A witch knows her patch as intimately as her lover's skin. Knows where spring lingers late, woodland groves whose green canopy closes last. She knows spots of ultimate bluebells to be weaved between, places the Ghost Bear comes to find final ransoms. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkwitchFriday

The Dunes have a very specific sand here. We are inland from the sea. This part of the Netherlands was always land. And I find agatized bone fragments here in the softness. It's OLD, deep, ancestral energy. It's wild and free. Not like ocean sand... it's the dance of wind but very human connected.

Before I came to Hookland I didn't know of foris-marks – the point on the horizon where strangeness may be found; the possibility beyond next field, up the next copse is exactly where our border with Faery starts. Now I can't do without the dialect. – #MattAdams, 1982 #Hookland #WOTD

I don't work with dirt (I'm an indoor cat), but Ukrainian diaspora witch author Madame Pamita tells how cossacks carried a clod of earth from home on their campaigns for protection and to connect them to their ancestors in the grave if they died on the battlefield (see ⬇️) #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Join in the conversation by using #FolkWitchFriday Share about your Work, or local folklore on the topic. #WitchSky #OccultSky #PaganSky #FolkWitch #Witchcraft #Folklore

I scraped this mud dauber nest right off my porch to use for various Work. Built mouthful by mouthful from our local dirt, these nests are powerful, natural vaults of focused intent. I mix the dust into tricks to bind a gossip's tongue or fix a hard shield around the home. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

I mix local swamp peat & various dirts right into my poppets using a salt-dough "Mother Batch" that’s lived in our refrigerator for over 30 years. It's been fed and added to over decades, carrying generations of family history and Land-DNA into every single piece of Work. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Graveyard dirt is a prominent materia magica in my "Cabinet of Wonders." It might be bought from a particular grave: a police officer or firefighter, historical figure, a soldier, an Ancestor or the gate of the cemetery. It has a multitude of uses. [See ALT] #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky #OccultSky

An estuary is a site of transition, but also of danger and loss. The Mersey Estuary holds both memory and wonder for me, as I was born here. Influenced by the Irish Sea, the vast, shifting sands and tides often serve as thresholds between the known world and the unknown. #FolkWitchFriday #Coast

Foot track magic has a very long history! Within Southern Conjure, Hoodoo, Folk Magic, & Folk Witchcraft. Join in the theme for today's #FolkWitchFriday! Let’s talk about the sands & soils you use to anchor your work. What does the dirt from your neck of the woods bring to a job? Share your Lore!

From crossroads dirt and graveyard soil to local river sand, traditional folk magic runs on the dust of the earth. Tomorrow, let’s talk about the sands and soils you use to anchor your work. What does the dirt from your neck of the woods bring to a job? Share your lore! #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Traditional Folk Magic, Southern Conjure, & Folk Witchcraft have always used sigils - marks scratched into wood or drawn in the dirt. Want to explore their diverse use? @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social is hosting a 7-day project to share and create together. Join in! #FolkWitchFriday #Sigils

Use what you already have on hand. I own a vacuum, not a broom. But I found that cinnamon brooms (c. 15cm) from my autumn holiday decor make great, affordable little besoms! Mine (not pictured) has a patterned Ukrainian ribbon, thread and charms wrapped around the handle #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

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My favorite magical tools have story. Story of how I got them or story of connection. I find story really does add to magic. As an example I have a Maple wand plucked from a storm downed tree that resides on a hill that is known to have a witches tower.

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I've had these two staffs for over 30 years now. I called out to find the right tree, and both responded (at different times). All carving and finishing done by me. One ventured on a pilgrimage to Europe with me in 2000. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #WitchSky #OccultSky

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One of my tools looks like an ordinary small river rock. It's actually far more than that. A battery of power, faith, and magic. The Land provided the perfect shape to hold and anchor the work. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #Pellor #WitchSky

Hares have been viewed for centuries as shapeshifting witches, moon-linked deities, and symbols of magic. My late mother gave me the recycled wooden hare in the photo, and he is a precious connection to her, watching over this little world. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

For every woman who's ever felt more at home in a forest than a room full of people. Who talks to trees. Who knows which plants are medicinal. Who brings snacks just in case. You're not lost. You're just taking the scenic route. shop link in bio #cottagewitch #forestwitch #naturewitch #folkwitch

💧🦄💧A Unicorn's spiral horn (alicorn) was said to be an antidote to every poison - and that Unicorns would kneel down and dip their horns into fouled streams to purify them, so that wild animals could safely drink. #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

Let's talk about where our tools come from. Whether it's a found stone, a modified knife, or a bone anchor— how did your working tools find you? Share your lore for tomorrow's #FolkWitchFriday! #WitchSky

Shakespeare's Weyward Sisters may not have arisen just from ideas about witches but also Scottish folk beliefs in fairies: powerful beings linked to liminal places and times, and the land outside the bounds of settlement, as hinted here in Justin Kurzel's 2015 film (1/3 ⬇️) #WitchSky #FolkWitchFriday

In Scottish folk belief, rowan trees protect against evil spirits. You still often find them planted at thresholds: garden gates or front doors. 'Rowan tree and red thread' is a protective charm (twigs bound into a cross with red thread, mirroring the bright red berries) #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Well done to Chicago's Brookfield Zoo! Toads are near and dear to most folk witches hearts! 💚🐸💚

The bumblebees are out and about. Many don't know they also are a common shapeshift within hedgewitch practices. As quite a common and underdiscussed familiar #FolkWitchFriday #Springtime

An alligator bellow is one of the most incredible sounds of the Okefenokee. Alligators bellow for several reasons - to attract mates, establish their size, intimidate their rivals, & to socialize. There's nothing quite like hearing this in person! #FolkWitch #Nature #Okefenokee #WitchSky

The threshold is an engine of magics. The threshold is a temporary temple. As a world-stepper, the witch knows this territory as her own. Where others find only the uncertainty of transition, she knows power of possibility. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

For a witch, a path may not be important due to its destination, but rather for the quality of spirits she talks to whilst upon it. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

I’ve buried my share of witch bottles near my threshold over the years. Packed with rusted iron, broken glass, and sharp pins, & bodily fluids, they’re set to a hard job of work: snagging and puncturing a malicious "trick" or haint before it ever crosses into my domain. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

🌳🐉🌳Always collect and plant acorns - one day you might hatch an Oak Dragon! #FolkyFriday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

Join the conversation tomorrow for this week's #FolkWitchFriday! The theme is Threshold Guardians. From iron shoes to local bone-anchors, how do you "fix" your boundary? Share the regional materials you use to guard your door and keep your home settled. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #WitchSky

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Every year I struggle to keep this weeping willow going. This year, I decided to turn it into my bottle tree. #WitchMadness #SouthernTraditions #SouthernConjure #OzarkMagick

🌖🐇🌘Rabbits - creatures of above and below ground - were believed to carry messages between the mortal realm and the Otherworld. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

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Processing the Old One's head today. It's a major job of work to separate the flesh and free the bone. The path to 'fixin' this swamp guardian is gritty work... It's required and worth it. #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Nature

While the head simmers, the claws are resting in a bed of borax to cure. If the scutes are the armor and the head is the guardian, the claw is the grip. Saving these to fix into hands that hold fast to blessings and tear through tricks. The grit continues! #FolkWitch #WitchSky #SwampMagic #Nature

These alligator scutes are the bone anchors of the swamp lands and are now ready to be fixed into charms, spirit dolls & more. A physical bridge between the worker and the wild, grounded in the grit of the Land here. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

The branch a bee-swarm settles on becomes magical and blessed by their contact. Once the swarm has left, the branch is a powerful talisman for abundance. #FolkWitchFriday #folklore

'Horse and hattock, horse and go, Horse and pellatis, ho ho!' 17th-century accused Scottish witch, Isobel Gowdie, purportedly used this chant for flight. Witch author Chris Allaun has shown how Mother Goose rhymes can also be used today to induce trance/spirit flight ⬇️ #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Emily Banting's voice always stirs my heart. Her magics are of the Land beneath her feet. This is Folk Witchcraft. #FolkWitchFriday

Snowy Hawthorn is the "May" itself. In the Old World, it’s a gate to the spirits; in the South, it’s potent heart-medicine. Whether in Cornwall or Georgia, these "snowy clouds" are the Land’s DNA blooming in real-time. A sign that the spirits of the soil are wide awake. #FolkWitchFriday #Hawthorn

Snowy clouds of hawthorn adorning the hedgerows make May so magical! #BloomMonday

Celebrating May Day: Hawthorn and Its Traditions #Folklore #Cornwall #Kernow #FolkyFriday As a seasonal signpost, the hawthorn announces spring with its blossom and greets autumn with its rusty red haws. Blossoming around May Day as the land quickens with life, the Hawthorn is celebrated...