Raised agnostic by religiously disenchanted parents, I'm a former #jehovahswitness -- converted at 17, and that was all my adolescent rebellion. Twenty years later I had a religious breakdown and took shelter with the #UnitarianUniversalists, a step I recommend to everyone who needs to deconvert. Under their wing, I became a #NeoPagan and learned about #folkmagic, especially #hoodoo (aka #rootwork and #conjure).

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Are you a #pagan or #folkmagic worker (or, for that matter, #Christian) doing spiritual work and prayer with candles and oil lamps?

If you're just getting started, short of cash, or want a design nobody's making, you can do it yourself pretty simply. Here's my method:

https://hoodoofoundry.com/2023/04/18/build-your-own-simple-magical-oil-lamp/

In Jamaican culture, Senseh fowls have a special skill for detecting and digging up any “guzu” that a malevolent person hid in one’s yard or on one’s property.

#Jamaica
#JamaicanFolklore
#Caribbean
#CaribbeanFolklore
#FolkMagic
#Folklore
#FolkloreThursday

@folklore
@folklorethursday

so I thought about the custom of hanging a troll cross above the door. It is meant to prevent trolls, evil spirits and curses/ illnesses from entering the home.

Hanging the cross on the inside of your flat would mean that it keeps the bad things in by preventing it from leaving the door since trolls are used to avoid iron.

Hanging it on the outside on the other hand brings the wished results.

#Heathenry #norsePaganism #FolkMagic #FolkBelief

Uppland, Sweden, 1918. The parents are pulling their daughter through a hole in a tree, to cure her from rickets. In Sweden these trees are called Smörjträd, which literally mean Lubrication Tree - but maybe it’s more proper with Salve Tree? Anyways, another name is Troll Tree. #folkmagic #folklore #rickets

Ninety-four years ago tonight, on the night of November 27, 1928, a troubled trio - who believed they had been hexed by local powwow/folk magic doctor Nelson Rehmeyer - bound, beat, and murdered the man in his home in an attempt to remove the witch curse.

https://www.haint.blue/post/a-long-lost-friend-murder-and-magic-at-southern-pennsylvania-s-hex-house

#hex #hexhollow #powwow #braucherei #hexerei #rehmeyershollow #rehmeyer #hexhouse #pennsylvaniagerman #folkmagic #magic #longlostfriend #murder #hexmurder

Another #introduction post to utilize hashtags and welcome more folks here!

I’m Naomi. You may know me from twitter with the same handle @amythicwitch or IG with the same sleepyhousehealing.
I’m #ADHD, #Autistic and generally what some would call highly sensitive.
My interests are always evolving but some relevant tags that relate to what I may talk about here are #mycology #mycoremediation #FolkMagic #fungi #foraging #gardening #esoterica #occult #mysticism #herbalism #PlantMedicine #healing

#Intro post!

I’m Morpheus. I'm an artist, ritual tattooist & writer. My spiritual practice is Celtic polytheist centered on the Morrígan & a retinue of Irish and Gallic gods and spirits. I’m the author of The Book of the Great Queen, and I serve as a dedicant priest with the Coru Cathubodua Priesthood. I am also a witch and student of folk magic and sorcery. Links to website etc in my bio.

Hashtags for interests to help connect with like minded folks:
#Witchcraft
#Polytheism
#CelticPolytheism
#FolkMagic
#Sorcery
#Art
#DevotionalArt
#Sigils
#SacredSites
#IrishPolytheism
#GaulishPolytheism
#AncientHistory
#Archaeology
#Ghosts
#Spiritwork
#HauntedPlaces
#Morrigan

#introduction

I am a strange bundle of #chaosmagick, #balkan #folkmagic, #hellenic #paganism, and unironic #discordianism who is, on top of all of this, trying to kickstart veneration of Anarchy (Dysnomia) as a daemon, maybe a goddess.

If nothing else my account should be interesting.

Pleased to join the server!

It seems that it is #FolkloreThursday over on birdsite... Would be nice to carry that one over here 😊 #folklore #FolkMagic

Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia

Here's a book on American witchcraft on the east cost and close to home for me. A lot of what I read in here connected with me for traditions in my family, things I remeber my great grandmother doing when I was a small child, and a helpful contextualization of the elements and considerations of settler witches, and how those were justified in a society where the church had even more influence than it does today.

I highly recommend this #book if you live in the #Appalachia region, are interested in American #FolkMagic, or are just looking for a way to start connecting with the world's found in hills and valleys.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41805300-backwoods-witchcraft