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A long, strange trip

Posted on 13 October 2021 by Ash McSidhe7 July 2024

Friends and kin are sharing stories about their Craft history. These are important. As many of the people involved are now dead, I don’t mind naming some of the names, other’s I’ll keep to myself…and some have been public for a long time.

So, despite being raised in a nominally Christian home (Mother was Assembly of God, Dad was Southern Baptist), I somehow wound up a Witch.

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Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged coven news, history, personal reflections

Book of Pagan Rituals

Posted on 13 May 2020 by Ash McSidhe13 May 2020

An important piece of American Pagan History The origins of this book date back into the 1960s, when a group of American and English Pagans decided to form an association to “spread the word” that Paganism was alive and well … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore, Teaching | Tagged book reviews, history

Spells

Posted on 5 September 2014 by Nemed Cuculatii24 August 2024

Spells, everyone wants spells. Paul Huson, author of Mastering Witchcraft, probably has the best guidelines on casting spells, in his section on the “Witch’s Pyramid”. As my copy isn’t readily available at the moment, I’ll forego quoting it, and simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore | Tagged history, lady gwen, lore, spells and charms

The Berwick Witches

Posted on 3 June 2013 by Ash McSidhe3 June 2013

The Berwick Witches In the 1590’s a number of people from East Lothian, Scotland, were accused of witchcraft in the St Andrew’s Auld Kirk in North Berwick. The trials ran for two years and implicated nearly 100 people. The accused … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore, Teaching | Tagged historical witches, history, scottish witchcraft, Teaching, witch trials

The Witches Reel

Posted on 4 May 2013 by Ash McSidhe30 January 2020

The Witches Reel Cummer gae ye afore, cummer gae ye, Gin ye winna gae, cummer let me, Ring-a-ring-a-widdershins Linkin lithely widdershins, Cummers carlin cron and queyn Roun gae we. Cummer go ye before, cummer go ye Gif ye willna go … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore, Teaching | Tagged history, north berwick, songs, witch trials, witches' reel

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