Doing Your Own Research

will-o-the-witch: Or, more appropriately titled: Doing Your Own Research, Without Just Looking Up Someone Else’s Correspondence Lists. Because while those lists are very handy to get started or have a shorthand reference, it gives us memorization, stopping just short of real understanding. What’s more, most correspondence lists won’t have your local (overlooked) plant life, orContinue reading “Doing Your Own Research”

STILL ON PATROL

animatedamerican: emilysidhe: amusewithaview: beautifultoastdream: willowwitchery: thehoneybeewitch: tharook: pipistrellus: I learned something new and horrifying today which is… that… no submarine is ever considered “lost” … there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be “still on patrol.”Continue reading “STILL ON PATROL”

The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among Southern Appalachian Women | Atlas Obscura

botanyshitposts: kentuckwitch: “Most of the people who do this are Christian. But their approach to Christianity is very animist.” “They believed that their ability to use plants and prayers to heal the sick was a gift from the Divine.“  this is a really cool ethnobotany thing like…..amazing The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among SouthernContinue reading “The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among Southern Appalachian Women | Atlas Obscura”

pvwitch: What I really wish people would understand about cursing and hexing, it’s not always about revenge. It’s not always about getting back at someone who hurt you or someone else. Sometimes it’s the only way to express how godsdamned word-spitting incomprehensibly fucking ANGRY you are with the evil choices someone has chosen to lead.Continue reading

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