Category: mythology
Posted on January 10, 2019
by mabhsavage
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See the hole right through the middle? That’s what makes this a witchstone, or hagstone. Traditionally associated with magic, they are used as protection from various evils, including to protect sailors from drowning. The hole is formed by the ocean and the particles therein…
Category: mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, society, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: amulets, folklore, hagstone, magic, mythology, nature, ocean, pagan, prose, protection, sea, spirituality, witchstone, writing
Posted on September 28, 2018
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I am absolutely delighted to have contributed towards this anthology of goddess wisdom, alongside some of my favourite authors, no less. Ebook only, but less than £2 which is a real bargain for the content. Click image to purchase.
Category: mythology, pagan, prose, Uncategorized, writingTags: badb, books, Celtic, Celtic Goddess, Elen Sentier, goddess, Morgan Daimler, pagan authors, pagan books, rachel patterson
Posted on September 22, 2018
by mabhsavage
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Joyous Alban Elfed, the light on the water. Happy first day of autumn, according to many almanacs. Merry Mabon, to those who honour this name. Happy Harvest Home, the last grain being stored. However and why ever you celebrate, may this moment of balance…
Category: mythology, Nature, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: alban elfed, autumn, autumn equinox, equinox, fall, harvest festival, harvest home, mabon, magic, pagan, paganism, ritual, seasons
Posted on April 30, 2018
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A card is pulled A sphere Leaning to the side Of mercy. Our animal self Howls at it Barks at it Gnashes shark teeth But we can’t control The master of tides We fear the path Between the two towers Yet walk it we…
Category: mythology, observation, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: divination, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, lunar, magick, major arcana, monday blogs, moon, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, pagan, paganism, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, spirituality, tarot, writing
Posted on March 22, 2018
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Photo by me, Magpie through a rainy window, copyright 2017. One for Sorrow Two for Joy Three for a Girl Four for a Boy Five for Silver Six for Gold Seven for a Secret Ne’er to be told. Ok, most of us will know…
Category: childhood, education, mythology, Nature, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, bird folklore, birds, corvids, country life, crow, crows, folklore, folklore thursday, magpie, magpies, nature, nursery rhymes, outdoors, poetry, superstition, writing
Posted on October 28, 2017
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My second book, Pagan Portals: Celtic Witchcraft, is on offer on Kindle for £2.79 at the moment. Get it here.
Category: mythology, pagan, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: bargains, books, Celtic, Celtic Witchcraft, magic, nature, pagan, reading, spirituality, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on October 2, 2017
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Some time back Nathan (seven) and I decided we wanted something in the front hall way that brightened the place up, and showed the changing of the seasons. I dug out this lovely, eastern style lantern with different nature images on each panel, and…
Category: childhood, mythology, Nature, pagan, parenting, seasons, UncategorizedTags: alban elfed, autumn, childhood, druidry, fall, interior design, magic, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, pagan, paganism, parenting, photography, seasons, winter, writing
Posted on September 6, 2017
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Hello all, I hope you are enjoying the first touches of autumn and the first tentative fingers of the fall. Our lawn is already dotted with yellow birch leaves, and the odd ink cap that appears magically overnight. The blackberries are dragging the brambles…
Category: interview, Music, mythology, Nature, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: aconite, autumn, crystals, daniel faria, fall, feminism, goddesses, gods, herbalism, herbs, Imelda Almqvist, magic, magick, nature, pagan, pagan pages, pagan wednesday, seasons, susan morgaine, trismegistia, tyr, wednesday
Posted on September 4, 2017
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These little beauties all came to pick at the crumbs left by fellow bank holiday revellers. I was on the seafront at Hornsea, resting my weary bones after a meander on the wet and glorious beach. As I sat quietly, the martins waited until…
Category: education, mythology, Nature, observation, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, birds, blogging, folklore, house martins, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, outdoors, summer, superstition, swallows, swifts, writing
Posted on August 1, 2017
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Despite the rainy intervals, these gorgeous swifts managed to catch some respite during a sunny spell, drying themselves in Lugh’s light. I’m spending Lughnasadh, also the time of Lammas and the first harvest, camping with family near a farm in Skipton. We are enjoying…
Category: mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, birds, camping, Celtic, family, lammas, Lugh, lughnasadh, magic, nature, outdoors, pagan, rain, spirituality, summer, sun, travel, weather, wheel of the year, writing
Posted on July 6, 2017
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This beauty was in my garden first thing, calmly surveying her surroundings and ignoring my cat who was clumsily stalking her. I’m fairly sure this is a female; the males usually have a much bushier tail. In Norse mythology the squirrel Ratatoskr is actually…
Category: history, mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, prose, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, folklore, folklore thursday, garden, magic, myth, mythology, nature, norse, norse mythology, outdoors, pagan, Poetic Edda, prose, prose Edda, Ratatoskr, squirrel, squirrels, thursday, writing, Yggdrasil
Posted on February 16, 2017
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Image copyright: Columba Oenas, Stock Dove; Jim Gifford via Wikimedia Commons. Doves are generally known as birds of peace; the bearer of the olive branch at the end of the flood. The great thing about researching my book of magical birds, is finding juxtapositions…
Category: mythology, Nature, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: bird magic, birds, books, doves, folklore, folklore thursday, folklorethursday, magic, pigeons, thursday
