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Saturn's Day, Summertide

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Selenite adores cold water consecration; it seems to simply resonate with a cool, grounded purity after I pull it from water. Sometimes it's held before a flame and I read between the fractures that run through the center like a cat's eye and split the light of the flame behind it into prismatic mirrors; each showing a different probability... Life is so fickle; the fates take no real favorites and sacrifices is ever present. That's what summer is to me; sacrifice and reaping. I'm reaping right now, but I'm also in the prime of life. May the probabilities be on my side.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Marigold Tarot by Amrit Brar

Talk about those moments in life you just wait for...

The Marigold Tarot, published 2018, may have taken longer than expected to arrive, but it was well worth the wait. I had been following the updates diligently, charmed by the sweet slice-of-life pictures of the artist's family and enjoying her sense of humor even through the frustration of shipping delays. I started as a backer for this project and soon became a fan of the artist herself. Amrit Brar has a style and point of view worth following, so keep up with her at Amrit Brar Illustration and follower her on Instagram.

The first item I pulled from the box was the lovely black square of fabric with its luminescent golden skulls in each corner and lush, fat marigold in the center- a cloth for readings, and it is just dazzling. The box is glossy, light, high quality and suitable for travel. There is no accompanying book but a well-seasoned reader wont need a booklet.

The cards don't have that glossy card-stock texture to them, but rather an almost linen like texture in the vein of high quality casino cards, I think it's my new favorite card texture; smooth shuffle and pliant durability. They are in standard tarot measurement and are 78 in number.

I was immediately impressed by the stunning contrast of the white skeletal figures and their elegant, symmetrical, golden surrounding boarder. Stars, herbs, skeletons and hoops play prominent visual roles throughout the entire deck. Each suit is beautifully illustrated, detailed and complete unlike what I expected. I was happy that despite the theme of skulls and skeletal bones, the deck never comes off as anything less than a celebration of the life within death and the death that becomes all life. . This deck looks like it emerged from a garden in a graveyard in the cosmic darkness.

Favorite cards were most certainly The Lovers which to me tells a tragic love story of epic proportions in the making, and the King of Cups which glows with fertility and wisdom. I give it my highest recommendation, just because having it is having a very exclusive work of art. Very unique and one of a kind, a high quality deck suitable for people with tarot experience. I think I'll really enjoy this deck, and I'm sure you will too.

Please visit Amrit Brar and support her excellent work!

sometimes, it takes black salt, charcoal, hyssop and the names of ones adversaries to get past an obstacle in life.

othertimes, it takes a strong cup of matcha and some insight from the future to find the way through one's problems.

and sometimes... you just wait. You prepare and wait for your worries to wither away while you preserve.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Friday is for love and beauty, hearts and heat. It is a sacred day of Venus, especially as the moon waxes. I've been collecting from the garden and drying the bundles of sweet scented herbs; working on growing my vetch and trefoil garden so that I get some solid roots for bind-work this fall; creating cacao-damiana-rose brandy infusion for upcoming rituals of Venus (using a recipe adapted from the local Rainbow Natural Remedies Aphrodisiacs classes). Most importantly, I've been gathering grief flowers and flowers of longing and beauty. I'm working through some losses and felt inspired to heal through working on new batches of strewing herb and floor wash powders.

I feel this tremendous sadness at the state of some things and people around me, but on the other hand, I am deeply grateful for the love and support I get from others. One thing I'm learning every day at this age is that some times you have to let things go, even when you're afraid to. Sometimes, you just don't get what you want, and that is not a tragedy, it is a lesson in humanity.

I spent some time on the island of Kauai a week ago and rediscovered the power of my dreams to come pass. It's amazing what the change in the seasons will do to the senses of a practitioner. My dreams, my readings, my senses altogether rise with the sun and right now, I'm almost a little afraid of seeing what lies beyond my eye.

Laburnum- The Golden Chain

Venus
Feminine
Air/Fire

"Refusal", "You have broken my heart!", "Forsaken, pensive beauty" and "Golden rain"

The herb had a valuable use in break-up spells, in spells to release grief (or maybe even cause it) and are a funeral flower for those who died in romantic woe. These flowers honor the pain of rejection and the poisonous black seeds can be used to plant away rejection and pain when necessary.

Though the entire plant is poisonous, she doesn't give off a deadly dangerous vibe. If anything,s he's quite sad, a flower of beautiful grief. They smell sweet in the sunshine and bring light to the world around them, along with a sense of ending. These beauties grow everywhere around here, including out in the wild wood. I saw plenty of them growing wild on Kauai too.

Place these flowers on altars to the sun and the ancestors during the Rites of Spring through the Summer Solstice. Offer these to the dead; honor those who have died in a state of grief. Mix these with other herbs that repel the sting of rejection and call to the star of Venus; herbs like lemon balm and bleeding heart, to banish a broken heart. Plant the seeds from one pod every waning moon while thinking on your losses until no seeds remain- sometimes beautiful things can grow from the creativity found in our grief. She is sensitive and loyal, and will harm those who disrespect her.

Wisteria- The Lady's Chain

"Welcome, stranger", "Youthful beauty and poetry" and "Emblem of April"

A flower of communication, hand-fasting, friendship, beauty, peace and feminine grace. The wood makes a beautiful hilt for a sickle and the flowers when dried are best added to floor washes of welcoming especially for female babies and to porch-strewing herbs to welcome beauty and peace into a home of women.

I don't have any wisteria in my mother's yard, but our neighbor has a massive hedge that hangs over the street up the road and is perfectly happy to see samples go. They were grown with lots of love, they protect the road.

I like to wash them tenderly and place them fresh in baths along with different kinds of floral dew collected in the morning. I enjoy the folklore of youth remedies and in my quintessentially Libra vanity, I admit to indulging in the practice of youth baths which include wisteria flower, wisteria essential oil, goats milk, powdered honey, sea-salt and the dew of periwinkles, pink roses, hawthorn and Dew-of-May.

Robinia p.- The Bee Chain

"Affection beyond the grave"- Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner; "elegance"- Cora Daniels; "friendship, perseverance, strength"- Sandra Kynes

Direction: East
Element: Air
Sphere: Sol
Ally: Bee
Attraction: Thunder

When it comes to the Black Locust, our relationship revolves around protection, bee-worship, fragrance, ancestral altars and funeral rites. The flowers are dried during the course of the waxing moon and then mixed into strewing herbs for circles to honor the messengers of the dead and to protect oneself from ill-health and harm during dark green rites.

Along the Green River, these tall lovely trees swing heavy with phenomenally sweet profusions of thick, fluffy pea flowers. They sway in every breeze and as they fall in May they mix with the poplar fluff along the road sides and create an intoxicating, sexual scent as they bake in the sun. The bark runs in thick vertical lines with deep grooves with dark streaks that look as though the trees have been singed a bit. The pods cackle in the wind come late summer; its absolute music. To be honest, it is far more fragrant than wisterias and goldenchain; they smell so sweet you just want to crush them in your hands and bathe in the smell.

The thorns are best buried around the property facing outwards to guard the home from someone who would do you harm, especially if each thorn pierces a paper with the name or picture of one's enemies on it.

A thorn-covered branch can be used in work to repel evil or deter an unwanted guest, mostly to protect oneself; think of the sharp end of the bee and how it protects itself with a sharp prick. I find knotting a red cord and winding the cord around the branch wards away the influences that were knotted into the thread after the branch is taken far away and buried pointing upwards to the sky.

For more information on the folklore of these flowery bearing trees...

Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees By Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner
Whispers from the Woods: The Lore & Magic of Trees By Sandra Kynes
Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World By Cora Linn Daniels, C. M. Stevans
Garden Flower Folklore By Laura C. Martin

Monday, April 30, 2018

Before you sleep, as the moon is waxing, burn this candle on a bed of lavender purple sugar. This sugar bowl/box/plate/jar mix should contain: lavender, lavender sugar, vetch seeds and cowries. It should rest in a copper pot. Light this candle from the Monday to the Friday before the nearest full moon to sweeten ones sense of beauty and charisma.

When you wake, on every Thursday before the full moon, on a bed of red sugar, cinnamon, rose and powdered anise seed, burn this candle in a nest of bindweed, creeping jasmine, vetch, sweet pea and periwinkle if you wish to make a sugar box that will bind burning love. I don't recommend binding people to love you, but I do think lighting the candle together with your partner is fair.

Before sleep, every night of the waning moon if necessary, burn a baby blue candle on a bed of blue and white sugar, poppy seeds and quartz white you speak with prayer to those spirits that guide and walk in dreams. This will bring sweet dreams and direct away cluttered thoughts before bed.

Friday, April 27, 2018

Little Flowers of the Moon

Little Flower of the Gods

Sunday, April 1, 2018

The Three Witches Series was a side effect of my Sisterhood of the Traveling Mind Series which featured mostly harmless mind altering plant allies like Cacao and Salvia. As I tucked in with my Pendell, Rosarium, Schulke and Ratsch over the winter break, I got really attached to the idea of the Tropine Sisters and how they appeared to me in dreams and rites.

Well, with any great gift comes a great price. What I offered to the spirits who inspire art, to the star of Venus, in exchange for her blessing was that I'd part with some of the work, especially those I most care about. It's a worthy sacrifice I think, to spread her blessing to other people without any expectation of monetary exchange, simply as an act of love, of giving; two things under the rulership of Venus. I guess, I'm trying to keep my promises. I make certain and rare vows, but when I do, I am unwilling to break them. The spirit world was a testy and tempestuous one in the eyes of our ancestors, I've got enough personal experience to have learned my lesson about breaking vows wrought in things deeper than even I understand.

So, I hope whoever participates in this truly, truly is devoted to one of these plant allies. I shudder to think of them growing dusty on some forgotten shelf or given to children to shatter... I can only hope you see the same love and giving that I see when I look back at my work. These statuettes are in harmony with me, so I imagine they'll bring you a good deal of good too. Let's introduce our ladies...

My first was Datura; the trumpeter of devils and angels. To see more of her, see HERE.

The second child was Mandrake, the rootworker. To see more of her, see HERE.

Lastly, and admittedly, the favorite around here, Belladonna; sexy, poisonous, dreamy, she is a very old witch. To see more of her, see HERE.

Each is made of simi translucent polymer clay, painted in acrylic and coated in acrylic matte and/or satin finish. Do not wash these statues; even with the finish the paint may thin. Hold each gently but firmly by the sides of their base or by their shoulders or you absolutely will crush the clay details.

I'm so sad to part with any of them to be honest, but I didn't make them for me, I made them for Love. I hope whichever wins your heart and Fortuna's good graces inspires you to always relish the green magics of the world and adore our plant spirit allies. Best wishes and good luck.

And remember, even if you don't win on Beltane, you'll get a chance on another Holy Day to win a statuette, including a choice between old and new pieces.

The Via Hedera Statuette Giveaway!

*Participants will win a chance to choose between Mandragora, Datura and Belladonna for their own.

*Participants understand and agree that the statuettes are sent as is in the condition presented in the photographs.

*Participants will not receive customization to any statue and will accept the statuette as an individual and unique piece of devotional art donated by me, Via Hedera, to you.

*Participants agree and understand that once the art is out of my hands, I am no longer responsible for its care and condition. No repairs will be made, no replacements will be sent.

*Participants agree and understand that I reserve the right to refuse to send you my art for any reason I see fit with or without explanation. This is a give-away not a purchase, so nobody is entitled to anything and there is no recourse for my refusal to send.

*Friends and loved ones will NOT be given special consideration, and any requests for preferential treatment will not be considered. Fair game baby.

*If you are found to have made multiple accounts to win, you're automatically disqualified. Using multiple platforms will not garner anyone better chances either.

*This give away is applicable to readers in these countries: United States of America and All USA Territories, Mexico, Canada and to the United Kingdom. Special shipping exceptions can be made on a case by case basis but due to shipping costs and lack of insurance for these statuettes, I'd prefer to only ship to territories with decent shipping rates from the States. Please keep this in mind before participating, as I cannot cover high shipping costs or guarantee the integrity of these delicate, lightweight clay pieces if being shipped long and indirect distances.

*If your number is drawn and you do not respond to my messages by May 5th, your participation will be rendered null and void. You MUST respond to viahedera@gmail.com or the Via Hedera Facebook message within 5 days with a valid address or your number will be withdrawn and another will be selected. I will only attempt to reach you once for the announcement on May 1st and again after three days. From that point on, it's up to you to respond.

To Participate in this give away, readers must follow these steps:

Step 1:

Like Via Hedera Facebook
Follow Via Hedera Facebook

Step 2:

Like the Official Announcement Post on Facebook- this lets me know you're actually applying for a statue and not just one of my wonderful, much appreciated readers.

Comment your preferred statue on the Official Announcement on Facebook- example "Datura!" or "Belladonna", this will make sending yours out much faster for me when I draw numbers!

BONUS: If you Share the Official Announcement Post on your Facebook page, I will assign you a second number to increase your chances just as you've increased my scope of viewership by sharing ;p - Facebook allows me to see who shares my links from my page so please keep this in mind; if you do not share the link provided, you will not register.

Step 3:

Wait for the winner to be announced on May 1st, Beltane 2018! All participants will be assigned a number (two for those who share the Official Post on Facebook- see above) for a random generator and the number chosen Beltane morning will receive a message from Via Hedera requesting a preferred address to send to. Statuette will be sent Saturday May 5th after providing a final photograph of statue's current condition to the winner.

For Those Who Do Not Have Facebook: (first of all, good for you getting rid of FB, we all should sooner rather than later, kudos on getting out of the machine!)

Step 1:

Follow Via Hedera Instagram

Step 2:

Comment on the Official Announcement post on Instagram; this comment should be one word "Datura" "Mandrake" or "Belladonna"

After commenting, you will be assigned a number and placed in the drawing. The day of Beltane, if you are selected, you will receive a private message with my email viahedera@gmail.com, along with an address request.

*Keep in mind shipping limitations, mentioned at the top of this post.

Step 1:

Be an official Page Follower of Via Hedera Blog- this does appear in my stats section so you must be a registered user to follow.

Step 2:

Leave a comment at the end of this post stating which statue you would choose: Belladonna, Mandragora or Datura as well as a valid email address so that I can assign your number.

*Keep in mind shipping limitations, mentioned at the top of this post.

Sunday, March 25, 2018

She is one of those very old witches, those famous ones, and she's enjoyed a reputation as a deadly lover. Atropa has cutting wisdom and used her beauty to seduce unwitting admirers. The lore surrounding her is much too apparent to bother going into here, so I will make her introduction brief: she is Saturnian in nature, allied to water, works the arts of sleep, seduction and spirit flight. She is the sister to Mandrake and the original performer in the famed "flying ointment". Like Datura and Mandrake, she is a priestess in the garden of Hekate. Her historical uses are in cosmetics; ones to give the skin pallor and dilate the pupil.

They call her "beautiful lady", and I imagine in person she must be very beautiful. I've never had the pleasure of her company; she's got restricted status in my state last time I checked. Really, I was inspired to make her during my reading on Hexing Herbs. Annnnnddd I like her so much that she'll be part of my "Thank You For Reading Via Hedera Belatane Give Away!". That means you potentially have a choice between three original hand sculpted and painted statuettes from Via Hedera: Datura, Mandragora or Belladonna.

Monday, March 19, 2018

"And words they muttered, but what nine knew,
with motion slow of hand and foot:
Then into the cave the three withdrew,
And carried with them the mandrake root."
-Birds and Flowers: And Other Country Things by Mary Botham Howitt

Literary Quotes About Mandragora

"The myths surrounding Mandrake grew, until it was said the plant hid by day but shone like a star at night, and that when being pulled from the ground the plant let out such unearthly shrikes that whoever heard the noise might die."-Richard Evan Schultes, Albert Hofman, and Christian Ratsch, Plants of the Gods

"In ancient Egypt, the mandrake was a symbol of love and was a valued aphrodisiac. It was usually depicted in association with eros and sensuality."- Christian Ratsch, Plants of Love

"The fruit is a berry, commonly known as a 'love apple', typically ripening to a bright orange at harvest time, which in the Mediterranean countries, occurs in May. It is, however, the long taproot that gives Mandrake a special place in plant lore."- Michael Jordan, The Green Mantle

"On a day when the moon is waxing, preferably just after the new moon, some time between the winter solstice and vernal equinox, look for your mandrake in a hedgerow or piece of wasteland. That night, making sure you are not observed, draw a deosil circle with your Athame around the plant and, using the knife as a digging implement, loosen the earth around the root. Without injuring the main section of the root, gently draw the plant from the soil. You will probably have to tug quite hard, and you may even hear the traditional "groaning" of the root as it leaves the earth."- Paul Huson, Mastering Witchcraft

"This root was the most powerful of all aphrodisiacs and amulets. Awakening the root through a series of rituals, produced the little man of the gallows."- Christian Ratsch, Plants of Love

Mandragora, the Golden Apple of the Gods. She is a Circean priestess in the garden of Hekate, a black magician and love sorceress just like her sister Belladonna. She is an eventide wandering witch, an aphrodisiac maker, a lucid dreamer, a friend of Hekate's Hounds. As a witch, she is mercurial, fiery in temperament, fertile and protective, but loving- the fruits of her poisonous love in magical use are said to stimulate the libido and bring fire to the body. Her presence is said to make women ripe for child, make children peaceful in dreams and make the lonely irresistible. Like her sisters, she has the power to fly from the body and into that ethereal place where dreams and shadows come from.

She is known as Alraun the Hexen, and is a loyal ally when cared for in her proper way. A lady of tradition and ritual, Mandragora demands to be fed and tended to, cared for as any friend ought to be. Some of the rituals involving her can be quite ghastly, involving corpses and semen and hanged men and black dogs. Mandragora is usually allied in root form, choosing this avatar to work her will in the homes of witches who keep her hidden in water and fed on blood in the dark corners of the home, or even in prominent places like headboards and mantles. According the some folklore, placing money near an object that even resembles Madnrake will draw and increase wealth to the wielder. I've never had the pleasure of her company, but I've been inspired by the great deal of lore and legend around her.

She comes in many forms and varieties, this one is a mix of elements from English and Mediterranean Mandrake species, inspired mostly by Autumnalis and Officinarum. I plan on making variety specific Mandragoras in the future but I wanted someone a little universal this time. When I read about her lore, I was really inspired by the lore of her regarding time of day and the brightness of the plant at night, which is how I came up with the color placement; being reminiscent of both the purple and white and yellows of the flowers themselves and inspired by the way they are said to light up in the twilight evening and hide as men approach. Rather than make little faces at the base of each bunch, I placed howlite and clay skulls to represents the little man of the gallows who rests beneath the dark crinkled leaves of the mandrake. A golden pearl was used to represent the ripest golden fruit (apple) in her care. In her lap are five ripening fruit in a bed of leaves and resting in her right palm is the mandrake root herself, ready for activation in the water, in the dark. Mandragora's lips are just barely parted, ready to sing her shriek of death if need be, ready to fly from her body if she must.

Are you interested in taking home Mandragora or Datura to your altar? You will have a chance to WIN your choice between the two (or possibly more) this April! Stay tuned for details! To instantly qualify for give aways and freebees, you must like AND follow the Via Hedera Facebook page, OR follow Via Hedera Instragram, OR be subscribed to Via Hedera Blog. Unregistered readers will unfortunately not be counted in the random draws.

Monday, March 12, 2018

confection kit: amorous potions and powders, teas and sugar box starters dusts and herbs- everything love witches need to make that very... creative, magic. I work red work, I love red sugars and scents. In the upper right hand corner is blessed yohimbe, in the bottom left glass jars are love draw floor wash herb mixes and love draw bath herbs as well as sugar box starter- the herbs needed to give a solid foundation to sugar boxes. I have three vials of cacao teas, and three herb sugars: lavender, stevia mint and clove red. Incense and herbal talismans are a must for the kit, because they're the foundations in red work.

Things are always changing, in a state of flux at the whim of a trillion different experiences and conditions. Life is changing this way and that, evolving and slowing and speeding up all at once. On the one hand, I'm working hard at getting a fresh inventory up for some future plans Sunflower and I have been working on. I'm also working on my statue series more seriously than I had before. After having been inundated with private requests over the last few weeks for custom work I have thought long and hard about the possibility of resuming customs and my heart just isn't in it right now. I want to see my ideas come to life, not someone else's. I have this vision in my head and I need to manifest it before I lose that power. I do plan on private messaging those who've been staying interested about the possibility of taking on an idea when the mood strikes but for now, I have a goal and have to reach it.

Speaking of goals, I went back to school. I was technically already finished but I had an incomplete in the lab sciences so I'm finishing that out over the next quarter while taking ethnobotany workshops over the spring. Then who knows, maybe I'll transfer to the Horticulture program or UW... after all, you never know. What I do know is I set a goal, paid for it and now all I have to do is follow through. I'm scared, I admit it, but not avoiding it was the hardest step. My thelema is strong, baby.

I suppose I feel suffocated under the weight of wanting to get out and go somewhere new and maybe, just maybe, not look back. So much sadness and disappointment and embarrassment is left behind me in my wake, I think I've reached that golden age where you aren't attached anymore and seek to find that greener grass on the other side- my eyes are finally looking forward with hope, not back with regret. Where I will go and who with, I don't know... but I'm changing. You can either follow or get out the way, but dammit, I'm going on.

Periwinkle

A Love Nest Charm: collect a proper bindweed with whom you have a good relationship spiritually. Let this be the kind that sweetly tangles and twines and produces beautiful flowers in summer and spring. If your lover and you quarrel over attachment and passion, gather vetch and sweet-pea, if you need to reaffirm bonds and forsake others- gather morning glory. Strawberry binds sweetness and fertility while creeping jasmine binds beauty and lust. Should you be celebrating a new commitment, periwinkle is an excellent binder. Friday nearest the full moon, you wind the braided hair of you and your lover into a twisted hoop with a fresh bindweed, like winding a nest. You can anoint these binds in the oils and fluids of lovers or simply let it be and place it into a box kept near or under the bed. While you wind and bind believe in your heart what you want. These make meaningful talismans to celebrate and strengthen new marriages, to mend fights with a loved one or to protect a love from outside influences, but I personally wouldn't use it for the obvious purpose to binding two people together. Not my cup of tea. The box should be filled with sweetness; anise, sugar, allspice, rose materia, orange peel, cinnamon, cacao, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, damiana and sweetpeas.

Sweetpea

Hairy Vetch

The full moon brought a good deal of creation with it. Love draw bath powder, love-keep floor wash herbs, love-me powder. The periwinkles and violets finally bloomed which signals spring coming to Riverton. The Green River is starting to grow full of green and the rabbits are starting to spend their evenings outside more. With the rise of light comes the inspiration that gives my spark of live its glow. I've been blessing bottles of lavender sugar, stevia mint sugar, cinnamon clover sugar, planning business dreams with my friend, bringing beauty to the world around. I've been quietly healing while absorbing the weight of fertility and lushness growing around me with every passing day into the flowering season. I attended a workshop on herbal Aphrodisiacs at a local apothecary- Rainbow Natural Remedies and was pleasantly surprised by what I did not know. The magic of that evening through learning and laughing tasted of coco brandy and damiana rose. It was a refreshing reminder that Venus is my star, and her power is love, which means somewhere along that current, I will naturally fall. I love, deeply. I love art- art is god. I love people, I love me, I love the vibrations of spring.

And I love you too. Take care.

Monday, March 5, 2018

Ever had one of those flirtations that was always tawdry and strong but never pursued? I have that relationship with datura. I am in no way initiated into her mysteries, I have a limited range of experiences with it on an occult herbal level but they were pretty easy to find back home in California when I was a kid. I remember them as lovely angel and devil trumpets; flowers associated with love and dreams, madness and sweetness, travel and smoke.

Datura communicates with the spirits, through dreams mostly. In a haze of smoke she will rise from her body into the wind and find the path to your ancestors. Her company is nauseating though, she is toxic when abused and needs more to be tended to with worship than imbibed greedily. That's her gift, she can speak with the spirits, she is wed to the dead. She achieves her work by transforming and leaving her body. She travels through roots and on the scent caught on a breeze. She is deeply protective and does what she can to help those who need her, and will happily drive mad those who seek to abuse her wisdom. She's lovely to look at, deadly to kiss. Feminine, Saturnian, allied with water and sun, takes time to mature and requires great care in colder regions.

Datura comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes white, purple, peach or periwinkle, sometimes smooth edged leaves, sometimes spiky points. The wood is dark, the dried pods can be pale, the seeds can be dark or tan. I adore her full thick trumpets and her fat flat leaves. I love the way yellow-peach trumpets gather in long bunches and hang like drapes when well kept. I love the way white moon flower trumpets face the sky like they are summoning angels and demons. I love the violet frill around purple trumpets that make them look like elegant ladies dresses turned upside down.

Her wooden bowl hols the seeds, dried leaves and flowers of different trumpet flowers I've collected over time. in the center of her chest is a single black datura seed given to me by a fellow witch.

She isn't meant to stay here with the sisterhood, She isn't part of the world of vice like her cousins. Rather, she is in the coven of poisoners; the old witches herbs who require a deep level of mastery and a greater deal of caution. That coven includes Papaver, Mandragora, Belladonna and the others sisters of the deadly delights... And so, Datura is part of the two statuettes who will be given away at Beltane to a lucky dedicated reader and participant. Remember this beautiful lady and wait patiently for her sister, because one of your choice can be yours when you participate. Details will follow soon, so check in leading up to Beltane!

VIA HEDERA

Saturn's Day, Summertide

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Tarot Review: The Marigold Tarot by Amrit Brar

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Banish, Endure, Preserve.

Chains of the Garden

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Sugar Candles Before Bed

Monday, April 30, 2018

Mushrooms and Morning Glories

Friday, April 27, 2018

Three Witches: Beltane Statuette Give Away

Sunday, April 1, 2018

The Beautiful, Inflexible Lady; Belladonna

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Mandragora, The Earth Apple Witch

Monday, March 19, 2018

Moon Sign and Love Bind

Monday, March 12, 2018

Trumpets of the Devil: Sister Datura

Monday, March 5, 2018

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Sunday, June 10, 2018

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