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Sweeper of Spirits: The Witch’s Broom in Folk Magic

Folklore, Witchcraft

Wolf on mountain hills against the sunset.

The Howling Ally – The Wolf as Totem in Magical Initiations

Folklore, Witchcraft

"Witches near Treves", engraving from about 1600. Witch riding on her broom in the sky.

Walpurgisnacht or the Witch’s Flight to the Great Sabbath

Folklore, Witchcraft

Romanian necromancy and bone magic: Ritual arrangement using canine bones, deer antlers, seashells, crab claw, and shark fang.

Ritual Bones in Folk Magic and Traditional Witchcraft

Folklore, Witchcraft

Raven landing on white ground.

The Crow and the Raven – Spirits of a Feather in Animal Folklore

Folklore, Witchcraft

Knot magick: preparation of cord for release ritual. Witchcraft

Knots, Cords, and the Threads of Fate in Folk Magic

Folklore, Witchcraft

Anitos of Northern tribes (c. 1900, Philippines)

From Memory to Myth: Ancestral Communion and the Cult of the Dead

Folklore, Witchcraft

Stinging Nettle or Burning Nettle - macro of leaves, stem and stings

Urtica Dioica – The Stinging Nettle, “Weed of Mars” or the Fire in the Garden

Herb Magic & Herbalism