I still remember the places where I carried out my practices before moving to the Pyrenees. I used to go to a beautiful plateau, delimited and circled by hawthorn, blackthorn, and blackberry bushes. I remember pricking my fingers with their thorns, both willing and unwillingly. And I remember the sense of alert and protection I... Continue Reading →
In all honesty, it has been really hard to write this post: it has taken us more than 2 years. We have never been really fond of reading lists, and thus we expect this article will not be seen like that. We have received lots of enquiries regarding recommended books in herbalism and the Poison Path... Continue Reading →
Existence often ignores our personal agenda. The events that take place in our lives make us collapse and we feel like everything prevents us from moving forward as we had previously planned. Our life and our path are subject to that of others and to those things that we do not expect, to the Inevitable.... Continue Reading →
At end of the year we decided to start working on something we had never done before: a new incense blend (which is to be called Maledictio and will soon be made available) to aid on curse and banishing spellwork. This may come as polemic to some, since this kind of spellwork is often labelled... Continue Reading →
There is something that very few of us think about when interacting with plant spirits, or any spirit for the matter, in the paths of Witchcraft: we focus on the relationship between cause and effect, and yet we leave a 'real' inclusive analysis out of the question. In Witchcraft in general, and magical herbalism (and... Continue Reading →
On September 29th we started a journey to L’Homme Sauvage festival, held in the small town of Aspet, in the French Pyrenees. As we have mentioned several times, Occvlta is now established in the Catalan Pyrenees, an area called Pallars Sobirà, so it was really easy to get there, just needing to cross one mountain... Continue Reading →
Autumn is here. Not astronomically, not "oficially" here, but there is always one day when you can feel the vibrations of autumn in your bones, in the trees, in the wind. And that time came last Thursday. I left home to do the last harvest before the Dark Half of the Year (during that... Continue Reading →
Toad Witch incense, Occvlta's last creation, is comoposed of a series of spirits which were carefully chosen by us after a series of trials. Here is a small review on its components: amber resin: a resin of transformation and transmutation, sacred in Europe throughout the past, enhancer of firery power. blackberries: fruits of the hedge,... Continue Reading →
As you may know, we have been working on the upcoming Toad Witch collection, composed of a series of poisoner rosaries, talismans, the new Toad Witch Incense, and the Harvester Sets with knives by Borealis Ironworks. Due to logistical problems, the release of the collection is postponed, but at least we can give you a... Continue Reading →
Today we received six harvesting knives wonderfully envisioned and hand crafted by Cody Dickerson from Borealis Ironworks (you can find his fantastic Etsy shop in here), which will integrate the upcoming Harvester Sets (composed of a harvest/gathering knife and an oil to anoint the blade before the harvesting ritual). They are perfect sized (portable and... Continue Reading →
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is the first plant spirit we'll be investigating in the Materia Venefica, a series of articles regarding our experiences with endemic Pyrenean plant spirit covering all its essence and magical applications. In Materia Venefica you will not find medicinal approaches to plant usage, but folk beliefs, literary references, and, above all, our... Continue Reading →
It has been long since we last wrote an article for the blog. If you are familiar with our Instagram, you will be aware that we have moved to the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, and so, that we now live in the Catalan Pyrenees. To us, that change is meditated, and the reasons... Continue Reading →
