Cordial Bright Week visitations with the local dead (unpictured) followed by an afternoon of territory expansion (pictured). . (Once my highlander-nomad genes are engaged my feet seem to move of their own accord...) . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #scotland
My grandmother must’ve enjoyed the honey-baked quince I made for her birthday back in 2021 - one of the seeds from the store-bought quince I prepared germinated into a tree that flowered for the first time this year. . (Pome seeds have a super-great germination rate, they just don’t have a super-great fertility rate. For every handful of seeds planted you might get one or two flowering trees, but there’s no guarantee that what’s produced is worth the effort. That’s why most fruit trees with a price tag are either grafts or clones.) . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #containergardening #quincetree #ancestralveneration
Resurrection of the sacrificial god-king. 🌿 . Stone Cock and Wood Cock are two of several physical representations of the sacrificial god-king in my DIY/Choose Your Own Adventure practice. Inherently tied to the strength of the sun the king's “raised” from the dead by resurrective maypole rites on his summer feast [St. George’s Eve, May 5th] and is venerated throughout the agrarian year until his winter feast [St. George's Day, Dec 9th]. . Upon the god-king's seasonal death - which I observe between November 23rd [Catholic St. George's Day] and December 9th [Orthodox St. George's Day] - Stone Cock and Wood Cock are ritually dethroned, prepared for funeral rites (washed, anointed, etc.), shrouded in sabbatic maypole ribbons, and ceremonially interred in coffins until ecstatic celebrations resurrect the sacrificial god-king again on his May feast the following year. . you had jesus on your breath and i caught him in mine sweating out confessions the undone and the divine -- florence + the machine, 'bedroom hymns' . ** Instagram's been distorting some of my photos - if you hop over to my diary you'll be able to see unglitched pics & link-jump to associated entries. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitch #folkwitchcraft
Resurrection rites of the sacrificial god-king. 👑 . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #maypole #sabbat #witch
Agnes Finnie: The Witch of the Potterrow Port by Mary W. Craig. What a woman 👏👏👏 I love a historical women who talked back. Her last words were never recorded but something tells me she had some choice words for her executioners. Rest in Power, Agnes. 🖤 #witchessupportingwitches #witchcraftact #witchesofscotland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The gospels neglect to mention the Myrrhbearer who accidentally torched her offering of myrrh that fateful morning at the tomb. . (I mean, it's not like there was a body in there to anoint anyway... 🤷) . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #easter #eastersunday #myrrh #myrrhbearers
Preparing to resurrect a sacrificial god-king with the help of Sviatyi Yurii [Saint George] on the eve of his Orthodox feast. . “It is the eve of St. George’s Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to do?” – Bram Stoker, 'Dracula' . ** Instagram's been distorting some of my photos - if you hop over to my diary you'll be able to see unglitched pics & link-jump to associated entries. . #witchesoinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #sabbat #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #folkwitch #altar #altarsofinstagram
May King is risen! Glory to the lord of verdant life, the beloved saint of summer pleasures. 👑 . deprived of root, and branch, and rind yet flowers i bear of every kind and such is my prolific power they bloom in less than half an hour – jonathan swift, ’a maypole’ . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitch #folkwitchcraft #maypole
Death conquered, salvation ensured. Христос воскрес [He is risen]! . A very happy Easter to fellow Orthodox folk, and a happy belated Easter to those of you who celebrated fake Easter back in March. (😉) . i saw the empty cavern's gloom the garments of the prison the angel-guardians of the tomb the glory of the risen -- paschal sequence, 'victimæ paschal' . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram #easter #eastersunday
YOU GET TO CHOOSE HOW YOU FEEL NO MATTER WHAT! . . . #infinitemagick #manifestation #lawofattraction
“People greet one another with the traditional Easter greeting ‘Khrystos Voskres!’ [Christ is risen!], to which the reply is ‘Voistyno Voskres!’ [He is risen indeed!].” — Traditional Ukrainian Cookery . Khrystos Voskres!, followers and friends. May the blessed power of resurrection bring you and your loved ones comfort and hope. ❤️ . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchcraftofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #folkwitch #paska #bread #eastersunday #eastereggs
Be careful what information you feed your mind. It can potentially harm you, but it can also free you. Choose wisely, as every piece of knowledge absorbed shapes your perception, guiding you either towards enlightenment or leading you astray into darkness. #quotesaboutlife #stevenaitchisonquotes #stevenaitchison #witchesofscotland #authors #authorsofig #writingcommunity
Cherry blossom & larch scourge for St. George's Sabbat - the branches drive out, the blossoms beat in. . Awaken the skin, awaken the land, awaken the beloved saint of summer pleasures. 🌿 . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchcraftofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #folkwitch
YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL! . . . It’s already yours. If you’re living in a current reality that you don’t like, take your focus off it. What you see before you right now is only the manifestation of what you were thinking and feeling previously to now, in the past. Your current position is what YOU created it to be. Don’t panic, though. Knowing that you created what is right now means you are STILL THE CREATOR of what’s to come. You now have new wisdom that allows you from this point to move forward to course correct and re-create all of your tomorrows. If you are reading this post, take it as divine guidance that this is the end of the old for you should you choose and the beginning of the new. Everything is already yours! Your imagination creates your reality. Allow yourself to close your eyes, be still, let go, and imagine your desires fulfilled. What can you see? What does it feel like? Who are you now? How do you feel? Who is with you? Have you ever heard, “The magick lies within you!” Well, it’s your imagination it’s referencing. Do you realise that EVERYTHING you could ever want is within you? Your imagination creates every aspect of your existence, and your belief in it brings it to life. If you only conceive that your imagination creates it all, you WILL have it all! #infinitemagick #manifestation #lawofattraction
What you do when God's back is turned is between you and you. 😈 . "Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep..." - St. Epiphanius, 'The Lord Descends into Hades' . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram #blacksaturday #holysaturday #harrowingofhell
A candle to illuminate the all-hymned Mother's suffering, a garland of roses to venerate her sacrifice, and an empty holy oil anointing vessel to catch her tears of sorrow. . O All-hymned Mother, crushed by thy sorrow at the Cross of thy Son and God, accept our tears and expressions of sorrow, and save from every sorrow, affliction, and eternal death all those who hope in thine ineffable kindheartedness and cry out to God: Alleluia! – Kontakion XIII . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #lapieta #goodfriday #holyweek #easter #virginmary #theotokos
Dirty's May Schedule . may, and among the miles of leafing blossoms storm out of the darkness — mary oliver, ’may’ . May 01: Holy Wednesday & Beltane [Summer] May 02: Strastney Chetver [Holy Thursday] May 03: Velykodnia Piatnytsia [Good Friday] & Bandcamp Friday May 04: Harrowing of Hell [Holy or Black Saturday] & Feast of Our Lady of Solitude May 05: Velykden [Easter Sunday] & Yuriev Den Vesenniy Eve [St. George’s Day in the Spring] May 06: Spanking Day [Easter Monday] & Yuriev Den Vesenniy [St. George’s Day in the Spring] May 08: Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation May 09: Anniversary [27 years] & Feast of Saint Christopher May 12: Bird’s Homeday [13 years] & Mother’s Day [USA] May 13: Old Hexennacht [Witches’ Night] May 14: Old May Day May 16: Vyshyvanka Day [traditional embroidered shirt] May 18: Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People May 20: World Bee Day & ☀️ enters ♊ May 22: World Goth Day May 23: Blossom Moon [Full Moon] May 24: Husband’s Birthday May 26: Cake Marriage [2021] & Husband’s Grandfather’s Birthday [1918] May 27: Saint Melangell’s Day & Memorial Day . Saint dates and Ukrainian holidays typically run on Julian time, while birthdays, death anniversaries, Scottish and other European holidays on Gregorian. . img: netty van der waarden . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #folkwitch #may #schedule
On Strastney Chetver [Holy Thursday] I begin the painstaking process of shrouding every icon and statue on display - including Cow - in preparation for Christ’s death on Velykodnia Piatnytsia [Good Friday]. . Crucifixes, though, remain uncovered until the conclusion of Good Friday’s Three Hours’ Agony observance at 3pm (the time of Jesus’s death). . Once Christ’s living flame’s extinguished I veil myself with a ritual mantilla and shroud remaining crucifixes as Dead Can Dance’s ’The Host of Seraphim’ plays in the background. . From that point on, all icons, statues, and crucifixes stay covered until our Lent Fast is broken on Easter Sunday. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram #goodfriday #holythursday #holyweek #easter
To observe Good Friday's 'The Great Three Hours' I light Jesus Christ's candle at noon and deliberately extinguish the flame at 3pm. . "The Three Hours’ Agony (also known as the Tre Ore, The Great Three Hours, or Three Hours’ Devotion) is a Christian service held in some Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist churches on Good Friday from noon till 3 o'clock to commemorate the three hours of Christ’s hanging at the cross." - Wikipedia, 'Three Hours' Agony' . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #goodfriday #holyweek #threehoursagony #thegreatthreehours #jesuschrist #altar #altarsofinstagram
YOU CAN HAVE WAY MORE HAPPY DAYS THAN SAD DAYS; IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO YOU CHOOSE TO SHOW UP AS EVERY DAY! #magic #manifestation #lawofattraction
When you realise everything outside of you is a manifestation of the thoughts you’ve been thinking, how you’ve been feeling and ultimately showing up as, you will be able to unlock a whole world of magic and create a life of your wildest dreams! Tik Tok #witchandmentor #witchofinstagram #witchcraft
Some Lenten vows are relaxed for Maundy Thursday’s [Strastney Chetver] evening meal. . Aspects of the sacrificial god-king that have been given up for Lent - his blood (alcohol), his bones (grain), his flesh (red meat) - return to the dinner table for the one night to enact a communal Last Supper. . Last Supper [2024]: * collops of venison w/hedgerow fruit sauce * grilled asparagus * baby potatoes w/beef marrow butter & garden herbs * buttermilk buckwheat muffins * dates * red wine . Traditionally all of Holy Week’s spent observing a strict vegetarian fast, but last year I amended the rules to include red meat as part of our communal Last Supper meal since bread and wine wouldn’t have been the only things consumed that fateful evening. . this is my blood you drink this is my body you eat if you would remember me when you eat and drink… – jesus christ superstar, ’the last supper’ . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram #maundythursday #holythursday #holyweek #easter
Our Lady in Passiontide. . "O LORD in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, the sword of sorrow did pierce the most loving soul of thy glorious Virgin Mother Mary: mercifully grant that we, who devoutly call to mind the suffering whereby she was pierced, may, by the glorious merits and prayers of all the Saints who have stood beneath the Cross, obtain with gladness the benefits of thy Passion; who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen." . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram #fridayofsorrows #ourladyinpassiontide #virginmary #theotokos
A Holy Week Hexennacht [Witches' Night, aka Walpurgisnacht]. 🧹 . Lent vows still applied, but Holy Tuesday's Sinful Woman found a clever way into her homemade bottle of THC-infused Liquore Strega. . (Potato vodka isn't derived from grain or grapes. 😉) . there is no rest to-night for any one: when one dance ends, another is begun. come, let us to it; we shall have rare fun. – mephistopheles, ‘faust’ . ** Instagram's been distorting some of my photos - if you hop over to my diary you'll be able to see unglitched pics & link-jump to associated entries. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #witch #hexennacht #walpurgisnacht #witchesnight #broom #altar #altarsofinstagram
The reason for the season. (If you ever had homemade paska spread with a thick layer of butter you’d agree.) . These cylinder loaves of bread were made using local wheat flour - something my husband and I can't eat due to similar autoimmune diseases. There’s no Easter without paska, though, so I bake a round of the traditional bread out of ancestral devotion and then use the loaves-that-must-not-be-eaten throughout the year in various rites. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #paska #bread #food #ancestors #easter
Tis the season of the BULL 🐂 • The EARTHLY sign (STAR) planet in TAURUS ➰ • The BULL the one of the earth rooted deeply here they know the soil the plants n trees … heavy footed and mostly embodied here in this realm .., • Stubborn immovable … fair + deeply holding they know pain + ground it tor the ones who cannot .., • They also speak for many n hold family n clan dear they fight with all of their heart n speak this too .., • But get out the way wen bulls are aboot NOTHING STOPS THEM … for the force that’s guides them comes straight from the mother of all mothers (the earth) • Forever evolving n reshaping redoing and growing dying birthing feeding giving … this is the pure essence of the bull drenched in the warrior power of the MOTHER … • Bow to the bulls ye know … for they will always be near holding the ground for something or someone ➰
Stop listening, watching and reading the news for 30 days and see what a difference it makes to your energy levels. #WitchesofScotland #stevenaitchison #fantasy #fiction #bookstagram #authors #authorsofinstagram #author #writers #writersofinstagram #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #authorlife #writerslife #reading #book #writersofig #amwriting #booklover #authorsofig #love #authorssupportingauthors #authorslife #bookworm #write #indieauthor #quotes #fiction #readers
Happy Beltane ✨✨ . . #Beltane #HappyBeltane #FirstOfMay #MayDay #WitchLife #WitchyLifeAndMemes #Witchy #WitchStuff #WitchVibes #Witch #ScottishWitch #WitchPlease #Taurus #WitchesOfInstagram #WitchesOfScotland #Witches #ScottishWitches #AlwaysBeAWitch #Paganism #PagansOfInstagram #PagansOfScotland #ScottishPagan #Pagan #PaganWitch #FamilyOfWitches #IrishHeritage #WitchMemes #WitchyMemes #LifeAsAWitch #LifeIsAWitch
✨🔥Blessed Bealltainn from Selkie and Hare 🔥✨ We wish you all the best for this sabbat and hope you are doing something lovely! Yesterday on the eve of Beltane we took a leaf (or more accurately a spell!) out of our Bealltainn Mini guides and fashioned these beautiful hawthorn enchanted flower crowns in the afternoon before nighttime festivities- bonus picture of Artemis looking fetching in his hawthorn collar! 🐶🐾🌸 We will be relaxing today after a night of divination and rituals, but will be making even more exciting things in the weeks to come! ✨🌸 . #beltane #bealltainn #scottishwitch #scottishwitches #witchesofscotland #witchery #rituals #witchesofinstagram #wicca #wiccansofinstagram #Edinburgh #eastlothian #folklore #spellwork #sabbats #scotland #mayday
What are you using your magick to do? #magick #moonmagick #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #stevenaitchisonquotes #wicca #witchvibes #authorsofig #writerscommunity #authorlife
"Planets align, a king is born..." - Clutch, 'Spacegrass' . (JESUS ON THE PALMESELLLLLLLL...!) . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #palmsunday #holyweek #palmesel
The higher the vibrational energy you put into the world, the more you will get back. However, never give energy to receive it. #energyhealing #witches #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #authorssupportingauthors #authorsofig
La Moreneta, the Catalonian 'Rose of April', on her recent feast day. . She's adorned with a rosary strand I made last year using scented geranium leaves & wild rose petals, and is seated upon holy earth. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #lamoreneta #roseofapril #virginofmontserrat #blackmadonna #rosary
Lozah bye, ne ya byu; vid neeni za tyzhden bude Velikden. 🌿 . [The willow hits, not I; a week from now will be Easter.] . Willow-swatting @woodcat91, @dragoncunning, @hexgrlfrnd, @serbiancultofthesaints, @emily.robbins.336, @sasha.ravitch, @witchcraft_oles_barleeh, and anyone else who might be running on old calendar time, too. May you all be as big as the willow, healthy as water, and rich as the earth. ❤️ . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #willow #palmsunday #willowsunday #branchsunday
Adapting old resurrective rites to reaffirm my devotion to this land. . “In most liturgical churches, Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches (or the branches of other native trees), representing the palm branches which the crowd scattered in front of Christ as he rode into Jerusalem. The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to their substitution with branches of native trees, including box, olive, willow, and yew. The Sunday was often named after these substitute trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday…” – Wikipedia, ’Palm Sunday’ . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #palmsunday #branchsunday #holyweek
My ancestors’ holy days are my holy days. I reinterpret and redefine to create personal meaning so my connection to them is genuine, but reflective of my own beliefs. Even though Jesus Christ isn’t my savior he has a welcomed place at the resurrective god table I waitress. . Lent, Holy Week, and Easter are how I prepare for and celebrate the resurrection of the land, and how I venerate and welcome the new sacrificial god-king of the year. Despite appearances, I don’t consider these rites to be specifically Christian or pagan; they’re 100% Dirty. . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraf #altar #altarsofinstagram
Feast of the Virgin of Montserrat [April 27th]. . Homemade wild rose incense, locally foraged wild rose petals, homemade wild rose & honey liqueur, and a ceremonial earthen burial for Catalonia's beloved Black Madonna, Rosa d'abril [Rose of April], on her feast day. 🌹 . (Any soil clinging to La Moreneta's exhumed statue's left where it is. Once dried, the dirt's brushed off and added to my jar of holy earth.) . rosa d’abril, morena de la serra... [rose of april, dark-skinned lady of the mountain...] - escolania de montserrat, 'el virolai' . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #blackmadonna #lamoreneta #roseofapril #virginofmontserrat #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft
We came across swathes of wild garlic on our walk to Haddo House yesterday. Wild garlic is a popular plant to forage, and as a folk witch, I love me a good forage. But I decided not to take any for several reasons. 1- its on a popular walk for people and dogs, it’s probably covered in dog piss. 2- I don’t need any. It’s often used in culinary dishes (it’s popular in pesto and soup) and like it’s domestic counterpart, it’s got mild healing properties. 3- Most importantly; it’s not my place. I don’t own the land, work on the estate or tend the gardens. I’m not familiar with or connected to the spirits of that particular place. So to rock up and take some would be rude. The spirits know who’s there the grab the fruit, and who’s there to tend the soil. Also; if you are going to forage, please do so safely and sustainably. #wildgarlic #foraging #forage #garlic #nature #plants #tendthesoil #responsibility #ethics #witch #greenwitch #themagicofplants #themagicofherbs #hedgewitch #witch #witches #witchesofianstagram #witchesofinsta #witchesofig #witchesofscotland #folkwitch #folkwitchesofscotland #thebarefootwitch
Throwback to last Bealltainn when I left offerings for the fair folk in the hopes that they wouldn’t eat me…. I don’t know if I should do the same this year for the spirits in the wood (because they have taken an interest in me) or if I should just hunker down and not draw attention to myself… I’ll definitely be visiting the ancient yew trees though. #beltane #bealltainn #mayday #offerings #fairfolk #scottishfairfolk #thegoodfolk #spirits #witch #witches #witchesofscotland #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinsta #witchesofig #witchywoman #folkwitch #folkpractitioner #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchesofig #thebarefootwitch
Lectura de la energía para el fin de semana ✨ Momento de parar. Toma tiempo aparte para recargarte y consentirte. Permitite la pausa regeneradora. Necesitas tranquilidad y reposo para recargarte y volver al ruedo. A veces no accionamos exteriormente pero hay mucho sucediendo en nuestro interior. Hay mucha prosperidad y abundancia esperando por vos, pero ahora la vida te invita a detenerte. Agradece todo lo bueno que ya hay disponible en tu vida para decirle al universo que te envié aún más bendiciones. Estas cartas pueden indicar también que un familiar cercano deje este plano prontamente. Deseo que puedas tener la sabiduría y fortaleza para atravesar este momento de la mejor forma posible 🌹 Deja un comentario si resuenas con esta lectura 🎴 Envíame un DM para una sesión privada conmigo 🧝🏼 Energy reading for the weekend ✨ Time to stop. Take some time to recharge and pamper yourself. Allow yourself to pause and regenerate. You need calmness and rest to recharge and get back on track. Sometimes we don’t take action externally but there is a lot going on internally. There is a lot of abundance and prosperity awaiting you, but now life is inviting you to pause. Thank all the good that is available in your life as a way to tell the universe to send your way even more blessings. These cards can also signal a close family member leaving this dimension in the short run. I wish you have the wisdom and strength to get through this moment in the best possible manner 🌹 Leave a comment if you resonate with this reading 🎴 DM for a private session with me 🧝🏼 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofig #witchesofinsta #witchesofcolor #witchesoftheworld #witchesofeastend #witchesofeastwick #witchesofinstagram🌙🔮 #witchesofaustralia #witchesofinstagram🔮 #witchesofetsy #witchesoftiktok #witchesofscotland #witchesofgermany #witchesofyoutube #witchesofnewyork #witchesofmelbourne #witchesofcanada #witchesofneworleans #witchesofmiami #witchesofflorida #witchesoftheuk #witchesoftoronto #witchesofbrooklyn #witchesofcolorado #witchesofpittsburgh #witchesofpittsburgh
Now that book 8 is out and the first series of The Witches of Scotland has been completed, I would love to know what your favourite book cover is. The next series of The Witches of Scotland called the Edinburgh Files will be out soon with a brand new set of book covers. Let me know in the comments. #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #bookcoverdesign #bookcovers #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasybooks
Feast of the Birth of Dirty [aka Dirtymas]. 🎂 . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #birthday #altar #altarsofinstagram
Intermittent rain cancelled Earth Day’s plant crime this year (digging up wild cherry suckers), but it was just dry enough to shuffle out into garden and snap some photos of previous heists. . 01: Pink Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris, ’Winky Rose-Rose’). Origin: local pedestrian walkway btwn homes. Propagation method: transplanted. . 02: Tuberous Comfrey (Symphytum tuberosum). Origin: 18th century rural graveyard. Propagation method: transplanted. . 03: Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum). Origin: local woodland footpath btwn homes. Propagation method: transplanted. . 04: Bicolor Monkshood (Aconitum x cammarum). Origin: lochside holy grounds. Propagation method: transplanted. . 05: Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum). Origin: 13th century local graveyard. Propagation method: cutting. . 06: Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum). Origin: ancient royal forest. Propagation method: cutting. . 07: Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa). Origin: 18th century rural graveyard & cairn of indeterminate age. Propagation method: cutting. . 08: Black Poplar (Populus nigra). Origin: local public park (this is one of Marena’s 2021 vernal guards). Propagation method: cutting. . 09: Black Elder (Sambucus nigra). Origin: Peck-Man’s birthplace (a local rookery). Propagation method: cutting. . i will sing about the mother of all, the well-founded and eldest who feeds all creatures as many as they are, all that move on the trusty land, and all in the sea, and all that fly, all these are fed from her wealth. - faun, ’gaia’ [homeric hymn 30] . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #earthday #containergardening
Getting deeper into book 1 of The Witches of Scotland: The Edinburgh Files #WitchesofScotland #StevenAitchison #authorlife #authorjourney #wordcount #wordcountgoals #writersofig
Spring’s been holding my ass hostage since last month’s equinox. 🐣 . (Hormones rule the roost even if she doesn’t build a nest or lay eggs.) . [One of these days I'll get around to figuring out why Instagram suddenly began distorting my photos back in January... 🙄] . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #rooksofinstagram #rooksofscotland #corvidsofinstagram #corvidsofscotland #birdsofinstagram #birdsofscotland #rook #corvusfrugilegus #corvid #bird
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Thank you so much @crystalcauldronholistics for hosting us at the Midlothian Spiritual and Holistic Market at @onedalkeith 🌙✨ It was our second market and we had such a lovely time! We met so many lovely people and it was nice to see our wands and other goodies going home with witches and people interested in Scottish Folklore 🥹🧚♂️🔮 We are so lucky and thankful for all the support that we have received so far for our wee business venture ❤️ #scottishfolklore #beltane #beltaine #selkieandhare #scottishwitch #scottishwitches #witchesofscotland #folklore #scotland #witchcraft #witchesofinstagram
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Books 1 - 3 covers have been completed. 1st book is due out on the 31st of July 2024 #urbanfantasy #fantasybooks #stevenaitchison #witchesofscotland #bookish #booklovers #writersofig
I have long been fascinated by the memento-mori on Scottish gravestones and its esoteric meaning. You can read more about this intriguing symbolism and how it was used by secret guilds on our website. My illustrated diagram also appears in our upcoming book, Unquiet Voices – the Art of Laying Ghosts. Article Link: Winged Souls - Grave Effigies of Scotland and Liberation of the Soul (arcaneborders.com) Preorder Link: Unquiet Voices: The Magical Art of Laying Ghosts: Douglas, Rob, Douglas, Nonie: 9780738765556: Amazon.com: Books ____ #gravestone #graveyardphotography #occultart #scottishhistory #cemeteriesandgraveyards #witchesofscotland #witchy #borderreivers #scottishancestry #folklore #dumfriesandgalloway #momentomori #paranormalinvestigators #scottishpagan #witchesofinsta #momentomori
So emotional seeing one of our @selkieandhare wands in the shop window of the Wyrd Shop on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.🌙 Five of our amazing wands have been sent across to go find new homes with some witches 🥹💖 We have been patrons of the Wyrd shop for around 8 years back when we were baby witches starting our journey! 🐣 How time flies by and so much as changed. Our wee business is growing slowly but surely, and we are very thankful to the Wyrd Shop for giving us a chance! ,☺️ #selkieandhare #thewyrdshop #edinburgh #witchesofscotland #scottishwitches #witchshop #witchcraft #witchery #scotland
Dirty's April Schedule [2024] . the april rain, the april rain, comes slanting down in fitful showers, then from the furrow shoots the grain, and banks are fledged with nestling flowers; and in grey shawl and woodland bowers the cuckoo through the april rain calls once again. - mathilde blind, ’april rain’ . Spring starts on February 2nd and lasts until May 1st. . My devotional focus shifts from the deities, saints, and spirits that played significant roles in my ancestors’ lives, and turns towards the land and its inhabitants waking from hibernation. . Apr. 01: Huntigowk Day [April Fools’ Day] Apr. 05: Bandcamp Friday Apr. 06: Tartan Day Apr. 07: Feast of the Annunciation Apr. 08: Day of the Master of the Lightning [Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel] & ☀️ eclipse Apr. 11: Dirtymas [Dirty’s Birthday] 🎂 Apr. 20: ☀️ enters ♉ & 420 Apr. 21: Serpents’ Day & The Fog & National Tea Day [UK] Apr. 22: Earth Day Apr. 23: St. George’s Day Apr. 24: Dirtymas [Orthodox Birthday] 🎂 & Full Moon [Hare Moon] Apr. 26: Viernes de Dolores [Friday of Sorrows] Apr. 27: Feast of the Virgin of Montserrat [Rosa d'abril] & Lazarus Saturday Apr. 28: Verbna Nedilya [Willow Sunday] Apr. 29: Holy Monday & Mama’s Birthday Apr. 30: Holy Tuesday & Hexennacht [Witches’ Night] & Feast of St. Zosim . “The springtime of the Fast has dawned, the flower of repentance has begun to open…” . Saint dates and Ukrainian holidays typically run on Julian time, while birthdays, death anniversaries, Scottish and other European holidays on Gregorian. . img: Netty van der Waarden . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #april #schedule
Getting closer to the magickal number of 100,000 books sold in the witches of Scotland series. #authorlife #writersofig #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #authorcommunity #bookishlove #booksaboutwitches
Thunder's welcome, burning the house down isn't. 🍷🌩️ . Here in northeast Scotland cherry season coincides with thunder season so I figured some homemade wild cherry-based liqueur would be an appropriate offering. . [April] 8 - Day of the master of the lightning. Archangel Gabriel is honoured as such, so as to prevent him from burning one's house down. – @katttia.sh . great captain of the heavenly hosts, we ask you, though unworthy, by your prayers to protect us with the covering wings of your spiritual glory; and guard us who bow before you and cry: deliver us from all need, for you are commander of the powers on high. – synaxis of the archangel gabriel (from vespers) . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #archangelgabriel #synaxis #liqueur #wildcherrybrandy #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft
I see Jessica and her father living in this type of property, an AI version of Randolph Crescent in Edinburgh. #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #writerscommunity #authorlife #urbanfantasybooks #urbanfantasyauthor #bookish #authorsofig #edinburgh #scotlandexplore
The Annunciation of the Mother of God is celebrated on March 25th by those following the “new” [Gregorian] calendar, but the feast isn’t observed until April 7th by those following the “old” [Julian] calendar. . greetings, favoured one! the lord is with you. greetings, pure virgin! greetings, unmarried bride! greetings, life’s mother! blessed is the fruit of your womb! - annunciation of the mother of god (from vespers) . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #annunciation #ladyday #theotokos #virginmary #altar #altarsofinstagram #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft
Here's a look at the cover for book 1 of the new series, The Witches of Scotland: The Edinburgh Files, which will be released at the end of July 2024. #bookcover #stevenaitchison #witchesofscotland #coverreveal #urbanfantasy #bookish #booklovers #fantasybooks #authorsofig #scotland #edinburgh
"Greetings, favoured one, the Lord is with you!" . "Gabriel’s opening words were more meaningful to Mary than the Hail Mary is to our minds. His salutation is not a sympathetic greeting, but rather an emotionally charged salute, a cry of victory. The woman he greets is addressed by her biblical name, not Mary, but Kecharitōmĕnē ("Full of Grace”). In the Old Testament the word for greeting used by the angelic force is a cry of victory." – kecharitomene.com . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #annunciation #ladyday #icon #theotokos #virginmary
Aries pre-birthday self-gift #2 was purchased with the understanding that it would inevitably be shared with canonized Ukrainian royalty [🕊️] and a celestial cow with expensive taste [🐮]. . hutsul zgarda: @oksana.boriychuk . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #ariesofinstagram #aries #necklace #zgarda #jewlery #ukraine #hutsul
Around the vernal equinox I return to my outside office to throw open windows and pull off dust covers (translation: reactivate my private woodland altar). The unshuttering typically coincides with the feast of Komoeditsa, when my ancestors left solar cake offerings to bears emerging from their winter dens. . Currently the largest hibernating mammal native to Scotland that rouses with the strengthening sun is the European badger (Meles meles) - which, admittedly, are more weasel than bear, but you work with what you got when dealing with localized extinction. . This year’s Komoeditsa was a washout (again), so we offered several solar cakes via my working altar to mark the ancestral feast. Once the days are drier we’ll unfreeze the cakes and take them - along with raisins, sunflower seeds, and the last of our winter-stored apples - to one of our local badger setts. . I should probably mention that pumpkins aren't traditionally associated with the feast; we still had a pair kicking around from Halloween that needed to be carved, and I thought lit jack-o-lanterns would provide some solar vibes (glowing orbs emanating heat and light and all of that). . great bear, come down, shaggy night, cloud-coated beast with the old eyes, star eyes. through the thickets your paws break shimmering with their claws, star claws. – ingeborg bachmann, 'invocation of the great bear' . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #komoeditsa
Assorted mischief, feasts, and wanderings from this past March. . 01: Decanting some of my Queen of Hungary’s Water to send to friends. . 02: Late-night candle blessing on a belatedly observed Sreteniye [Candlemas]. . 03: A local birch mother was felled even though she wasn’t ill or a danger to property. . 04: A solar cake offering [pumpkin-enriched cornmeal hoecakes] on Komoeditsa. . 05: There are good mail days, and then there are stellar mail days. 📦 . 06: Maty Syra Zemlia [Moist Mother Earth] and Mokosh guiding our ancestors home. . 07: Gifting the final paska from last Easter to my chosen Larch sponsor for the year. . 08: Final blessing of St. Mary Magdalene’s rose-infused crème de mûre [blackberry liqueur]. . 09: Hugely smitten with my new Cucuteni–Trypillia goddess figurine by @clay.art.ua ❤️. . (Instagram's still distorting photos. 🙄) . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstsgram🌙🔮 #witchesofscotland #witchcraf #folkwitchesofinstagram #folkwitchesofscotland #folkwitchcraft #altar #altarsofinstagram
Ritually blessing devotional grains before they’re sown outdoors in my container garden. Fresh blood, consecrated earth, and a semi-mighty bellow on the ancestor horn help guide our forebears home. . by itself the earth produces: first the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain shall appear. – the blessing of the seed . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #altar #altarsofinstagram #ancestors #blackmadonna #mokosh #grain #wheat #oats
Don’t you think this rainy and wet weather is perfect for some history and culture. Come and hear the stories of the women and men accused of witchcraft whilst exploring #York #Edinburgh and #London #Southbank 🧙♀️ #witches #witchesofscotland #yorkshirewitches #londonwitches #storytelling #thingstodo #thingsforfamiliestodo #halftermactivities
With three commanding whistles Mokosh rouses the slumbering land. . oj mokoši, sunce žarko [hey, mokosh, blazing sun] studen-vodo, mokra majko [icy water, wet mother] zlatnom zrakom obasjaj me [with a golden ray shine on me] od tmine čuvaj, molim te [please, save me from the darkness] – svarica, “oj, mokoši” . #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #whistle #mokosh
My container garden - affectionately known as Gothel's Garden - is an ever-expanding collection of fruits, vegetables, herbs, grains, flowers and poisons that've been grown primarily from seed or propagated via localized plant crimes. . It expands out into the yard during summer, then contracts back onto the patio during winter creating a miniature hedge for visiting and overwintering wildlife. Around the equinoxes sleeves get rolled up for a massive clean that involves rearranging containers, removing dead growth, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, and, depending on season, sowing seeds or planting bulbs. . The biannual tidying’s pretty intense and normally takes up to a week to complete, but I view these spots as outdoor altars where I perform land and ancestral rites, and grow food, medicine, and ingredients for my various workings, projects, holidays, and feasts. . Sacred spaces are holy places; the outdoor kind deserve the same respect and attention the indoor kind get regardless how exposed they might be to the elements - or so my comorbid personality disorder insists. 😉 . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #containergardening
A new Trypillian mother joins the council of ancestral mothers. 🥰 . goddess figurine: @clay.art.ua . #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram #witchesofscotland #witchcraft #ancestors #trypillian #ukraine
I think David and Jessica will walk down Victoria Street a few times in the new series of The Witches of Scotland: The Edinburgh Files. New cover reveal coming out next week ❤️ #witchesofscotland #stevenaitchison #writerscommunity #authorlife #urbanfantasybooks #urbanfantasyauthor #bookish #authorsofig