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[devoteeofhestia]

[hekateanwitchcraft]

Hekatean Witchcraft Master List

Hekate Posts

Informational Posts

Recommended Reading List

Common Misconceptions of Hekate

What is Hekatean Witchcraft?

Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul

Crowned with Snakes and Branches of Oak: Hekate Brimo

Hekate as a Witch Goddess

Starting With Hekate

Hekate’s Plants/Herbs

Offerings for Hekate

Signs From Hekate

Crossroads and Hekate

Hekate Oil Recipe

Small Ways to Incorporate Hekate Worship/Devotion into Your Everyday Life

Zeus and Hekate

Hekatean Home Protection

Hekate Prayers

Prayer to the Many Faces of Hekate

Hymn to Hekate Pharmakeia

Prayer of Devotion to Hekate

Prayer to Hekate on the Dark Moon

Prayer to Hekate for Vengeance and Justice

Medea’s Invocation of Hekate

Prayer to Hekate for Guidance

Nightly Prayer to Hekate

Prayer to Hekate Soteira

Prayer to Hekate of the Foxes for Guidance

Prayer to Hekate When Crossing Thresholds

Prayer to Hekate to Avert Evil Spirits

Spells and Rituals

Hekatean Circle Casting

Full Moon Ritual

Hekate’s Deipnon and Dark Moon Ritual

Rite of Dedication to Hekate

Invocation of Hekate for Rites of the Dead

Invocation of Hekate and Helios for Aid in Witchcraft

To Prevent an Enemy’s Progress and Success

Hekate’s Open Pathways Spell

Hekatean Witchcraft Curse

Ritual to Banish a Malignant Spirit

Medea Posts

Introduction to Worshipping Medea

Prayer to Medea for Women’s Empowerment

Prayer to Medea for Aid in Witchcraft

Prayer to Medea for Vengeance

Pan Posts

Offerings for Pan

Invocation of Pan for Aid in Witchcraft

To Pan in the Fall

Prayer to Pan for Easing Depression

Pan’s Love and Sex Charm

General Posts

Shrines: A Moderately In-Depth Look

Witchcraft History Book Recommendations

Deities, Worship, and Magic

Prayer Candle Divination

On Substitutions

A Note on Priesthood

Witchcraft and Hellenic Polytheism

A Cunning Man Who Liked Men: A Bit About James Thomas

Spells and Rituals

Kirke’s True Colors Spell

Rite of Blood

Halloween Ritual

To Strengthen a Distant Relationship

Stop Gossip Spell

For Protection Against Witchcraft

Gay Love Spell: To Conjure Love from Another Man

(To be continuously updated)

[winebrightruby]

Gracious Hekate of the crossroads,

veiled in saffron and bearing

an ever-burning torch,

goddess of secrets and dark nights,

who averts evil, who turns ill wishes

aside and protects this home,

we praise and thank you.

[thewonderstruckwitch]

Prayer to Hecate for New Beginnings

Goddess of crossroads, help lead me to success as I navigate this new and mysterious path.

With your ever burning torch, show me where to go when I'm lost and in the dark.

When I'm confused and stuck, teach me to find a solution.

With your wisdom, guide me.

So mote it be.

[forthegloryofthetheoi-deactivat]

Hekate’s Deipnon

Upcoming Dates:

October 25th, 2020; Gamelion 29th

November 15th. 2020; Maimakterion 29th

December 15th, 2020;  Poseideon 30th

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Other names for the Holy Day:  Hekataia or Hekatesia

Locating the holy day: Hekate’s Deipnon is a monthly ritual, which takes place during the new moon, at the end of the ancient Grecian lunar month; intended to honor Hekate and to placate the souls in her wake who “longed for vengeance.”

Purpose of the holy day: To cleanse the home, appease Hekate, and purify yourself and your household of miasma. Some sources additionally claim that the traditional offering to Hekate doubles as a meal for hungry passer-bys, though this cannot be confirmed or denied. 

Theos or Theoi worshipped:

Hekate

the apotroaioi

Traditional offerings:

Eggs

Leeks

House sweepings

Garlic

Fish

Small cakes

Celebrating the Deipnon in Antiquity:

The Deipnon consists of three main parts; the meal, an expiation sacrifice, and purification of the household. 

The meal consisted of traditional offerings, often those associated with the dead, such as the list provided above. This meal would be placed at a family’s shrine to Hekate, such as the one located at the crossroad of their gate and the main street. It was very important that once the offering was placed, a supplicant not look back at the offering, as it was thought to anger the spirits they meant to appease. Superstitiously, once the offering was placed, Athenians would stay indoors for the rest of the night.

Expatiation, or cleansing of miasma, occurred when a family felt that Hekate had withdrawn her favor, or if a member of the household had done something which might offend the goddess. This was performed by having all members of the household touch a dog, sacred to Hekate, in order to transfer their miasma to the animal, which was then sacrificed. The entrails of the sacrificial animal were then read, to determine if Hekate had accepted the offering. 

The final stage of the ritual, purification, had two steps. First, was fumigation. Incense, held in a clay censor, was used to purify the house. The incense ash, along with the censor, were then deposited away from the home, discarded from future use. The second part of purification, was the removal of old offerings. Offerings which had been left untouched for the month were cleaned away during this time. Socially, Athenians also used this day as the due date for debts owed.

Celebrating the Deipnon today:

The tradition of the meal, and purification of the household are both easy enough to follow. Little to no modifications need be made, except to best suit your ability to practice. Where food waste is a concern; other, non-food offerings may be given to Hekate and the apotroipoi. 

The practice of the scapegoat is no longer socially acceptable, or even appealing to most modern worshipers. In place of an animal sacrifice, many have turned to using a poppet or clay figurine in the form of Hekate’s favored animal, as the scapegoat for miasma. Divination via entrails can be replaced with a practitioner’s preferred form of divination. 

The depositing of the censor additionally causes worry for some individuals, who express concern over the ongoing cost of acquiring clay censors for incense on a monthly basis, as well as noted concerns about waste and litter. An eco-friendly alternative, is to deposit the offering meal on a biodegradable surface, such as a leaf. The option of using landscaping rocks as a make-shift sort of plate has also been proposed. Additionally, one may choose to forgo cone incense, and instead burn stick incense, eliminating the need for a censor, and the ashes would then be swept up and disposed of in accordance with all other house sweepings.

Additional Considerations:

Though not historically accurate, and not strictly considered part of the Deipnon ritual, many people also consider using the Deipnon as an opportunity to donate time, money, or food to those in need. This a wonderful idea for how to apply your faith and practice religiosity in a mundane manner.

Sources:

http://www.hellenion.org/festivals/hekates-deipnon/

https://sites.google.com/site/hellenionstemenos/Home/festivals/hekatesdeipnon/hekate-d-1

Plutarch (Moralia, 709 A)

Aristophanes (Plutus, 594)

Antiphanes, in Athenaeus, 313 B

Petronius, 134

Hekate’s Suppers, by K. F. Smith

The Noumenia and Epimenia in Athens by Jon D. Mikalson in The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 65, No. 2

[kissthegogo-goat-witch]

Dear witches of witchblr,

When you point at witches of the left hand path and shun them for working with Demons, the dark, or anything else that doesnt fit into your glitter jar- you're also denying the fact that darkness and light are both one. Without the light there can be no dark, but without the dark there can be no light. The balance of darkness and light is one of the cores of witchcraft and spirituality.

As above so below, both the light and dark need each other. You cannot have one without the other. A left hand is just as valid as a right hand/lightworker.

[pinewhisky]

This is also a classic trap of orthodox, organized religion. If someone is not the Us, then they are the Them. And if the Us is good, then the Them is bad, regardless of what they actually do. They’re not in Our Specific Group, after all.

Witchcraft as a trend is easily becoming the new Orthodox. The “Don’t Tell Me I’m Wrong, Because You Are.” The “I Hate When Christians Do It, But I’m Different.” A new “My Way Is the Way.”

Yes, you have to study. Yes, you have to do your best to be consistent. But no, that doesn’t equate to someone telling you that you have to do things their way. But yeah, you have to show it respect, and to show respect you have to understand that it’s not just a rebranded Christianity. This is not “light vs dark” like western culture has hammered into your head.

If you remove the dark, you remove the other half of witchcraft. And what you’re doing is absolutely pointless. You don’t have to work directly with it, and you don’t have to run headlong into a path that you don’t want to practice. But to ignore its value is to ignore that grander picture of what you claim you believe in.

Because you want to look better than someone else.

[the-witches-glossary]

This is a good post.

[theaetherwitch]

How To Create Your Own Spells

Dedicated to @a–special–one​ Thank you so much for asking! I felt like this needed a post all it’s own ^u^

-from my grimoire

I’d like to say before anything else, and as I always say, this is not the only way to do this. There are many different ways to create your own spells, and this is simply the method that I find easiest when teaching beginners. And always remember that when it comes to crafting a spell, your intentions are whats most important.

Gathering Your Thoughts

The first step to creating any spell, is thinking about what kind of spell you want to perform, how you want to perform it, and how you want it to manifest.

Ask yourself some questions. “What kind of spell do I want to make?” “Does this need to be a very specific spell or a vague one?” “What method am I going to use to cast/create the spell?” “How do I want this spell to affect me or the person it’s aimed at?” “What kind of ingredients am I going to need?” “What time of day or moon phase would I like to perform this spell?” Anything along those lines are important questions to ask before you start working on your spell. Write the questions and answers down on paper that way you can keep track of everything!

Types of Spells

The next place you’re going to end up is choosing what kind of spell you want to do. Picking what type of spell you want to do is important because this is what decides how effective it is, how long it’s going to last, and when it’s effect will activate. This is not a list of all the types of spells out there, but simply the types that I do on a regular basis. And as another note, you can totally combine methods as well! This can easily enhance the power of your spells and make your intentions more clear and direct.

Prayer - This is the most simple form of a spell, and best to do if you’re only looking for a little aid rather than something major. A spell like this puts you in the universes hands completely.

Spoken Word - Differing from prayer because this has actual intentions in mind. This is usually a word, phrase, rhyme/lyric, or short paragraph spoken with energy. A spell like this can be very effective depending on how much energy you put into it and how much you actually believe in yourself. If you’re low on supplies and need something solid, spoken word is the way to go.

Incense Spell - An incense spell is usually directed at yourself rather than at another person, though that doesn’t mean it can’t work on another. But these are very temporary spells and only last as long as the burning incense. Usually this kind of spell is used to enhance focus.

Candle Spell - One of the most common types of spell you’re going to see are ones with candles. You can perform this spell on yourself or another person easily, and they’re very fast acting depending on the type of candle you use. When doing this kind of spell, take things like color and size in account.

Crystal Grid - A type of spell work that is done by placing specific crystals in a manner where their energies intermingle and work together to perform a task. This is a spell type that I use on a daily basis to set the mood for the day and keep me energies.

Sigil - A type of drawn magick that puts your intentions of paper. Usually these need to be charged and activated, but once that’s done, they have quite nice effects!

Bottle/Bag Spell - My personal favorite type of spell! These work well if you need a constant effect, and depending on the size of bag or bottle you use can easily be carried with you everywhere. These are very long lasting, don’t need to be charged often, and produce the best effect.

Energy Spell - Probably a more advanced technique, but this is the use of pure energy to put your will into motion. Doing energy spells takes lots of practice and in the early stages can be very unstable in whether they work or not, or whether they’ll completely backfire. This takes patience so don’t give up!

Picking Your Ingredients

Unless you’ve decided on spoken word or prayer alone, you’ll be looking for ingredients next. You don’t need expensive or fancy ingredients, and if you need to you can totally add spices and such from your kitchen ^u^ Think about correspondences carefully, and if you associate something with a feeling or ideal specifically then use it! Things that have personal meanings to yourself can be the most powerful ingredient in any spell.

Here are some of the correspondences I’ve posted about. (If tumblr wasn’t fiddly I would post links, but they’re on my blog in the “My Grimoire” and “My Tips” pages) Herbs and Spices Incense and Oils Common Crystals Colors Flowers Feathers (be mindful of the feathers you pick up, some could get you in legal trouble!)

When To Cast

Once you’ve got all your ingredients together, next thing you’re gonna wanna sit down and figure out when you want to cast your spell. This isn’t always a necessary part, and most spells can be done whenever you feel like, but taking things like Time of Day or the Current Moon Phase into account can really add to (or even take away from) the power of your spell

Here are some simple correspondences for Moon Phase and Time of Day. (I’ll go more in depth in a separate post if enough people show interest)

Moon Phases

New Moon (when there is only the tiniest sliver) - Good for sowing the seeds of new ideas

Waxing Moon - Good for healing, and growing ideas

Full Moon - Best time to perform any sort of spell

Waning Moon - Good for cutting things out of your life

Dark Moon (when the moon is not visible) - Take this time to rest and focus on yourself

Time of Day

1am-3am - Good for communicating with spirits

4am-6am - Good for planting new ideas and fertility

7am-9am - Best time to make offerings to deities or local spirits

10am-12pm - Best time for positivity and growth

1pm-3pm - Good to focus on yourself and your studies

4pm-6pm - Time to harvest and be with family

7pm-9pm - Best time to cut things out of your life

10pm-12am - Good for any magickal workings

Like I said earlier, this stuff isn’t necessary unless you really want that extra ‘umph’ in your magick, so don’t feel like you have to plan it down to a T especially if you’re in a hurry. Only plan if you want to and have the time to.

Organizing and Casting

How are you going to cast the spell? That’s probably one of the hardest parts you’re going to come across if you’re new to spell crafting. You want to think about this part carefully so you get maximum results. I can give some tips ^u^

If you’re combining methods, think about what order you want to put them in. Organize them in a way that flows naturally.

Practice your spell! Set up a play scenario and rehearse your spell a few times to make sure you get it right, and the whole process goes smoothly.

Don’t be afraid to make a mistake though, mistakes are part of life and they always tend to happen when you want them to the least. If your spell doesn’t go perfectly the way you imagined, that’s okay. Intention is what matters.

Keep all your spells in a file or in a book. Keeping records of spells is important if you ever intend to use them again, write everything down from ingredients to how you cast

Dont be afraid to experiment! Especially with random things, that’s how you make your own associations. Making your own associations is how you make a spell even stronger!

Lastly, don’t feel obligated to get fancy or over the top. Spoken word spells can be just as effective as a bottle spell, especially if it’s said every day.

[treenymph]

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[starstonemagic]

I’ve picked up my Grimoire again and begun developing my Tarot section, (which is going to be huge and very time consuming but I am SO excited!)

Please feel free to use these pages as a guide in your own practices or as inspiration for your own BOS or Grimoire :) All I ask is that if you wish to recreate my design or wording, please credit in the description of your post!! Thank you 💕

✨Pages in my Grimoire on Tarot ✨

These pages begin my Tarot study on the symbols associated with the Major Arcana, the 4 Suites and associated zodiacs/meanings, the court cards and what they represent in meanings, numerology and their associated majors, and lastly color symbolism. this is basically all I need to do intuitive readings with the tarot!!

The next chunk of this will be meanings for each of the major arcana, based off of my own practices and what i’ve learned about their symbols.

[leoprincess777]

sabrina inspired cord-cutting spell🔥

there’s someone in your life that you want to cut your emotional ties with? easy!

but seriously i tried this and it WORKED

ingredients;

two red candles

something to carve your name with

a thread or something like it

carve your name on one candle and their name on the other, attach the candles any way you can and burn it while visualizing it’s the bond between you two burning. done deal!

[orriculum]

simple fresh start spells ♡

♡ write a list of things to leave behind, burn it to banish them.

♡ burn a white candle all the way through, and whisper a wish as it died out.

♡ cleanse with lemon water and rosemary on all windows and doors.

♡ rub one side of a coin with ash and the other with moon water, place above your door.

[petticoatcutlass]

Sea Glass Colourings and their Meanings

• Clear:

fairly common, used in just about anything. age can be determined by thinness, bubbles, and markings. 4 in 10 pieces will be clear.

represents: purity, truth, cleansing, and organisation.

• Brown:

common, both an old and new colour. used in modern alcohol product bottles and in old sanitary wipe containers (Clorox/Lysol). 3-4 pieces in 10 will be brown.

represents: earth, education, home, and stability.

• White:

fairly common, used in just about anything. age can be determined by thinness, bubbles, and markings. 4 in 10 pieces will be white.

represents: healing, divination, and protection.

• Kelly Green:

common and used in alcoholic beverage bottles. older green glass, depending on patterns, bubbles, and texture could be considered more rare. 2 in 10 pieces will be Kelly green.

represents: prosperity, luck, wards off greed and jealousy.

• Seafoam Green

unique and used in old soda and alcohol bottles as well as window glass. most newer ones are likely from a Coke or wine bottle. 5 in 100 pieces will be seafoam green.

represents: plants, nature, communication, travels.

• Lime Green

rare, may have been used in lemon lime sodas in the 1900s. 1 in 500 pieces will be lime green.

represents: success, wealth, and independence.

• Orange:

extremely rare, used in decorative glass and taillights of vehicles. 1 in 15,000 pieces is orange.

represents: action, self-worth, and self-expression.

• Red:

rare, most commonly used in decorative glass and a certain beer bottle from the 1950s made by Anchor Hocking Glass Company. can also be from indicators on boats and cars. true red glass uses gold and so is obviously very expensive! 1 in 10,000 pieces will be Anchor Hocking’s Ruby Red. 1 in 20,000 pieces will be True Red, containing gold.

represents: true love, strength, health, and wealth.

• Cobalt Blue:

unique, used in things ranging from Vicks Vaporub to poison bottles to medicine to perfume. considered a symbol of good luck. 1 in 300 pieces will be cobalt blue.

represents: sincerity, peace, healing, and wisdom to make choices.

• Teal

extremely rare, used in decorative glass wares, electric pole insulator from the early 1900s, and seltzer bottles. 1 in 3,000 pieces will be real or turquoise.

represents: clarity, cleansing, and hope.

• Purple/Lavender:

unique, used in any glass product made with manganese. usually used to be white or clear but changed colour over time. real lavender glass was only used by Royalty and Bishops in the Church. 1 in 500 pieces will be purple/lavender.

represents: wisdoms, spirituality, knowledge, and independence.

• Pink:

extremely rare, this colour is usually from depression-era glassware and is a soft pink/peach not to be confused with lavender. 1 in 3,000-4,000 pieces will be pink or peach.

represents: pure love, friendship, affection, and partnership.

• Black:

extremely rare as there is no “true” black sea glass, this usually has a different hint of colour but is so thickly pigmented that light cannot come through. in modern times, it can be found in champagne bottles.

represents: protection, banishing, and hope.

• Opaque Milk Glass

extremely rare, milk glass scatters light due to a different dispersion of particles and can vary in opacity. opacifiers can be bone ash, arsenic, tin dioxide, or antimony compounds. 1 in 50,000 pieces will be opal.

represents: the moon and lunar energy.

• UV Glass

moderately rare, this glass appears seafoam, white, lavender, or red and originates from the depression-era. under a blacklight, they will be revealed to glow!

represents: wealth, balance, and revelation.

[daughter-of-artemis]

hooo boy i do not know if i’m about to open a can of hawt discourse right now but 

i just saw a post saying white ppl re-discovering their celtic roots or norse roots and celebrating/worshipping those pantheons as pagans is racist and them desperately wanting to be “ethnic” and i just… what?

how… can returning to your own literal roots be racist??? why are we shaming people for being pagan? like yes there are 100% horrible, racist parts of the pagan “community” i will never deny that; and we need to weed out the white supremacists because they’re incredibly toxic, awful human beings and are not welcome, but that still remains a separate issue than the one stated above. do these people only see that side of this community? or are they willfully ignoring the thousands of kind, normal pagans staying in their lane. People should be allowed to worship whatever open religions and gods they want as long as they’re not being racist, exclusionary, or a white supremacist.

It goes without saying that closed ethnoreligions are, however, not open to any random person waltzing in to worship them and this is an ongoing issue. I completely disagree with and condemn people who are not from those communities stealing from them or trying to force their way in etc.

my worshipping the hellenic pantheon- an open religion- is not me trying to become ethnic, or turn into a Greek person, it’s because i worship Them. period. They’re the gods that called to me. just as how someone worshipping the Egyptian/Kemetic pantheon is not them trying to turn into an Egyptian. if people are pretending to “turn into” a person or claim to be from the culture that their pantheon comes from i can see where that argument might hold water but??? it’s factually incorrect that the majority of pagans are doing this, at least from my experience of being an HP for almost 10 years. the majority of pagans just want to be left to their own devices to worship who they want, share resources, study, and enjoy these pantheons and the cultures associated with them and not be shamed or bullied for it. studying history is not a crime.

statements like this just reek of religious intolerance dressed up as militant Anti-American/Immigrant SJW outrage and i’m not okay with it. If someone that has celtic ancestry wants to worship the celtic pantheon can we please just leave them alone unless they’re being racist white supremacist pricks? if someone doesn’t have that same ancestry and wants to worship the Celtic pantheon because it’s an open religion, can we please just leave them alone unless they’re directly being racist and/or white supremacist pricks?? 

[upthewitchypunx]

PBW Witch Shop & Zine Distro

The PBW Witch Shop is a curated selection of witchcraft and magic related zines, books, pin-back buttons, tarot cards and more.

We focus on traditional and folkloric witchcraft, animism, chaos magic, secular witchcraft, magical herbs and plants, queer witchcraft, tarot & Divination, witchcraft & magic in politics, history, culture, and social & racial justice,  and aspects of non-Wiccan forms of witchcraft, magic, and paganism.

Pre-Covid the Portland Button Works primarily made custom pinback button. Selling zines and books was secondary and more of a hobby for me to share things I’d like to read. Right now our business is pivoting to focus on books and zines that people can read in the comfort and safety of their own homes. Some items are from well known witchcraft and occult publisher and some are titles from small publishers with interesting items I don’t see in other shops but I’m excited to elevate.

Not everyone has income to buy books right now, we totally understand that, but I would love it if you were able to reblog this post or share Portland Button Works and PBW Witch Shop with your friends.

If you have been looking for a book about something specific, or if you think something would be a good fit for our catalog, get in touch. We can order almost any book in print, even if it isn’t witchcraft or magic related.

With that being said, here are some categories of items we carry:

Some good books to get you started studying witchcraft:

Grovedaughter Witchery by Bree NicGarran

Making Magic by Briana Saussy

Magical Power for Beginners- How to Raise & Send Energy for Spells That Work by Deborah Lipp

Weave The Liminal by Laura Tempest Zakroff

Some creative books to help build your witch craft practice:

Spellcrafting- Strengthen the Power of your Craft by Creating and Casting Your Own Unique Spells by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

D.I.Y. Magic -a Strange & Whimsical Guide to Creativity by Anthony Alvarado

Psychic Witch- a Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick, & Manifestation by Mat Auryn

Urban Magick by Diana Rajchel

Standing and Not Falling - a Sorcerous Primer in Thirteen Moons by Lee Morgan

Tarot Books

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow

Tarot for Troubled Times by Shaheen Miro & Theresa Reed

Modern Tarot by Michelle Tea

Tarot Decks

Next World Tarot (regular and pocket sized)

Science Tarot

Rider-Waite-Coleman Smith Regular sized and Mini sized

Crow Tarot

Modern Witch Tarot

Cat Tarot

Check out the tarot and divination books in our catalog and also check out tarot and divination decks in our catalog here.

Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine

Advanced Magick for Beginners by Alan Chapman

Chaos Protocols by Gordon White

Hands on Chaos Magic by Andrieh Vitimus 

Liber Null & Psychonaut by Peter Carroll

Other books in the Chaos Magic section

Anthologies: Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels, Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community, Shades of Ritual: Minority Voices in Practice

Magical Resistance: Witchcraft Activism by David Salisbury, Magic for the Resistance by Michael Hughes, Revolutionary Witchcraft by Sarah Lyons

Witches and Feminist Perspectives: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici, Witches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English , Witches Sluts Feminists by Kristen J. Sollee

Pagan Anti-Capitalism: Pagan Anarchism True to the Earth: Pagain Political Thology by Kadmus, All That is Sacred is Profaned: A Pagan Guide to Marxism by Ryhd Wildermuth, A Pagan Anti-Capitalist Primer

Queer Witchcraft: Witchcraft and the Gay Counter Culture, Sapphomanteion a Lesbian Oracle, Queering the Tarot

Check out the Witchcraft Culture and History and Witchcraft Politics and Resistance sections of our website.

Green Witchcraft: The Green Witch by Arin Murray-Hiscock, Green Witchcraft by Paige Vanderbeck

Plants and Herbs: Under the Witching Tree by Corinne Boyer, Under the Bramble Arch by Corinne Boyer

The Poison Path: Veneficuim: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path by Daniel Schulke, Pharmo/Gnonsis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path by Dale Pendell , Plants of the Devil by Corinne Boyer

Witchy Crafts: Pestlework: a Book of Magical Powders and Oils by Bree NicGarran, Sew Witchy by Rachel Henderson, Sigil Witchery by Lara Tempest Zakroff

Other books in our Plants, Herbs, and Magical Crafts section

Books on Atheopaganism

Godless Paganism (anthology)

Atheopaganism by Mark Green

Other Pagan Perspectives

Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist Spirituality by Lasara Firefix Allen

The Wakeful World: Anismism, Mind, and the Self in Nature by Emma Restall Orr

Circling the Star by Anthony Rella

All That Is Sacred is Profaned: A Pagan Guide to Marxism by Rhyd Wildermuth

All Other Pagan books

Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways by Gemma Gary

A Deed Without A Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft by Lee Morgan

Crooked Path: An Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft by Keldon

Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards

Besom Stand and Sword A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft the Six-Fold Path the Hidden Landscape by Christopher Orapello & Tara Love Maguire

Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft in the American South by Aaron Oberon

Folk Witchcraft by

The Flame in the Cauldron by Orion Foxwood

Craft of the Untamed by Roger Horne

Check out the rest of the books in our Traditional & Folkloric Witchcraft Section

What are zines? Small independently made magazine and pamphlets filled with stories and unique ideas that you won’t find from major publishers!

Some topics you will find in zines we carry are Secular Witchcraft, the fantastic Fiddler’s Green Pamphlets and lots of zine on the places where Politics, Paganism, and Witchcraft intersect.

Check out all of our witchy zines here.

Other Stuff

witchy buttons

 magnets and hand mirrors

We carry more than just witchy books.

Here are some of the other titles we carry:

You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

When Language Runs Dry: An Anthology for People with Chronic Pain and their Allies

What is Gender Nihilism?

Be Gay Do Crime by The Mary Nardini Gang

Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher

You Black Friend by Ben Passmore

Learning Good Consent an Anthology edited by Cindy Crabb

How To Talk To Your Cat about Gun Safety and Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism and Other Dangers that Threaten Their Nine Lives

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Honoring your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise

Do-it-Your Self Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfucking Sad by Adam Gnade

Yes, I’m Flagging: Queer Flagging 101 by Archie Bongiovanni

Full online catalog of books, zines, buttons and more can be found at PortlandButtonWorks.com and the PBW Witch Shop can be found here.

All items are shipped from Portland, Oregon in plain packaging or United States Postal Service Flat Rate envelopes or boxes with the return address as Portland Button Works. We ship daily and most order come with small fun gifts of buttons or magnets.

Thank you so much for supporting your local witch!

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APPRECIATION POST FOR HERMES BC HE’S SO WONDERFUL AND IM SO THANKFUL FOR THE GOOD FORTUNE HE BRINGS ME!!!