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What are Flying Ointments and Entheogenic Herbs?
Historically speaking, in the European Witchcraft tradition, flying ointments were made of hallucinogenic and often toxic herbs such as Belladonna, Aconite, Mandrake Root, Hemlock, Datura, Opium Poppy, and Henbane. These...
What are Flying Ointments and Entheogenic Herbs?
Historically speaking, in the European Witchcraft tradition, flying ointments were made of hallucinogenic and often toxic herbs such as Belladonna, Aconite, Mandrake Root, Hemlock, Datura, Opium Poppy, and Henbane. These...

Your Witchy Products, What's in Them?
Let's talk about product labeling and presenting ingredients on your websites and online stores. The vast majority of witchcraft related products do not tell you whats in them or they...
Your Witchy Products, What's in Them?
Let's talk about product labeling and presenting ingredients on your websites and online stores. The vast majority of witchcraft related products do not tell you whats in them or they...

Eclectic Witchery Part 1: Origin Story
I often joke that I've been a witch since Halloween 1980. My grandmother made the costume for me sans those horrible plastic masks they had back then. This may have...
Eclectic Witchery Part 1: Origin Story
I often joke that I've been a witch since Halloween 1980. My grandmother made the costume for me sans those horrible plastic masks they had back then. This may have...

The Creative Process of an ADHD Witchy Artisan ...
I pride myself in being open about my struggles with mental health issues because suffering in silence benefits no one and further emboldens the stigma around mental illness. While my...
The Creative Process of an ADHD Witchy Artisan ...
I pride myself in being open about my struggles with mental health issues because suffering in silence benefits no one and further emboldens the stigma around mental illness. While my...

The Magic of Halloween
Halloween is a tradition passed down from the Celtic pagan celebration of Samhain (pronounced Sowen) which marked the end of the harvest and transition into winter, which was often associated...
The Magic of Halloween
Halloween is a tradition passed down from the Celtic pagan celebration of Samhain (pronounced Sowen) which marked the end of the harvest and transition into winter, which was often associated...

Magickal Aromatics: Protection & Purification
I've been steeped in research on how plants, flowers, earth, resins, oils, and other materials are used in magickal practices throughout different traditions. Its a lot more esoteric than the...
Magickal Aromatics: Protection & Purification
I've been steeped in research on how plants, flowers, earth, resins, oils, and other materials are used in magickal practices throughout different traditions. Its a lot more esoteric than the...