I have been working for some time in a way to incorporate local plant spirits in methods of divination that go beyond their instrumental as medicine or as an ally to be used before or after the divination task has been accomplished. Last year, thanks to inspiration brought by Maria Martínez, and her blog Por... Continue Reading →
This weekend we attended the second edition of L'Homme Sauvage festival, in the French region of Occitania. We never thought it would be possible, but this edition was even better than the first one. Everything seemed to collide perfectly: the people, the performances, the location, and a feeling that gave cohesion to it all, orchestrated... Continue Reading →
It seems it was a common European folk belief which claimed that, for a witch to get hold of helping demon/fairy familiars, the witch should carry a needle cage which would be filled with little demons and all sorts of helping fairies. In the Basque tradition, they are called Kutun or Jostorratz, and in the Catalan... Continue Reading →
Our Hedge-Cross Incense is crafted under the New Moon, and it is composed of oak wood, vetiver root, black copal resin, calamus root, damar resin, henbane seeds, cypress leaves, fennel seeds, sloe berries, and macerated in honey. This incense has a deep sweet and inebriating aroma, and it is inspired in the aromas of the... Continue Reading →
The Warding Incense is intended for the protection of spaces and living beings; it's a very woody mixture including Pyrenean turpentine resin, holly berries and leaves, pine resin, yarrow, sage, dried apple, and macerated in sweet Moscatel wine for a lunar cycle. This incense is to be used in protection and warding rituals, to prevent noxious energies... Continue Reading →
The Conjuration Incense is one of our first blends, and its efficiency has been proved several times. This incense has been made according to the recipe found in Hyslop’s Folk Herbal, and it is meant to be used for inducing the manifestation of spirits or ‘devils’. In origin, its components were traditionally seen as spirit... Continue Reading →
Our blood red Pactum Incense, crowned with Alexandrine Rose buds, is destined to work as an offering in spirit bonds and solemn ceremonies. It is mainly composed of high-quality dragon's blood resin, myrrh, coriander seeds, juniper berries, and wild saffron flowers (colchium autumnale). In order to activate the oath, the practitioner will just need to add... Continue Reading →
Our last dry blend is the Pyrenees Incense, solely composed of plant spirits harvested in the Pyrenees. It is a woody, rich, and warm autumnal blend composed of birch bark, poplar buds, pine resin, wormwood, mugwort, hyssop, walnut leaf, sloes, and hops. All its components balance and enhance each other, bringing together cooling and warming... Continue Reading →
You should never call “witch” a folk healer: differences between medicine, magic, and witchcraft. Well this is going to be a hard text to write. I know some of you readers and fellow practitioners will strongly disagree with me, but bear in mind, I will be talking about my conclusions regarding the views on folk... Continue Reading →
I finally returned from the fourth edition of the Viridis Genii Symposium, which took place in the Pack Forest in Eatonville, Washington, and it has been a hectic, impressive, and life-changing experience. I had the chance to travel to a completely new place by myself, I met amazing and like-minded people, and I learned a... Continue Reading →
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 →
