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78,634
78,634 words and counting now.
The book continues to take on a life of its own.
Wanting to be a book that speaks of Witches in the New World, while still looking back to places where the heritage lays it seems to want to focus more on the every day stuff.
As well on Seership, Shamanism and such.
History lessons get dull after a while and suggestions on related arts and craft projects somehow work their way in.
I write to friends and people I [...]
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Better than TV
I’ve been enjoying my foray into the Pagan/Heathen/Witchy/Occult/Whatever Podcasting Community.
Everyone is very nice and helps each other out. Good job folks! *pats backs*
I adore podcasts, they are much better than watching Oprah for sure! hehehe
Here’s a few of my favorites:
The Wigglian Way
Ravencast
New World Witchery
The Magical Earth
Media Astra Ac Terra
The Infinite and the Beyond
Peter’s Crooked Path
Elemental Castings
Druidcast
Hedge Folk Tales
Celtic Myth Podshow
SpiritsCast
Whew, that’s plenty for one blog post. Now go turn off Dr. Phil and start downloading!
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It’s Not Done Yet
Hedge Witchery
Hedge is a Teutonic term originally meaning any fence, boundary or enclosure, later meaning a specific type of living thicket planted to act as a fence, enclosure or boundary.
Old High German (language used roughly from 500 to 1050 C.E): hegga, hecka
Old Dutch (600 to 1150 C.E.): heggehn
Old Saxon or Old Low German (800 to 1200 C.E) : haeg
Anglo-Saxon or Old English (550 C.E to 1250C.E): hecg, hegge, haga, hecge or hege
Middle English (11th century and about 1470 C.E): hedge, [...]
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Another of Those “About Me” Posts
What’s your Path?
I am a Hedgewitch. Meaning I am a shamanic practitioner of folk magick (that’s the short explanation). My spirituality is Celtic/Anglo-Saxon Paganism. I started in Wicca like many do, but have moved further away from it more and more of time. I am not however a Wicca-basher like many non-Wiccan Witches are.
Do you have an altar?
Sometimes I use an altar and sometimes not. An altar is simply a workspace to me. I have laid out elaborate altars on [...]
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Right Now I am Reading…
Research causes you to read books you otherwise might not have!
“A dictionary of English etymology” by Hensleigh Wedgwood
“Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: a regional and comparative study” by Alan Macfarlane
“Shamanism: a reader” edited by Graham Harvey
“An historical sketch of the provincial dialects of England” by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
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A Shout Out to Traditional Witches
Hullo!
I am writing an article (and perhaps a chapter for a book) on the etymology of the word “Hedgewitch”. That is, the history of the term.
While many Trad Witches insist the term “Hedgewitch” was used by Trad Witches before it was popularized as a solitary Wiccan or Kitchenwitch, there seems to be a terrible lack of evidence for this.
If any Trad Witches can point me in the direction of the usage of the term “Hedgewitch and “Hedgerider” in the modern [...]
