One of the things that is highly important for many witches and shamans is the use of sacred smoke. This can be smoke from sage, cedar, sandalwood, pine, sweet grass, and any number of incenses. Smoke represents the element of Air, and that is the element that not only prepares one for the encounter with […]
Witchy Tools: Medicine Staff
There is a common image that people have in their minds of the wizard or witch of days of old, wondering through a misty forest, singing to the trees and carrying a long walking staff. Said wizard or witch is often in a hooded cloak and a long robe. Sometimes a wolf accompanies this magical […]
Witchy Tools: Rattle
Within shamanism and witchcraft, there are some practitioners, myself included, who excell in the use of a rattle to move energy. Sound is considered to be part of the Air Element, therefore any instrument, the rattle included, are considered to be tools that are for use in an Air Elemental way. As such, they are […]
Witchy Tools: Crystal Ball
Many people, when they hear “crystal ball,” tend to make reference in their minds to the image of a Gypsy fortune teller, seated in a tent or in the back of a caravan, quietly gazing into a crystal ball and telling someone’s fortune for them. Why this became the stereotype I am not sure. The […]
Witchy Tools: Horseshoe
When I was a small child I loved to visit with my grandmother, who lived in a small town not far from our home. Part of why I enjoyed visiting was because she spoke to me with loving kindness but also in a way that did not diminish me as a child. Some people “dumb […]
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