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Your Own Celebrations of Winter

Can you feel the chill in your bones? In the coldest, darkest of times, perhaps that’s when we enjoy warmth the most…. Winter’s Chill From Autumn’s gentle cool, we turn to the extreme of Winter. Winter sorts out those things … Lees verder

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Review: ‘Wicked Enchantments – the Pendle Witches and their Magic’

Wicked Enchantments – the Pendle Witches and their Magic
A review of the book of which elsewhere in this issue an abstract can be found. Lees verder

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Review: The Wildwood Tarot

The Wildwood Tarot By Mark Ryan & John Matthews & illustrated by Will Worthington
The Greenwood Tarot is no longer available. Recently Marc Ryan teamed up with John Mattews and Will Worthington to create a new tarot deck based on it, this Wildwood Tarot. Lees verder

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Alizon the Witch – an extract from ‘A history of the Pendle Witches & their magic’

Alizon the Witch – an extract from ‘A history of the Pendle Witches & their magic’ by Joyce Froome. Lees verder

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Lady Margaret’s Journey of No Return

It is highly likely that a number of what we know as fairy tales, as well as ballads, were in fact once accounts of shamanic journeys. See this example… Lees verder

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The Laidly Worm and Kemp Owyne

The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh is a traditional tale about a princess who changes into a dragon (the “laidly worm” of the title). Interesting are the references to ’three’ and ‘nine’. Lees verder

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The Occult Reliquary

The Occult Reliquary – Images and Artifacts of the Richel-Eldermans collection.
Review of the hardcover book about the collection Bob Richel inherited of his father in law and donated to the Museum of Witchcraft. Lees verder

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The Scent of Summer

Don’t you love the scent of herbs and flowers in Summer? In this article I would like to share some ideas about how to preserve scents of many plants, flowers and herbs. Lees verder

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The Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle, UK

Sixty years ago The Museum of Witchcraft was funded by Cecil Williamson. It moved to Boscastlem survived the flood there, and is a ‘must’ to see for anyone interested in folk magic and witchcraft. Lees verder

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Joyce Froome – a short interview with Morgana

Joyce Froome wrote the book about the Pendle Hill witches that is mentioned elsewhere in this issue. Here an interview with her about the origins of the book. Lees verder

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