Hedge Magic

What Is A Hedge Witch?

A “Hedge witch” (or more often “Hedgewitch”) is someone who does solitary magic focused on nature and its aspects. Hedgecraft is possibly based on traditional European witchcraft, though it is more likely to be a more modern tradition. There is some dispute about the history of Hedgecraft, as with nearly all magical traditions. In general, ...
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Hedgecraft & Herbalism

These two Ancient healing arts compliment each other, both in methodology and orgin. They both rely on nature, specifically plants and sound vibrations for healing. In ancient times individuals that practiced Hedgecraft and Herbalism were revered, and often sought after for medical, and spiritual relief. Names given to such a practicioner would be Shaman, Medicine ...
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Hedgecraft: How It Works

If you go to the Internet hunting for hedge magic or hedge witches, don’t be surprised when 95% of what you find is related to role playing games. To such depths are the mighty fallen. Well, sort of mighty. Hedge magic was never quite considered to be REAL magic, the kind that sorcerers or black ...
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Shamanism Vs. Hedge Magic

Since the advent of the New Age trend, many people are confused and curious about the modern practice of magic throughout the world. Two interesting traditions include hedge magic and shamanism, which have some similarities but can be quite different in practice. Hedge witchcraft, also called hedgecraft, is a practice that has its roots in ...
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White & Black: Beliefs About White and Black Witches

The phrases “black witch” and “white witch” are increasingly unpopular, as they are increasingly taken to refer to race than to type of witchery, though both kinds exist even now. In the past, a “white witch,” a “hedge witch,” and a “herbalist” tended to be fairly synonymous. Such a woman–and it almost always was a ...
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Hedge Magic

In English history, the cunning man or cunning woman is a professional or semi-professional folk magic user up until the 20th century and, to a lesser degree, to the present day. Such people were also frequently known as wizards, wise men, wise women, witch doctors or conjurers. The term white witch was infrequently used for ...
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History of Hedge Magic

The historical studies of Owen Davies have shown the extent to which cunning folk were a recognised part of British rural and urban life, and in the 19th century it is estimated there were several thousand at work across the country. They could be found operating openly in towns and villages across the nation and ...
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Hedge Magic Services

Protection against witchcraft One of their most important and profitable roles. Cunning folk claimed to be able to detect witchcraft and counter it by using their own charms. Often they would also claim to be able to discover the witch who was responsible for cursing the victim. After the execution of witches in England ceased ...
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Cunning Folk Magic

Most recorded Cunning folk were Christian to one degree or another. Some cunning folk were priests, others were committed, regular church goers, and others seldom went to church at all, but there is no evidence that they were pagans in the sense of worshiping ancient gods. Cunning folk in general did not worry about how ...
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