Category Archives: The Sabbats and the old craft

Witches and the moon

The moons eye looks upon us And all of herstory Venus all those goddesses Who still walk too and fro This weekend I met two of them Witches of the soul A juggler of words I be How I love … Continue reading

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Thoughts of samhain

A confirming ritual In darkness we tread Samhain is raging A feast with the dead A believers baptism An auction of grace Solemnists encounter The whitest of face The rusty lock shudders A solitary Photographer comes forth Out of true … Continue reading

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Hawthorns

Seven hundred years Imagine that will you From a seed to the sky Up above A massive life energy Sprung ever upwards A boundary marker A foundation of love An eco system interface Drawing spirited soul Sharp thorns protecting A … Continue reading

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More of Yarrow or Millfoil

Millfoil or 1000 leaf Commonly grown about One of the medicinal herbs With a curative clout In ditches fields and lanes Canals and dabbling brooks Mythology I’ve read about it In a lot of books Achilles son of Peleus A … Continue reading

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Hawthorn Hart

The pink of the sky And the blue of the dew The fence posts erected The excitement feels true Horley smiles outwardly It’s therapy A transfiguration For people to see Ritual so private It’s wonders we feel Enchantment and witchery … Continue reading

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Which Witch

Ritual and riches The magic of desire Forestry divided The ability where fire Fills our hearts with wishes With the chill of true desire A certain madness in the air Of which no witch shall tire

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Horley

A crescent Moon A clearing in a tongue of land Was where At the extreme North West Of Oxfordshire on Warwickshire’s border share On 8.27 acres Of level paddock land Slightly acidic based rich soil On clay I understand At … Continue reading

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St Peter’s church Yew

This marvellous yew Majestically Stands upon a mound At the junction of Castle street And the High street On a chalky ground It may have been Planted, so I gather Around the death of one John Moore who died in … Continue reading

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Christian eaters

It be ignorance It be arrogance A thoughtless state Disrespectful of Love and care Of purest life That we all may share

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A frightener from the sky

The grim reaper drone If you be alone In a forested area Or wooded vale It comes from the sky If your wondering why I A frightening presence To sail Down through the tree tops Perhaps with a roar Leaving … Continue reading

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Fire and friends

A barrel of laughs A barrel of fire The night spells cometh Higher and higher Feel the soft winds The starlit sky We can hear the sea And it makes us cry Not due to sadness Not any more Just … Continue reading

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Tree lined

A tasteful construct That seemingly sucked Graced with the waste On which some food we taste A hollow perhaps At the sight of the sap From the tree’s heart Did lap The cry of the bough With the silence of … Continue reading

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Druidic leanings

Ah countenanced as a druid Poet Long grey beard and wrinkled brow Slow of gait but rich of wondering Eternity is really how Countless words unfathomable meanings Thankfully good eyes to see Every facet of the journey That has become … Continue reading

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Golden chanterelles

They adore the mossy areas And love a squall of rain Followed by three days of sunshine From it they do gain The life force of each moment And under Douglas Fir And sometimes Oak they spring to life Their … Continue reading

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Lammas Time

Falling over at the end Alongside hopefully your best friend The golden liquor does for you What ritual does for all The world is spinning round and round Pulling corn out of the ground Feeling lost and never found Lammas … Continue reading

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Eucalyptus (blue gum tree)

Cyanide wizardry Gender of femininity The planet Moon Element Water Power to heal to protect to be A waxy patina It’s a hardwood tree Makes a fine wind break In Greek EU Means good or well And Kalyptos to Means … Continue reading

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Hemlock the poisonous one

Hemlock gender feminine Planet Saturn she Element is Water and Her deity Is Hecate believe it or not Empowered swords long ago Beefs up Astral Projection That’s if you didn’t know Other names like Spotted hemlock,spotted corobane and Water Parsley,Musquash … Continue reading

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Rue (Ruta Graveolens)

A number of names Like Herb of Grace mother of the herbs A masculine soul Planet is Mars energy Fire deity Diana and Aradia A role Healing and health Love and mental powers Leaves on your forehead For several hours … Continue reading

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Lemon magic

Gender Feminine Planet Moon Element Water Powers of Love Mixed with water Used to wash amulets And magical things If second hand when bought Cleansed of negative energies In bath water is sought At full moon for purification It’s power … Continue reading

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Artemis or Mugwort

It’s other name is Mugwort Feminine it be Planet Venus Element Earth And it’s Deity Artemis and Diana Strength and Psychic Powers Put some in your shoes on walks Of many many hours And near one’s bed astral projection Could … Continue reading

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Hypericum St John’s wort

It’s gender is masculine It’s planet the Sun Element Fire When the day is done Deity Balfour The rest you know Wards off fevers and colds Hung by a window Protects against lightening The evil the wrong Burned to keep … Continue reading

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Hyssop

A masculine plant Planet Jupiter It’s energy is fire Purification and protection It’s qualities are higher Use in baths and sachets Infused hung up to dry Purging negativity Really that is why Grows wild in the Mediterranean On old walls … Continue reading

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“Prayer to the sun”

In Bibury we admitted and accepted The solstice prayer Repeated it three times The three of us would share “That the sun is high above us” Shine down upon the land and sea Making everything grow and bloom Great and … Continue reading

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Roll rights at sunset

It’s like the sea the sand the edge of time A glorious day , long by normal standards The great sun moves away It’s like a great bold curtain Descending far and right Welcoming in the passionate Division known as … Continue reading

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Summer Solstice

Prismatic life forms Solstice is where The sun reaches high In the sky we all share Resourceful creative Conceptualisation Where the wildest of dreams Form the greatest salvation Magic is everywhere Fertile and strong Illusory concepts Throw up and belong … Continue reading

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Thistles and their power

Masculine gender Planets Mars Element Fire Vitality stars A bowl of thistles Placed in a room Strengthens the spirits And lifts the gloom Grown in the garden Wards off the thief And a blossom in your pocket Protects you of … Continue reading

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Foxgloves

Foxgloves the feminine Deadman’s bells and witches thimbles ruled by Venus element water Protection powers From the leaves a black dye Painted on cottage floors Kept evil away In Wales a good omen That’s what they say

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Wild natural vegetation

Nutritious nettles and Dandelion Goose foot gloriously outshine Mineral rich tasting sublime In season their vibration fine Don’t speak to me of food inflation These are freely born creation Macrobiotic synergy We can do research and better be Cooked or … Continue reading

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Frost

Yes jack’s gone on his holidays And blossoms search the sky Soon replaced by fruiting bodies The feathered minstrels ply The striped tinnabulation The pollen gatherers they Striving to find nectar As a means of extra pay

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The old crone at the Roll rights

Thousands of years of leaning That old witch did her stuff The soldiers tried to argue And she said that’s enough Thousands of years of upset For the soldiers families who Grieved when they that night got stoned Her witchcraft … Continue reading

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