Episode 13: Snow, Spinning Wheels And Casting Squares: an account of spinning, knitting and crochet within folk witchcraft.
Send us a textJoin me this week for November the 18th's diary entry.The snow is falling heavily, and I am sat at the spinning wheel creating a deep blue yarn from merino wool that will create a yarn to form a working known as a 'casting square'. I also speak of another, possibly more localised working using yarn, knitting and crochet called 'the withering square'
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Episode 12: The Ghosts, Graveyards & Magical Springs Of Liverpool
Send us a textJoin me as I share this diary entry from October 2024, where my friend and I take time to explore both St James Cemetery and the infamously haunted Speke Hall. Folk Witch topics covered: Ghosts, hauntings, apotropaic magic (witch marks), folkways, psychic protection, mediumship, the kenning, psychic development, grounding, necromancy references, Pendle witch trial references, Yew tree lore, living with disability and psychometry.Potential Trigger Warnings: Death, Mass burials, poverty, assault, mental health and infant loss.
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Episode 11: 'Whistle and I'll come to you': Whistling in folk ways and folk magic
Send us a textJoin me as I discuss the use of whistling within folk witchcraft, storms, spirits and workings. This week's episode title was inspired by the brilliant ghost story by M.R.James, 'Whistle and I'll come to you' and this week's storm.
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Episode 10: Too Many Spoons, Dropped Knives, And Open Scissors: A Journey through Folk Witchcraft In The Kitchen
Send us a textJoin me as I discuss practical magic from the kitchen during times of illness, the Goddess Brigid, and explore some of the many folk way and folk witch customs that pop up within Folk Witchcraft.Warning: Contains mentions of bodily fluids, miscarriage and a term that some might consider as swearing.
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Episode 9: New Brooms and Harvests
Send us a textI've lost my broom! And this witch needs a new one, especially as it is harvest time and the equinox is drawing near. Join me as I discuss harvests and the importance of brooms, caring for them, blessing them and ritually using them.
Hello and welcome to Diary Of A Folk Witch!My name is Zanna, and I am a practicing Animistic Folk Witch, Priestes and Doula living in Lancashire. Here I will share with you a blend of essays and diary entries that allow you to peer into the very real world of a modern practicing traditional style folk witch and wise woman.You are invited into my innermost world of actual every day living witchcraft. Everything from folklore to foraging. Herbalism to urban homesteading, divination, spells, ritual, spiritual practice and more.Because I don’t 'niche down' here- you see it all. You see, I’m not just a Witch when I’m performing workings, it’s in every area of my life. And you get to share that with me. Diaries are supposed to be places where we document our deepest secrets, but I believe some secrets are worth sharing, so let me share my life with you…
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