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“Miles below
in the cold woods, with the mouse and the owl,
with the clearness of water sheeted and hidden,
with the reason for the wind forever a secret,
he descends and sits with me, his voice
like the snapping of bones.”
― Dream Work
in the cold woods, with the mouse and the owl,
with the clearness of water sheeted and hidden,
with the reason for the wind forever a secret,
he descends and sits with me, his voice
like the snapping of bones.”
― Dream Work
“I see wild birds, and impulses wilder than the wildest birds strike from my wild heart.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“One recurring characteristic of the traditional British magical practitioner, whether they be labelled 'black witch', 'white witch', 'conjuror', 'cunning man', or 'wise woman' etc. is the presence of a familiar spirit; who it seems was a primary source of the practitioners occult power and magical knowledge.”
― Silent as the Trees: Devonshire Witchcraft, Folklore & Magic
― Silent as the Trees: Devonshire Witchcraft, Folklore & Magic
“the black fox that lies down
to sleep beneath you,
the moon staring
with her bone-white eye”
― Dream Work
to sleep beneath you,
the moon staring
with her bone-white eye”
― Dream Work
“Witchcraft is the recourse of the dispossessed,
the powerless, the hungry and the abused.
It gives heart and tongue to stones and trees.
It wears the rough skin of beasts.
It turns on a civilization that knows the
price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Apocalyptic Witchcraft
the powerless, the hungry and the abused.
It gives heart and tongue to stones and trees.
It wears the rough skin of beasts.
It turns on a civilization that knows the
price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Apocalyptic Witchcraft
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