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Psychic Villain
April 29, 2024
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The books used as BOS in the NHBOR episode are Culpepers complete herbal and Parkinson’s Herbal



Completing / updating older texts is often a better way to learn than producing perfect reproductions of spells and rituals found on the internet.


It’s always worth carrying on the work of another witch or magician and using what they have created as a spring board to launch your one journey.


There is so much yet to be added to Culpepers Herbal and some of it is correct and other things written more than a little dodgy these days.

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Gardening
Lost Ianvs
Lost Ianvs
Apr 29, 2024

If writing in the margins and conducting your own magical research is a viable option, what are all these grimoire "purists" supposed to do with all that turtle blood?


Sarcasm aside, I enjoyed this episode very much!

Thoth Mystery School Staff

Someone emailed and asked an interesting question about Shamanism and Hedge Witchery and I thought the answe might best be also out here.

Interesting question and it depends on what your calling Shamanism and Hedge Riding / Hedge Witchery.


Technically the word Shamanism originally only referred to the very specific practices of a certain Tribe and wasn’t a general term.


The New Age adopted the word and to most people now, it just means taking all sorts of psychedelic substances to force yourself into an altered state of consciousness in order to do things like Astral Project.


Hedge riding and the practices of the Hedge Witch these days seem to mean some Wiccan who really likes gardening, however the term really used to mean the practice of using herbs, mushrooms and other things in order to help get yourself into an altered state of consciousness.


Cunning Folk
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The Master
The Master
Mar 05, 2023
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I'm unfamiliar with Siberian and Slavic shamanism, so my only point of reference are "medicine" practices among indigenous Americans. It's tempting to insert modern hedge riding under medicine, but I'm not sure it belongs there. To me a classical shaman/medicine man/root worker/cunning man/wise woman is someone that acts as a guide between this world and another. They are a walker between worlds tasked with treating unseen dis-ease (literally, diss ease). Modern mundanes might seek out a therapist or a psychiatrist to deal with such problems today.


These people can guide you to the door, lead you through it, lay the trail, negotiate with the spirits, and watch your body until you get back. I've rarely seen modern self-proclaimed "hedge witches" speak to a practice with this level of service or community involvement.


As for the substances themselves, in my experience they are a great gift to the stable and the worst punishment to the unstable. An experienced guide is highly recommended, whether they identify as a shaman, hedge witch, or helper. For the naturally psychic, these substances can blow open your senses. For witches, they can help push through an energetic plateau. Recent research suggests even mundanes may benefit from a type of mental "reboot" effect these substances impart.

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