Salutations, Darklings.

[HellenaHex]

I’m mainly here to find and share occult information on Thursatru, traditional folkloric witchcraft, Necromancy, faerie folkloric witchcraft, estatic witchcraft, psychopomp spirit work, world folklore and its use in spiritual practices, demonolatry, working with the jinn, shamanistic practices, etc…

Styles of witchcraft and shamanism I have studied include but are not limited to Balkan witchcraft, Traditional witchcraft, Basque witchcraft, Slavic witchcraft, Primal Craft, Draconian witchcraft, Norse seidr, Thursatru, Swedish black magic, Irish witchcraft, Scottish witchcraft, Welsh witchcraft, Cornish traditional witchcraft, faerie witchcraft, Celtic shamanism, Druidism, Necromancy, Hellenic witchcraft, western occultism, Qayinite witchcraft current 218, Fayerie faith, Italian witchcraft, Green witchcraft, Faery witchcraft, Wicca (I am no longer Wiccan but was as a child), Egyptian Heka, Sumerian sorcery, Eldritch witchcraft, etc...

I don’t practice everything listed above but either have in the past or studied it for knowledge sake. My main practice is deeply rooted in spirit ( fae, jinn, the dead, nature spirits, etc… ) work, dream work, I find my main personal practice has many similarities to practices found in the dragon book of Essex, Peter Hamilton-Giles book of the black dragon series, Daniel A. Schulke’s teachings, much of Andrew D. Chumbley’s works, Gemma Gary, some Michael Howard’s works, Nigel Jackson’s works, Robin Artisson’s works, Lee Morgan’s works, etc….

Thank you all for having me, be well.

 

[Shalux]

Welcome here! I'm sure you have lots of interesting insights to share, and I hope you'll make good connections.

 

[FireBorn]

Welcome, some brilliant folks here with some really great insights.

 

[Morell]

Welcome.

 

[HellenaHex]

Welcome here! I'm sure you have lots of interesting insights to share, and I hope you'll make good connections.

Thank you for the well wishes. I hope so too.

 

[Shalux]

Thank you for the well wishes. I hope so too.

By the way, since you're interested in folkloric witchcraft, I guess you've heard of the Hellobore zine? I find it pretty interesting and well documented.
Thanks for the references you mentioned, I'm looking into some of them now.

 

[HellenaHex]

By the way, since you're interested in folkloric witchcraft, I guess you've heard of the Hellobore zine? I find it pretty interesting and well documented.
Thanks for the references you mentioned, I'm looking into some of them now.

I have heard of it but haven’t had the pleasure of reading theirs. Hopefully Soon I can remedy that. Have you heard of Viridis Genii Series? It’s one that I enjoy though its focus is on plants. If you have a particular area of interest that you’d like to share I can definitely see if I know any good sources of information on them or personal experiences. Thank you for the recommendation and please be well.

 

[Shalux]

Ah, thanks! I had never heard of Viridis Genii Series: plants is a topic I'd like to know more about, but I find it hard to start somewhere. Hopefully it can be a good source. I had heard some good words on Verdant Gnosis, which I now see seems to be linked to Viridis Genii. Any recommendation about where to start with plants is welcome. Definitely, dream work and nature spirits are domains I try to learn.

Thanks for the wishes, I'll try to be. And, please, be well too.

 

[HellenaHex]

Ah, thanks! I had never heard of Viridis Genii Series: plants is a topic I'd like to know more about, but I find it hard to start somewhere. Hopefully it can be a good source. I had heard some good words on Verdant Gnosis, which I now see seems to be linked to Viridis Genii. Any recommendation about where to start with plants is welcome. Definitely, dream work and nature spirits are domains I try to learn.

Thanks for the wishes, I'll try to be. And, please, be well too.

I would recommend by Daniel A. Schulke’s The Green Mysteries: An Occult Herbarium, Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path, Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism, and definitely his up coming works. I would recommend by Corinne Boyer The Witch’s Cabinet: Plant Lore, Sorcery and Folk Tradition, Plants of the devil, Under the Bramble arch, Under the Witching Tree, Under the Dragon Root, Dream Divination Plants, and (her upcoming titles).

Other titles I’d recommend are (Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft), (Pharmako/Poeia, Revised and Updated: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft), (Pharmako/Gnosis, Revised and Updated: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path), The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual Entheogens, The Poison Path Grimoire: Dark Herbalism, Poison Magic, Baneful Allies, etc…

There are others but I’ll have to list them later for you. Hopefully this is a good start though.

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[Shalux]

Many thanks. I'll definitely have a look and dive into some of these. I'll let you know.
By the way, I had spotted (in your introductory post) Italian witchcraft, which had reminded me of a neat article in one of the Hellebore: I've just had a look to fetch the reference again, and it was a piece entitled "The witches of Florence" by J. Locksley. I found it quite interesting, and it put on my to-check list a book by Roma Lister and related ones by Leland. You might find it interesting, too.
(Maybe you already know these well.)