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What is a Hedgewitch?

And Where Can I Find More Information?

The Hedge is a metaphor for the threshold at the edge of this world
At the edge of the realms of spirits and gods beyond

“Hedge” does not mean "Solitary" or "Hearth"

I am not a Kitchen Witch

I am a night traveler, a broom rider

I am one who has the Cunning Fire burning in my head
I am a Walker between Worlds
~ Juniper


Check out our fourm, where you will meet some great people, newbies, elders and in between.


Read some articles from the Hedge, such as:

"What the Heck is a Hedgewitch Anyways?" 

"Interview with a Hedgewitch" by Dizzy Witch

"Hag and Hedges"

"Hallmarks of a Hedgewitch" by Juniper

"A Hedgewitch's Poem" by Juniper


For information on other websites, Juniper reconmends starting with (in no particular order):

"What is a Hedgewitch?" from House Shadow Drake

Check out The Hedgewytchery

"The Hedgewitch (Hagwychia variegata)" by Louise P.

Check out Hedge Magic

Granny's Grimoire: A Hedge Witch Handbook.



And a list of book suggestions from Hedge members (in no particular order):


Call of the Horned Piper - Nigel Jackson

Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits  – Emma Wilby

Hedge-Rider: Witches of the Underworld - Eric de Vries

Secrets of East Anglian Magic - Nigel Pennick

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy - Mircea Eliade

The Nature Path – Starhawk

Masks of Misrule: The Horned God & His Cult in Europe   - Nigel Jackson

Natural Magic - Doreen Valiente

 

Shamans - Ronald Hutton

Psychedelic Shamanism: The Cultivation, Preparation & Shamanic Use of Psychoactive Plants - Jim Dekorne

The Way of the Hedge Witch: Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History - Owen Davies

 

The Way of the Green Witch: Rituals, Spells, And Practices to Bring You Back to Nature - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Spiritwalking - Poppy Palin

Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing - Stephen Pollington

 

Encyclopedia of Natural Magick – John Michael Greer

Craft Of The Wild Witch: Green Spirituality & Natural Enchantment - Poppy Palin

Healing Wise (Wise Woman Herbal Series) - Susun S. Weed

Ecoshamanism: Sacred Practices of Unity, Power and Earth Healing - James Endredy

Ancient Herbs - Marina Heilmeyer

Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul - Ross Heaven, Howard G. Charing, and Pablo Amaringo

Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism -
Jenny Blain

The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill – Robin Artisson

The Other Side of Virtue - Dr. Brendan Myers

The Basic Essentials of Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs - Jim Meuninck

Peterson First Guides: Trees - George Petrides, Olivia Petrides , Janet Wehr

The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety - Simon Mills

The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs - Lesley Bremness

The Secret Garden: Talking Beetles and Signaling Trees: The Hidden Ways Gardens Communicate - David Bodanis

 

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth  - James Lovelock

 

The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth -  James E. Lovelock

The Magical Household - Scott Cunningham

Herbs of the Northern Shaman - Steve Andrews

Pagan Visions For A Sustainable Future - Ly de Angeles Emma Restall Orr, Thom van Dooren

Walking With Spirit: A Guide to Working with the Otherworlds - Poppy Palin

Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - Judika Illes

Irish Witchcraft - Lora O'Brien

Earth Spirit Living: Bringing Heaven and Nature into Your Home - Ann Marie Holmes

 

Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine - Barbara Griggs

 

Sacred Gaia: Holistic Theology and Earth System Science - Anne Primavesi

 

Wild Witchcraft: A Guide to Natural, Herbal and Earth Magic - Marian Green

 

Natural Witchcraft: The Timeless Arts and Crafts of the Country Witch (Natural Way) - Marian Green

 

The Wild Plant Companion: A Fresh Understanding of Herbal Food and Medicine - Kathryn G. March

 

The Practical Handbook of Plant Alchemy: An Herbalist's Guide to Preparing Medicinal Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs - Manfred M. Junius

 

Veterinary Herbal Medicine - Susan G. Wynn

 

Psychedelics Encyclopedia - Peter Stafford

 

The Secret Life of Plants - Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird

 

The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tell – Sophia and Denny Sargent

 

The Healing Power of Celtic Plants: Their History, Their Use, and the Scientific Evidence That They Work - Angela Paine

 

The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries - WY Evans Wentz

 

The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It - John Seymour

 

The Meaning of Herbs: Myth, Language & Lore - Ann Field

 

Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up - Ellen Dugan

 

Spellcraft - Robin Skelton

 

White Magic: And the Cunning Folk - Karen L. O'Brien

 

Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic -  Cat Yronwode

 

The Horn of Evenwood - Robin Artisson

 

Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants  - Claudia Muller -Ebeling, Christian Ratsch, Wolf Dieter Storl ph.D

 

The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

 

Aradia: or the Gospel of the Witches - Charles G. Leland

 

Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall - William Bothell (an old Celt)

 

The Philosophy of Natural Magic - Henry Cornelius Agrippa, ed. L. W. de Laurence

 

The Roebuck in the Thicket: An Anthology of the Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition - Evan John Jones, Robert Cochrane, and Michael Howard

 

The Pillars of Tubal Cain - Nigel Jackson

 

 Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: A Collection of Documents, for the Most Part Never Before Printed, Illustrating the History of Science in This Country Before the Norman Conquest. Volumes I; II: III  - Thomas Oswald Cockayne and Charles Singer

The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants - Samuel Thayer

 


That should get you started, happy reading!



 Contact Juniper at juniper@walkingthehedge.net


 

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