Traditional Craft

Regional traditional witchcraft is an animistic form of witchcraft that moves away from the religious harvest festivals and fertility-minded practices associated with the more common Wiccan form of witchcraft. Very few of us in this age are farmers or dependent upon crops and harvests. Regional traditional witchcraft teaches people to find their craft in their own backyards, in the uncultivated land or urban cityscape alike, and in their ancestors rather than in ancient foreign deities or in a neopagan religious form of witchcraft. It's not about where you're from but where you are.

In the context of modern witchcraft, a "Chaos Witch" is typically someone who practices chaos magic. Chaos magic is a contemporary magical practice that emerged in the late 20th century. It is characterized by its flexible and eclectic approach, often eschewing the rigid structures and dogmas found in more traditional forms of magic. Practitioners often view belief as a tool that can be consciously manipulated to achieve desired outcomes. This means they might adopt different belief systems temporarily to harness their psychological power, discarding them when they are no longer useful. The...

Weave the Liminal explores what it means to truly be a witch in the modern world. Through the accessible lens of modern traditional witchcraft, Laura Tempest Zakroff helps you formulate a personalized witchcraft practice and deepen your work with spirits, ancestors, familiars, and the energies of the liminal realm.

Within this audiobook, discover a wealth of hands-on tips and techniques to begin your journey into the realm of Traditional Witchcraft. Learn to weave a powerful personal practice that is informed by folklore and grounded in your own location and natural landscape. Along the way you will find valuable information regarding the tools, rituals, and spells of this fascinating tradition, together with lessons on connecting with deities, familiar spirits, ancestors, and the spirits of place.

This is an optional book for those curious before starting the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. Are you a beginner witch with a voice of doubt creating hurdles for all your magical workings? Is your voice of doubt giving away the credit for your magic to the realm of coincidences? Is society beating you back and winning, convincing you that magic isn’t real and you’re putting your heart and passion into a path that isn’t going to work? When we find the confidence we need to remove ...

Discover the story behind many of the traditional handicrafts like blacksmithing, weaving, quilting, sewing, basketmaking and pottery. The book covers the history of those crafts as well as metalsmiths, brewers and woodworkers.

This book systematically explores the foundational aspects of modern traditional witchcraft. The book is structured into 13 core chapters or classes that cover all essential skill sets for any modern, traditional witch in a practical, caring way. Each chapter offers suggested activities and/or reflections for journaling and a reading list for further exploration. Advanced skills such as hedge riding and ritual possession are taught in a structured, explicit way that makes them accessible to a wider audience.

This is an optional book for those curious before starting the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. Are you an experienced witch that has stirred ’round the cauldron a time or two? Do you keep falling out of practice and beating yourself up for not being a ‘good witch’? Are you questioning your path, your practice, or your ability as a ‘real’ witch? Have you been feeling like you’re doing half-hearted attempts at your celebrations for far too long, always promising that ‘next ...

First published in 2008, this is a revised and expanded second edition of the author's well-received book on modern Cornish traditional witchcraft. As Gemma Gary says in her new preface, there is no 'set in stone' organised witch tradition in Cornwall, and folk magic practices have always been unique to their individual practitioners. However, in this excellent book she has managed to expertly draw together a workable new tradition from historical sources and the surviving rites, charms, and folk customs of Cornwall and the West Country.

Book of Shadows - The Path Begins This is the second book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. The book of shadows is the hardest working tool in any practice. But how can something so small and so important be so frustrating and difficult to start, manage, and find any kind of consistency while maintaining a passionate and prolific life of practice on this path? As is the case in most situations with practicing, it's easy - as long as you get a few things right. It all falls into ...

A dead biker. A missing aspiring writer. A life changing decision. In the first in the series, A Deadly Course, married couple Emily and Henry Fox move to Vermont seeking covered bridges and antique shops but instead find themselves knee deep in a murder investigation. Can the sleuthing doctor and true crime writer use their skills to bring peace back to Sugarbury Falls? Murder of Course is the second clever cozy in the Sugarbury Falls Mystery series set in Vermont. A midnight knock by their neighbor stirs Henry and Emily into action. Who is the mystery dead girl on the rental cabin floor? ...

We've noticed a pattern when new students join Hekate's Finishing School. We see some of the same questions, misunderstandings, and hesitations for witches on their paths. And it slows down their progress & causes hurdles to getting results in their practice. To help witches FAST and to make sure new students come in with an EMPOWERED perspective on learning witchcraft, we've created this crash course to get you on track - immediately. If you're curious about witchcraft, if you're just getting started and need a 'quick start' guide to practicing, or if you need a refresher on witchcraft, ...

This is the third book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. The Moon has been associated with witchcraft since the dawn of time and the birth of humanity. Still, there is a disconnect with modern witchcraft in how to implement the Moon Phases as a central aspect of the practice in an easy yet efficient way. And a growing trend of witches falling out of practice as they gradually fall out of connection with their path. This is a problem that adding the moon phases can certainly help to...

Este es un libro para aprender brujería tradicional por tu cuenta. Al terminar este libro tendrás tu propio libro de las sombras, y sabrás cómo usarlo para hacer hechizos, sortilegios y conjuros. Si te interesa la brujería tradicional, la brujería celta, la brujería verde, o simplemente aprender a hacer hechizos de magia en general, dándoles tu toque personal y único, este libro puede serte de gran ayuda.

In Craeft, archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands argues that our modern understanding of craft only skims the surface. His journeys from his home in Wales have taken him along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, from Spain through France and England to Scotland and Iceland in search of the lost meaning of craft.

This is the tenth book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. From a traditional witchcraft standpoint, we’ll be focusing less on the most ‘popular’ forms of mainstream divination and we’ll be focusing on more traditional forms of divination. We will be looking at how divination itself works, not getting lost in the mechanics of a specific tool. We focus on the skill and ability with the understanding that this foundation will give you greater freedom to explore most forms of ...

This is the fourth book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. If you’re struggling with manifesting greatness in your life, if you feel as though you’re swimming upstream in life, if you feel you’re out of step with the tempo of the universe, this class is for you. If you’ve struggled to get results in witchcraft, if you're not sure if your spells are actually working and if you’re not confident that you’re cut out for making the world bend to your will, this class is for ...

This is the eighth book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. In this book, you will learn: How to cast any spell Spells from Scratch Secrets of the Seasoned Witch Spells Every Witch Needs Troubleshooting and more... A warning - this is a very fast-paced book. A year and a day? Nobody has time for that. The book is as long as it needs to be - and not a word extra. We're all about results. The shorter the book, the better. Fewer words are not a bug - it's a feature! Let's get to the ...

This is the fifth book in the HFS Core Curriculum. For best results, each book is meant to be gone through in the order they are listed as they build on the prior one. Energy work is the foundation of what we live and practice as witches. Any witch has the potential but it takes practice to gain proficiency. If your spells don't work - it's your energy work that needs practice. In this book, we dive into the techniques and exercises taught to traditional hereditary witches from an early age. These techniques and exercises are appropriate for all ages and ability levels. Variations of the ...

Witchcraft is a vibrant, nature-based spiritual practice that is alive and well in our modern times, just as it has been throughout history. Modern Witchcraft and Magic for Beginners, by best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain, was created to provide a fact-based, neutral orientation to launch you on your quest for knowledge. Whether you choose to call yourself a Witch, a Wiccan, both, or neither, this audiobook will help you navigate the various opinions, definitions, and perspectives you’ll find in the wide, wide world of the Craft.