Carrie Mallon

Tarot. Self-discovery. Creative bad-assery.

[carriemallon]

The Spacious Tarot pre-orders are open! Finally! woo hoo! http://www.thespacioustarot.com/shop

[carriemallon]

The Spacious Tarot was funded via Kickstarter this summer - but if you missed the Kickstarter, rejoice because PRE-ORDERS OPEN OCTOBER 31 over at thespacioustarot.com!

[skepticaloccultist]

A Folk Witch Library

Hidden like Viking gold under the landscape there is a rich body of nearly lost folkwitch tradition hiding in plain sight on the internet. Particularly in the 18th and 19th century antiquarians, folklorists and ethnologists documented the rural and occasionally urban folk beliefs of practically all of the UK and much of Europe. Organizations like the Folklore Society, founded in 1878, were created to help catalog and publish this body of collected ethnological data. A vast repository of a spectrum of witch and cunning craft practices.

Below are a list of links to various sources on the internet. The non Abramhamic roots of British folk traditions date from an era of Celtic settlers, and thus much of the spirit tradition concerns beings we now collectively call “fairies”, though their origins and nature differ greatly.

Books Available Online for free:

Folklore Society/Folk-Lore Journal:

Over 100 publications made by the Folk-Lore Society can be found on Archive.org. Unfortunately these are mostly unsorted, although they represent a massive amount of folkwitch information. Particularly in the realm of curses, hexes, salves, second sight, and boundary magic.

I will be launching a separate blog dedicated to delving into the contents of the Folklore Society’s publications in the next few weeks. In the meantime - Happy digging: Link to archive of FOLKLORE JOURNAL

Books whose content focuses on first-hand accounts of folk traditions, alpha by author. (* denotes particularly important titles)

Richard Blakeborough - Wit, Character, Folklore and Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire (1898)

J G Campbell - Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1902) - Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, Collected entirely from Oral Sources (1900)*

Edward Clodd - Tom Tit Tot - an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale (1898)

Oswald Cockayne - Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England (1864)

Thomas Crofton Croker - Fairies Tales and Legends of the South of Ireland (1834)*

John Graham Dalyell - The Darker Superstitions of Scotland (1834)*

Walter Evans-Wentz - The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911)

Richard Folkard - Plant Lore, Legends and Lyrics (1892)

W. Gregor - Notes on the Folklore of the North East of Scotland (1881)

Lady Gregory - Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland (1920)*

William Henderson - Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (1866)*

Thomas Keightley - The Fairy Mythology (1828)

Robert Kirk - The Secret Commonwealth (1893, written 1691)*

Fiona Macleod (William Sharp) - Where the Forest Murmurs (Nature Essays) 1906

James Napier - Folk Lore - Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within this Century (1879)*

Sir Walter Scot - Letters on Witchcraft and Demonology (1884) - The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved (1843)

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe - A Historical Account of the belief in Witchcraft in Scotland (1884)

Wirt Sikes - British Goblins Welsh Folklore fairy mythology legends and traditions (1880)

Eve Simpson - Folklore in Lowland Scotland (1908)

Benjamin Thorpe -Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3

Lady Wilde - Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland * Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3

Thomas Wilkie - Old Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Southern Counties of Scotland (1916) (History Of The Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club Vol 23 1916-18, pages 50-145)

Suggested books that are unfortunately in copyright or otherwise not currently available online:

(Links to goodreads and worldcat.org)

Katharine Briggs - The Anatomy of Puck (1959)* - Pale Hecate’s Team (1962)* - Fairies in English Tradition and Literature (1967)

Thomas Davidson - Rowan Tree and Red Thread (1949)

George Ewart Evans - The Pattern Under the Plow (1971)* - Ask the Fellow Who Cuts the Hay (1965) - The Crooked Scythe

Harold Hansen - The Witch’s Garden (1978)

DA Mac Manus -The Middle Kingdom (1959)*

Emma Wilby - Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic (2005)* - The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland (2010)

C. L. Zalewski - Herbs in Magic and Alchemy: Techniques From Ancient Herbal Lore (1990)

Misc Short articles:

Frederika Bain - The Binding of the Fairies: Four Spells (2012)

Thomas Forbes - Witch’s Milk and Witches’ Marks (link to pdf)* (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, XXII 1950)

Fae Honeybell - Cunning Folk and Wizards In Early Modern England (2010) (link to pdf)

Canon J. A. Macculloch - The Mingling of Fairy and Witch Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Scotland (Folk-Lore/Volume 32/1921)

[carriemallon]

The Spacious Tarot pre-orders CLOSE JULY 20th. Get yours via Kickstarter if you haven’t already: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

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[carriemallon]

When you shout your truth with NO filter, you’re activating your inner Explorer (aka Knight) of Swords. Are you thinking critically and carefully articulating your opinion? Or are you ranting, raving and shouting into the void? The Explorer of Swords can go either way, so check in with your thoughts and words. The crow here has a lofty vantage point which may lead them to assert that they know it all. You are called to utilize the knowledge you’ve gained so far, while remaining open to new or contradictory views. Uphold the value of your current ideas, but know that you are very much still learning.

deck: The Spacious Tarot: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[amethystoraclereadings]

[carriemallon]

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.“

-Carl Sagan

The Hanged One card from The Spacious Tarot: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[carriemallon]

It took us a very long time to settle on a concept for The Lovers. The Spacious Tarot has no humans and only a few animals, plus I really felt like our Lovers needed an unconventional take. I got so stuck and unable to figure out how to approach this card that I finally said "okay, Universe, I'm stuck on the Lovers. Please help the right imagery for this card come forward." And only a few hours later, the Universe delivered, giving me a vision of intertwining light beams. Annie does amazing things with light in our deck and I really feel the ENERGY of the Lovers when I look at this card. It's one of the cards I was most nervous to debut because it's so different! A few people have been baffled by this depiction but it has generally been well received, which is "lovely." 😉💛

[carriemallon]

DYNAMIC is one of the first words that comes to my mind when I think about the Two of Pentacles, and we really wanted to bring that energy into this card in The Spacious Tarot. 🌿 I love the motion at work in the pentacles themselves, to me they seem to be spinning, dancing. Annie had the genius idea to bring hummingbirds into the card - they are such vibrant, fast moving creatures and they fit perfectly in here. I also love the earthy, autumnal colors. 🍂 This card is just bursting with life and it's definitely another of my favorites from our deck! 💛 

15 days left to preorder your copy of The Spacious Tarot on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[carriemallon]

The Six of Swords is a card that I see often when I read for myself. To me, the energy of this card is a mix of fatigue and perseverance, heaviness and hope, weariness and brightness. The concept here in The Spacious Tarot is these huddled swords, looking like they've gone through something rough but they're still standing, and they are together, relying on each other. The sky is stormy but the sun is breaking through the clouds in the distance. The most jarring part of the storm is over but you might still be reeling from the impact and it could be a bit more of a journey before you're really basking in those rays of sun.

[kristina100000]

me: i don’t cry easily

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[carriemallon]

We have 18 days left in our Kickstarter for The Spacious Tarot, and I've picked 18 of my favorite cards to highlight one each day as we approach the finish line! 💥 Starting with the Ace of Wands. This was one of the first cards we created a concept for and at first I thought it might be too simple - just a wand and a spark. But the further we got into the deck creation process, the more I craved simplicity. I love how this card turned out - it says so much with so little. I've always thought of the Ace of Wands as the initial spark which could go in any direction from here. It could burst into a bonfire, or it could fizzle out, it could light you up or burn you down. Annie did an amazing job on all of the cards and this is a great example of the unique "flair" of our deck.

Pre-order your copy of the deck here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[blamethemoon-blog]

I don’t care how silly it sounds, Bob Ross is absolutely part of my pop culture pantheon, so I made this tarot spread in honor of his wisdom.

HAPPY LITTLE TREES: The Joy of Painting Spread

1. This is Your World - Your power in the situation

2. Happy Accidents - A possible positive outcome from the situation

3. Bravery Test - A risk you may need to take to succeed

4. Beat the Devil Out of It - What needs to be cleansed or removed from the situation

5. A Whisper Floating Across a Mountain - Advice from the cards

“The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

[carriemallon]

The Spacious Tarot is available for pre-order on Kickstarter 😍😍😍 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[carriemallon]

THE SPACIOUS TAROT is now available for pre-order on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thespacioustarot/the-spacious-tarot

[carriemallon]

I'm so excited for your tarot deck to launch tomorrow! I'm so happy I decided to search you again and see the status of your deck, I would have completely missed it if not!

Oh thank you so much!! That’s awesome!!