lenses on the Sabbats and Esbats can be found at "Sabbats: Spokes in the Wheel of the Year".
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Sabbat Books for Yule
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I've yet to meet a Pagan - witch, Wiccan, or otherwise - who didn't like books. Knowing this, if you are part of a coven group that exchanges gifts at the Winter Solstice, or if you know a Pagan and are wondering what to gift them with on the...
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Sabbats
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Within this page you will find information on the Pagan Sabbats as a whole well as links to the individual Sabbats. Nearly every Pagan of European background celebrates the turning of the Wheel of the Year. Other Pagans from different cultures may c...
Hearth Fire and Guardian Stones
The Turning of the Wheel
Yule, Imbolc, Oestara, Beltane, Litha, Lammas, Mabon, Samhain
Pagan Gods n Goddesses
and other beings
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Museum of Witchcraft
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One of the best known sites in Cornwall can be found in the village of Boscastle. There, you can find the Museum of Witchcraft, first opened by Cecil Williamson on the Isle of Man in 1951 and housed in Boscastle since 1960. Today, the Museum of Witc...
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Blodeuwydd: Flower face
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Within the pages of The Mabinogion you will find the tale of Llew Llaw Gyffes, nephew of Math and Gwydion, and his bride, Blodeuwydd. The Goddess Arianrhod , the mother of Llew Llaw Gyffes, swore that he would never have a wife who had been born of...
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Herne the Hunter
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Herne goes by many names - Cernunnos, Pan, Leader of the Wild Hunt, the Horned One. His presence can be found in place names such as Cirencester and Herne Bay in England. Images of him have been found across Europe. He is the God Consort to the Godd...
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Modron: Welsh Mother Goddess
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Modron first came to me back in 1998 when I was initiated as a priestess in the coven group that I was part of back then. She came at a time when I was rediscovering my own femininity and, while I didn't know it at the time, was about to begin on the...
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Lilith: Goddess and Demon
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Demon Goddess to Feminist Icon Lilith is an ancient Goddess figure who can be found in the writings of ancient Sumeria and Babylon. Her influence was as far-reaching as the holy texts of the Judaism to modern neo-paganism and as a feminism role mode...
Aphrodite and Lion
Celebrate the Gods and Goddesses
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Old Witch and Young Witch
Allposters Print
Divination Methods
I have used various methods for divining the future. I don't see them so much as a way of finding out what will happen tomorrow though, I use them more as a way of accessing inner thoughts.I've used the Tarot and Runes. Delved into dowsing and pendulums. My favourite method by far though would be using the Amulets of the Goddess set that I have.
Divination Tools
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Make Your Own Runes
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I've had a passing interest in Runes for a number of years, even going so far as to make my own set about 15 years ago. I didn't feel fully drawn to them though and eventually gave them away. My husband has an interest in Runes and has been studying...
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Amulets of the Goddess
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Over the past 20 years I have found and used a variety of divination techniques - tarot, I ching, runes, pendulum. Since I discovered this book, Amulets of the Goddess: Oracle of Ancient Wisdom by Nancy Blair though, I always come back to using these...
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Runes Under the Tree
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The earliest rune-like markings were found in cave paintings dating from around 1330BC. The runic alphabet, called Futhark after the first six runes, was developed around 200AD. Runes have even been mentioned in the Bible. If you know someone with...
Rituals, Tools
and a few jokes
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Witch's Journal: The Book of Shadows
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Grimoire, Book of Shadows. All fancy ways of saying "journal". A Book of Shadows is simply put, a way of keeping a record of what you have learned and what you have done as a Pagan, whether you be Wiccan or witch, Heathen or Asatru, Gardnerian or Ale...
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Tools of the Witch
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Witches like stuff. There is something about lighting a candle, burning incense, or writing words using dragon's blood ink on parchment paper that just brings a spell together. None of these items is magical in and of itself. Energy used to create m...
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How many Pagans does it take...
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I do love a good joke. Especially when it pokes fun at sacred cows. Like religion. I believe that you have to be able to laugh at yourself. Because, dang it, somebody else will be so you might as well yourself. So, in that line, I have been saving P...
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Life Rituals
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Rituals are a part of all of our lives. Some are religious in nature, but many more are just the normal ways we go through each day. Not really thinking about them unless our established routine is altered in some way. Pagans as a whole do love thei...
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The Book Of English Magic
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I like to look through the books in the religion and philosophy section on occasion to see if any new books on Paganism or witchcraft have been published. Most often, I'm afraid to say, I leave disappointed because sitting on the shelves are same reg...
Say hello
Thanks for stopping by.
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- jennysue19 jennysue19 Oct 9, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
- Merry meet Nan from another 'kitchen and hedge witch'
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- charlino charlino Sep 2, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
- Wonderfully informative!
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- peacefulpaths peacefulpaths Aug 27, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
- Wow - just a wonderful Lens!
My wife has been inquiring about Paganism - I'm sending her this Lens.
Blessings,
Frank (Peaceful Paths)
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- sandyspider sandyspider Aug 3, 2009 @ 10:33 am
- Sometimes I have been called a witch. Oh, that is a different story. I find the pagan witch information very fastening. Very nice lens.
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- grannysage grannysage Jul 24, 2009 @ 8:05 pm
- "Pagans like stuff." Did you peek in my house? It runs over with fairies, and gnomes, and books, and candles, and goddess statues, etc. We like our stuff, all though my daughter has been busy filling her own house with "my" stuff. I like the picture of the altar. Going to lensroll this to my Portal to Grannysage lens. And make times to wander around all the other wonderful lenses I see displayed here.
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