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Here are some free online resources on witches, magick, shamanism, spiritual practices, and their history.

⟡ History
⟡ Practice
⟡ Recommended Retailers
⟡ My Stuff

HISTORY

⟡ Erichtho: Wicked Witch of the West
Essay on Erichtho, the archetypal hag-witch, and her origins in the anxieties of patriarchal Ancient Roman society.
⟡ The Terror of History: The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe
UCLA lecture on the social and cultural conditions in early modern Europe that gave rise to the massacre of at least 100,000 people, largely elderly women, for witchcraft, as opposed to other places and time periods.
⟡ Witchcraft and Magic in Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society…
Open Yale Lecture on English folk beliefs concerning magick in England, and the structure and character of the witch-hunts there, as compared to Scotland and the rest of continental Europe. Whole open course here: HIST 251

PRACTICE

⟡ Cottage of a Hedgewytch
Website of Dawn, a practitioner of European Traditional Witchcraft. I recommend her essay, “Which Wytch is Witch?”, which outlines the differences between Wicca (the 20^th century practice that has influenced most contemporary witches today) and Trad Craft in general.
⟡ Encyclopedia of Shinto
Maintained by Kokugakuin University and the University of California at Berkeley. Some of the buttons are in Japanese, but all the text is in English. You can read about the history of the translation effort here.
⟡ Summoning the Spirits: Life as a Shaman in Korea
18-minute documentary of and interview with Geul-Moon, a 7^th generation Korean Shaman who followed her calling as a mudang after following Christianity for the first 36 years of her life.
⟡ Time and Date AS
Current star-rise and star-set (Sun, Moon, and all the visible planets) from anywhere in the world, with an interactive night sky map showing the constellations, and dates on meteor showers. If it’s a cloudy night and you still want to note the current face of Luna from your current location, go here!
⟡ The White Sage Black Market
VICE exposé on the overexploitation of white sage for mass market smudging, and its deleterious impact on Native communities and practitioners.

RECOMMENDED RETAILERS

I don’t receive any kickbacks from these people! I doubt they know this site exists. I’ve just really enjoyed what I’ve purchased from them—and they have magickal applications, too.

⟡ BROOMCHICK on Etsy
The Etsy storefront of Scheumack Broom Company. Traditional broomcorn, dyed besoms—and ostrich feather dusters—handcrafted in Oregon. My kitchen and turkey wing besoms were made by them!
⟡ Mascherina on Etsy
Maker of festive leather masks and other costume accessories—capes, headdresses, and corsets. I have a gorgeous, lacy fox mask made by them, and its red velvet lining makes it extremely comfortable to wear.
⟡ RusticPath on Etsy
Jeweller on Etsy who crafts wonderful precious stone pendants and necklaces. I’ve bought multiple pendants from her, and they’re even more beautiful in-hand. She bundled cute owl zipper pullers with my order, too! So sweet.
⟡ Altar Besoms by LunaDolceCreations on Etsy
She crafts other items too, but I just had to link to her wonderful altar besoms. She makes new styles with different stones all the time, so if you don’t see a besom that grabs you, check back later! She also takes custom requests.

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MY STUFF

⟡ DL Calligraphy (script) 2020.11.14
The Clip Studio Paint brush I use for writing in my digital journals.
⟡ “In Defence of the Personal Imagination” 2020.11.13
Essay I wrote published on my friends’ site.

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