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April 2024

April 24, 2024

Sorcerous Boundaries with the Witch Compass

"...And after the said Jane allighted and pulld the bridle of her head, and she...

August 2022

August 14, 2022

The Witch Compass – Working with the Winds in Traditional Witchcraft

"The language of symbolism and allegory is important to almost all understandings of magic, accessing a...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Cosmogony of the Compass – Yetzirah Mysticism

The universe that is created by means of the sefirot and letters is constituted according to...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

Navigating the Witch Compass

As cognitive beings, narrative coheres humankind, the mechanism of story bonding us in an associative...

April 2021

April 19, 2021

Whistling the Winds of Beltane

“South wind —heat and produce, North wind—cold and tempest, West wind—fish and milk, East wind—fruit...

September 2020

September 05, 2020

Castles in Traditional British Witchcraft Lore

…the distribution of the castes in the city exactly follows the march of the annual...

May 2020

May 22, 2020

Losing Your Head At Midsummer – An Ancient Rite Revisited

The following is an extract from Pax Deorum - A Modern Witchcraft Primer, 2018, by...

March 2020

March 15, 2020

Pilgrim’s Progress: A Journey We All Make Through the Year

The purpose of the pilgrimage is relevant to cultures across the world and spanning time....

January 2020

January 30, 2020

The Witch’s Stang: The Hope of Man from Every Angle

The Witch's Stang is often thought to have been introduced into modern practice by the...

January 15, 2020

The Witch’s Compass: Finding Direction With The Seven Winds

Within Traditional Witchcraft, the concept of the Compass sometimes erroneously replaces that of the Circle....

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Castles in the Sky

1. Within Caer Sidhi doth our tale commence, That spectral Castle, spiralling abode Where Pale-Faced,...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Flags, Flax and Fodder – A Benediction Explored

Fýr, fleax, fódder, frið (Fire, Flax, Fodder & Frith) Since the private letters of Robert...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Working Magic With The Angelic Forces

Working magic with angelic forces is an aspect of the Western Mystery Tradition which has...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

Working Compass Magic

To Every thing there is a season, a time to every purpose under Heaven (Ecclesiastes...

April 13, 2018

Three Rings of Power

Or how to tread the mill There are three rings of power that are distinct...

April 05, 2018

Planetary Hours and the Witch’s Compass

The Planetary Hours and the Traditional Witch's Compass There is a time for everything, and...

April 05, 2018

The Ced Tarot – A Complete Book Of Traditional Witchcraft

Review of the Ced Tarot Tarot in Traditional Witchcraft has a strange relationship and many...

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