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Review: Witch Bottles – History, Culture, Magic
This is a concise yet richly detailed study of the folk‑magical practice known as “witch bottles”. It offers a thematic and chronological exploration of this artefact, as an aspect of domestic magic. Lees verder
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Getagged archaeology, folk magic, folklore, Witch bottles
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Review: Pagan Roots – Reclaiming Concepts of the Sacred
At its core, Pagan Roots seeks to reclaim the spiritual vocabulary often inherited or misunderstood within contemporary Paganism. Lees verder
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Getagged All Acts of Love and Pleasure, folklore, gender and sexuality, inclusivity, mythology, sexual orientation, Yvonne Aburrow
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Review: The Witches’ House – Cecil Williamson & his museums
This book is not merely the story of a man, but of a cultural moment: the evolution of esoteric belief, folklore, and public perception from the interwar period to the edge of the 21st century. Lees verder
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Getagged Boscastle, Cecil Williamson, folklore, Gerald Gardner, Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
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Beltane between Kronos and Kairós: fertile fire and initiatory darkness
There is a fire that dances to the rhythm of the earth, and another that burns silently in the caverns of the soul. It is not only about honouring the external time, but also about aligning the soul with that cosmic heartbeat that pulses beyond matter. Lees verder
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Getagged alchemical poetry, Alexandrian Wicca, axis mundi, Beltane celebration, body and spirituality, earth connection, folk music, folklore, Galicia, Galician traditions, Galiza, inner alchemy, inner fire, inner transformation, Kairós, Kronos, Los Maios, Nigredo, outer fire, queer identity, queer spirituality, rite of passage, spiritual alchemy, spiritual resilience, Vigo, Wiccan sabbats
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Danzas Brancas, Antroido, and the Renewal of Light
These traditions demonstrate that local celebrations are not merely echoes of the past but living expressions of spiritual principles resonating on a universal level. Lees verder
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Getagged Alex Sanders, Alexandrian Tradition, Antroido, Carlo Ginzburg, Danzas Brancas, Dion Fortune, festivals, folk music, folk traditions, folklore, Galicia, Imbolc, Janet Farrar, Maxine Sanders, Nigel Jackson, Portugal, Ronald Hutton, Stewart Farrar, Wicca, witchcraft
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Gerald Gardner and Indonesian Influences – part 2: Honouring our Ancestors
During the Silver Circle event ‘Honouring our Ancestors’, Morgana gave a presentation about ‘Gerald Gardner & Indonesian Influences’. Rich and Ivonne, from Stichting Aliran, continued the story with more about ‘The Kris & Javanese Mysticism’. Lees verder
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Getagged athame, folklore, Gerald Gardner, Indonesia, keris, kris, Malaysia
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Beltane and Raging Hormones
May Eve is probably the most joyous of all the festivals and the emphasis is very much on ‘merry-making’. On the Wheel of Life Beltane corresponds to puberty and adolescence, with the physical changes and the ‘raging hormones’ of that time. Lees verder
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Getagged Beltane, folklore, Maid Marian, pagan, Robin
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Review: Rounding the Wheel of the Year
An informative and inspiring book on customs, rituals, plant lore and more connected to different aspects of the year, arranged according to the calendar months rather than the familiar eight festivals.
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Getagged folklore, nature, rituals, seasons, wheel of the year
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Telling the Bees – a modern tradition with ancient roots
Beekeepers have since old times informed their hives of changes and important developments in their lives. This article sheds light on this tradition, and on the origins of beekeeping. Lees verder
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Getagged Apollo, Artemis, bee priestesses, bees, folklore, labrys, Melissa, Rudolf Steiner, Telling the bees
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De betekenis van het labyrint
Het labyrint is een oeroud symbool en ritueel, dat ook nu nog niets van zijn kracht heeft ingeboet. Door de mythe van Theseus en het labyrint te duiden kwam Abe tot een dieper inzicht van dit symbool. Ook deed hij nieuwe inzichten op door de verschillende namen van het labyrint – zoals de ‘Trojaburcht’, ‘muren van Jericho’ en ‘huis van Wieland’- te onderzoeken. Lees verder
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Getagged Abe de verteller, folklore, Kreta, labrys, labyrinten
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