Hedgewitch
Signs You’re a Hedge Witch and Readily Walk Between Worlds
The mist filled path leading to an ancient moss-cloaked graveyard. The feeling of your soul lifting from your body and traveling far and wide. Over snow-covered mountains and down into the deepest of ...
The Hedge – Physical Boundaries
Henges and hedges, dill heaps, stone walls and more have marked the edges of a community. In my own little parish, a couple of years ago we re-established “beating the bounds”, a tradition of going ar...
Hedgewitch: A Universal Telephone Line
Remember Harvey? And do you recall how he said that his house insurance was cancelled?Here is the creative way in which he handled it:“I got this darned letter in the mail that said ‘your house insura...
What is a Hedge Witch
A Hedge Witch is a solitary practitioner of the herbal arts – both, medicinal and spiritual. She is the person you call when you develop a rash or get a toothache, and the doctor or dentist is unavail...
Hedge Witches’ Rites of Fire
Light incense. Pass over working area. Place the representation of your magick key near your other supplies for this night. Close your eyes, and envision yourself surrounded by white light. Take thirt...
Hedge Witches Candle Spell
Take a candle of an appropriate colour to use in your work. As a very basic guide, red is for love and passion, pink for emotions, blue for healing, green for the environment, brown for animals, yello...
The Basics of HedgeWitchery
Always connect to Spirit first. By Spirit, I mean that which you believe runs the universe. Some call it the source, others God or Goddess, or both, or neither, or whatever, or lots of names with part...
The Hedge Craft – Elder (Sambuccus nigra)
Elder (Sambuccus nigra) – flowers and berries • febrifuge – used to break fevers (blossom) • flowers support circulation (lymphatic system), promotes elimination through urinary tract, cuts congestion...
Hedgewitch: Circle of Influence
No HedgeWitch is an island. We have friends, those we love, perhaps children, significant others, parents, partners, co-workers-people that we allow to exert influence over our lives because we like t...
Hedgewitch: The Fertilizer of the Mind and Belief
I’m sure you’ve read many spiritual articles over the past several years that have in one way or another discussed the universal connection of all beings and how we are all an integrated part of the w...
Hedgewitch: Prove It to Yourself
Just because something is written, it doesn’t mean you have to believe it. So I’d like you to do an experiment for yourself. I’d like you to take one thing you complain about all the time, and I’d lik...
Rite of the Mountain
Light incense. On a purple candle, inscribe the word mountain with a pin, nail, or clay inscribing tool. Place the candle in a safe holder, and light. Intone the following mountain charm: Herbal magic...
The Hedge Craft – The Middleworld (Abred)
The Middleworld is the place where we live most of our lives. Yet it is not “ordinary” or dull in any sense in comparison to the other worlds. The Middleworld is a place where the worlds of Upper and ...
Hedgewitch Nature: Your Secret Shifter
Nature acts as a secret shifter, gently filling us with the power to change our circumstances whenever we choose. Interacting with Her allows us to switch mental gears in an instant, helping us to ove...
Hedgewitch: A Conscious and Subconscious Mind: Your Personal Filter
There is a really good reason why your subconscious and conscious minds don’t readily believe the same thing, and at this point, you may wish you didn’t have a subconscious at all, because it manages ...
The Hedge Craft – The Upperworld (Gwynfed)
This is the realm of inspiration, where immortal beings dwell, The Shining Ones. It’s a place of divine beings and teachers of tradition. It is the place where the spark that begins the intention is f...
The Hedge – The Lowerworld (Annwn)
Annwn translates as “in-world” or “the very deep place”. The translation of “Ceugant” most roughly approximates “infinity”, or finding or returning to some sort of “source” or “god”. It is found at th...
The Hedge – The Three Worlds and the World Tree
In the Hedge Druid’s Craft, we work with the concept of the World Tree, which is divided into three realms: the Lowerworld, Middleworld and Upperworld. As we like to use the hedge motif, when we are “...
Hedgewitch: The Magickal Garden of Your Mind
Deep in the forest glen of your mind, where the shadows never quite release the world, sits the ancient establishment of the HedgeWitch Academy. A learning center for young and old alike, this edifice...
The Hedge Craft – The Celestial
The sun, moon and stars have equal importance in the Hedge Druid’s Craft. With the cycles of the sun we find ourselves travelling through the year with agricultural festivals as well as the solstices ...
Hedgewitch Nature: Your Secret Shifter
Nature acts as a secret shifter, gently filling us with the power to change our circumstances whenever we choose. Interacting with Her allows us to switch mental gears in an instant, helping us to ove...
Hedgewitch: The Fertilizer of the Mind and Belief
I’m sure you’ve read many spiritual articles over the past several years that have in one way or another discussed the universal connection of all beings and how we are all an integrated part of the w...
Totem Representations
You may also wish to collect images of the HedgeWitch totem representations for your personal altar. If these totems don’t suit you, simply change them to what you feel best matches your needs and per...
Winter Solstice Rites and Rituals for a Hedgewitch
As this is the time of the longest night, holding an all-night vigil is a great way to attune yourself to the energy of darkness and rest, of winter and the earth. And when the sun rises in the mornin...
The Hedge Craft – Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) – flowers • analgesic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic (good for arthritis sufferers • thins the blood, is astringent and also works as a diuretic...
The Hedge – The Ancestors
The ancestors are a very important part of the Witches’ tradition. They have a lot to do with moral and ethical frameworks. As we realize the interconnectedness of all things, we come to the point whe...
Hedgewitch: Celebrating Your Personal Environment
Live your own wheel of the year as you feel most comfortable and secure. I have been writing spiritual books for many years, and my work is read all over the world, which means your climate and enviro...
The Hedge – Hedge Riding
Hedges have long been used by Witches in the community, who were often termed “Hedge Riders”. They were those who worked between the boundaries of the everyday and those of the wilderness; the wild sp...
Hedgewitch: Primal Language Exercise
Unchecked mind chatter or verbal communication complicates your life by sending mixed signals to the universe. Superfluous words can actually block your desires. Negative words will bring you things y...
Hedgewitch: Shifting with Nature
The basic idea of manifesting anything you want is to say exactly what you want, visualize it, feel good about it, and as soon as you open your eyes, think of something (anything) that makes you very ...
Starting the Day the Hedgewitch Way
Begin in the morning by reading the affirmation for the day. Today’s segment concentrates on the wind, associating this energy with that of Spirit. Close your eyes, quiet your mind, and allow Spirit t...
The Hedge Craft – Connecting to the Upperworld
In those lofty realms of the sacred bile, the world tree of the Celts, is the realm where the gods are said to dwell. It is often said that the ancestors belong to the Underworld, we are in the Middle...
The Hedge – Boundaries Between the Worlds
Physical boundaries such as stone circles or hedges can also delineate a boundary between this world and the Otherworld. In Witchcraft, Wicca and Druidry it is generally acknowledged that there exist ...
The Hedge – The World of the Hedge Craft
The world of the Hedge Druid’s Craft is one where we take inspiration from nature, and allow traditional folk customs, history and mythology to blend with the powers of nature so that we can better wo...
Hedgewitch: Circle of Influence
No HedgeWitch is an island. We have friends, those we love, perhaps children, significant others, parents, partners, co-workers-people that we allow to exert influence over our lives because we like t...
Hedgewitch: Draining and Irrigating Your Mental Garden Release
We’ve talked about how to enrich the soil of our minds by learning the right fertilizer (primal language) to use. The next step, as in any good garden, is to provide an adequate drainage and irrigatio...
Hedgewitch: Your Personal Primal Language
Discussing the law of attraction and release based on your thoughts, words, and deeds and supported by your belief isn’t new. It is very likely that it has been done for centuries through different ve...
The Hedge Craft – OAK (Quercus robur)
OAK (Quercus robur) Plant family: Beech family (fagaceae) Parts Used: Bark, leaves, acorns, galls (“oak apples” created by gall wasps on leaves and also acorn or knopper gall, on acorn). Soil and Envi...
The Hedge – Ritual to Enter the World of the Hedge Witches Craft
This rite can be used to dedicate yourself to The Hedge Witches Craft, to walking between the worlds. If you can, begin your work by standing in or near a hedgerow itself, looking away from civilizati...
Hedgewitch: Dollars and Cents Aren’t Always Required
Your response to my sofa story may have been, why didn’t you just go out and buy one? Except the kind of sofa I wanted was a large purchase, and that costs money, doesn’t it? In a marriage, you usuall...
The Hedge – Boundaries and Walking Between the Worlds
The term “hedge” in relation to a spiritual path often simply means that one is not dedicated to any particular path or organisation. However, in an earth-based tradition, the word also takes on a dee...
Hedgewitch: Your Key to the Universe
Consider your life as a fertile patch of ground, ready for planting your personal den of potential. Take a few moments, and think of what you’d like to grow there. Success? Good health? Financial gain...
Personal Empowerment for the Hedgewitch
The HedgeWitch guide is separated into fourteen segments, each segment entitled a “night” because that is the time normally scheduled for the rite. Begin in the morning by reading the affirmation and ...
Rite of the Enchanted Woods
There are two ways in which you can perform this rite. You can visit the physical woods (with a friend) in a safe area sometime throughout the day or afternoon, or you can use the magickal wood chosen...