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New HEXENNACHT & WALPURGISNACHT Perfumes
It’s time to ride! The infamous HEXENNACHT (Witches’ Night) of antiquity summons kindred spirits out of the shadows to take the biggest, juiciest bite out of springtime every year on April 30th. We’ve marked the occasion with a recurrence of our limited edition perfume blend.
“German fir and forest herbs, incense and bonfire smoke, broom straw, and the wet, glimmering scent of skin warmed by dance.”
But she didn’t come alone! Accompanying this year’s HEXENNACHT release is a small collection of nine brand new perfumes drawing from the same traditions, honoring the power of the oppressed to overthrow their oppressors through wit and guile: DIE ERSTE WALPURGISNACHT
Remember, high-fliers: keep those broomsticks at least 6 feet apart!
Did you really think we’d make you wait till Fall for another chilling ride with your witch siblings?
You are formally welcomed as a spirit-guest at our own Hexennacht festivities this eve — consider the following limited edition perfume blend a token of our appreciation for all the illumination (sometimes in the form of hellfire!) our kith and kin pour forth into the world. May it inspire feelings of togetherness on lonely nights when you lack a coven’s comfort and protection. May it move you to dance, to conjure, and to keep seeking that which is hidden.
HEXENNACHT 2019
The Night of the Witches. In the Teutonic calendar, April 30, not October 31, was the night that the witches congregated to celebrate their Work through ecstatic dance, wild music and revelry. The witches fêted with spirits, fairies, and a bevy of otherworldly creatures atop Brockenberg peak in the Harz region of Germany, where they lit an enormous bonfire and cavorted naked until midnight… at which point they donned their robes, boarded their brooms, flying rams and sacred goats, scooped up their cat familiars, and sped off into the night. In later days, it was believed that on this night the witches conjured the devil, who would then select one of them for his bride.
Blessed Imbolc
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Datura….. Finally blooming in the Witch’s Garden…… Good for insomnia, breaking hexes, dreamwork, protection and ridding one of negative energies.
Highly poisonous, highly usefully and so beautiful.
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Happy spring equinox!
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Just harvested our first saffron from the greenhouse in the freezing November temperatures.
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First sun in 2 weeks since the smoke blew in.
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Releasing tincture for blockages and stuck emotions. We sell this in a spray bottle to annoint burning papers.
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Favorite summer salad… Caprese salad with fresh tomatoes, basil, chives and nasturtiums from the garden.
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Exciting rainy day coffee. Keep coming down baby!
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Dry waterbed in the witch’s garden; day and night.
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Huge fennel bulb and we are still getting peas. Usually in this hot weather please have started declining and have to be pulled. However this year my son and I so peace pretty thickly and some of them did not get woven through the trellis. This caused many at the top to bend over which means they are shaded for part of the day and still producing peas, what a boon.
Fennel is a magical herb to have in the garden. It can be used for magical purposes of courage, divination, cleansing, virility due to its masculine properties and psychic protection. A perfect addition to salads or braised with onions. What are you harvesting from your witch’s garden?
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So many roses so little time.
Rose, the versatile flower, sacred to Venus and Isis, possess powerful magic making them integral ingredients to love and sex spells. Roses are high in vitamin C and antioxidants which aid in internal and external healing. Roses strengthen the immune system and our intuition and well as heal our broken hearts. A true and worthy ally in the Witch’s garden. Though you won’t be able to stop at just one!
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Nothing better then Ravensbrew in the morning while collecting lilacs for a tincture. Lilac tincture was one of my Mom’s favorite things to make and something I still make to this day…. Perfect for physical, mental, emotional and magical health. The scent of lilacs definitely feeds this witch’s soul.
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Perfect morning for collecting like blossoms!
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Morning plant love….. Interrupted by a dangling slug….eh .. couldnt disguise the ick factor. I can head a lot of things but not slugs, especially in our greenhouse.
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We traveled by moonlight often when I was a child and my dad would always tell us the was Paul Bunion’s porch light! That almost full moon is gorgeous!
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s the stark harshness of winter gives way to the gentle unfurling of spring our minds and activities turn toward spending time out of doors. Spring and Fall are two seasons I love in equal measure due to all of the changes big and small that can be both seen and felt. It is a time when the explosion of green buds, grasses and plant life in every direction hails the quickening of the earths energy towards growth, attraction and communion.
The energy of Beltane is abundant in activity, with birds singing, bees drunkenly overwhelmed in pollen and bunnies mad with the chase, while shyer plants and animals take their time. The sun and warm moisture have returned along with a bit of food~browse and nectar aplenty for the animals, whilst we are busy harvesting fall sown carrots, kale and salad greens. During this season we’ve been busy planting seed flats full of herbs, vegetables and flowers. There is nothing more rewarding than heading out to the greenhouse to take in the smell of damp soil and checking out all the little emerging seedlings-there is something new to appreciate every single day.
The returning light at Candlemas started slowly bringing our awareness from within, whereas the verdant lushness of Beltane slowly awakens our bodies and seduces our senses with the softness of new leaves and the intense sweetness of spring blossoms. There is nothing like the fresh life-giving breath of spring to fill our lungs with the fragrant air and bathe our bodies in the brilliant greens surrounding us to heal and engage our heart chakras on a whole new level. It is truly a season of growth and renewal as the burgeoning energy tangibly builds to a climactic burst of life. 
During the Rites of Spring, we celebrate fecundity while also giving offerings to our ancestors, land spirits, fey and kin. We decorate our altars to welcome the energy of the season and prepare for the coming celebration by creating our Beltane Bundles of sacred woods, baking bread, infusing May wine with Sweet Woodruff and preparing a feast of seasonal foods.
It is also traditional to collect the first dew of the Bel morning, considered sacred, it is believed to bring healing and physical beauty.
I collect the dew in two different ways. The night before I like to lay out a clean tea towel in a bowl on the grass. When I collect the towel the next morning I will run my hands over the cool dew-soaked grass and pat my neck and face. The towel will be rung out into a small vial so that I can add it to the sacred waters for our rite. I also like to collect dew into a little egg cup off of the lady’s mantle leaves. I will use this on my skin or add to a spell working.
Two favorite feast recipes are the May Wine and Beehive Bread with rosehip honey butter. Traditionally May Wine was used to celebrate the sabbat and call in the old gods being symbolic of the union of the God and Goddess.
It is best to plan ahead as this recipe takes about 24 hours to steep so that the herb imparts the essence of the woodruff. My favorite wine to use for this recipe is a homemade apple wine we make in the fall. If you do not have that tasty brew available then my next favorites would be a light Riesling or a Gewurztraminer. You can use dried woodruff for a more vanilla-like flavor, however, I try to use the freshest and newest grown of all I can on my Bel altar. While sweet woodruff is safe to use in small quantities such as in wine or altar cakes, this is not something you are going to want to add to everything as it has been known to cause dizziness and vomiting in large quantities. It also contains small amounts of coumarin and was used to thin the blood.
May Wine
1 bottle of apple or white wine (representative of the maiden goddess and everlasting life)
20 or so springs of Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum) leaves and blossoms (is said to bring about protection and enliven male sexuality)
1 Tb local honey (amazing immune booster and sacred to the Goddess, powerful spellbinding ingredient)
10 Strawberries (adds a maiden’s blush)
Add clean organic blossoms and leaves of Sweet Woodruff to a bottle of wine. Let steep 24 hours. Strain and decant in a bowl, add a few fresh Woodruff flowers and some sliced strawberries.
Bee Hive Bread
6 c flour
4 ½ tsp or 2 pkts yeast
1 ½ tsp salt
1 ¼ c warm water
½ c honey
½ c cold butter grated
2 large eggs
Mix warm water a bit of the honey and yeast, letting stand for 15 minutes or so. Add beaten eggs, remaining honey and salt to water mixture. Add flour and mix then cut in butter. Knead until elastic and let rest until doubled in bulk.
Preheat oven. Push down and turn over a couple times in the bowl until a ball forms. Cover large ovenproof glass bowl with a sheet of foil. Make ropes and coil starting at the bottom and work your way to the top in the shape of a beehive. Brush with egg white for a glossy crust.
Bake @ 375 for 30 minutes.
While bread is baking mix 1 c softened butter, 1/3 c honey and a few drops of vanilla together. Butter is best when whipped with immersion or hand blender.
When bread is done remove from oven and let cool before peeling away foil. Serve with honey butter.
This Beltane season gives us much to be thankful for. Regardless of what is taking place in the world at large-we have our faith, our beautiful practice, each other and another turn on the wheel. From our Homestead Coven at Rosethornmanor to our pagan brethren wherever you are lighting your Balefires-we wish for you an abundance of opportunity and prosperity in these trying times.
Happy Bel and Blessed Be!
Beltane Traditions-How we celebrate s the stark harshness of winter gives way to the gentle unfurling of spring our minds and activities turn toward spending time out of doors.
What would you bring to a Witches Night gathering? I’d bring an apple, datura seeds, and a mischievous attitude! With Witches Night on Saturday I thought I’d share some of my work from throughout the years that pertains to this special celebration.
Hexennacht, meaning “Witches Night,” is a celebration originally observed in Central & Northern European countries with roots in Germany. It begins at moonrise on April 30th and ends when the sun rises on May 1st. On this most ominous night, it is said that witches and other cunning folk gather on the Brocken, highest peak in the Harz mountains of Germany, to revel in dark worship and merriment. Tales of maleficent witches conjuring dark magic have defined this night for centuries, with reports of some witches arriving in their astral form and all manner of otherworldly beings joining from beyond the veil. The modern day Witches Night has come to be more widely celebrated by witches around the globe and is no longer solely a night for dark worship, but honored as a pivotal point in the cycle of the seasons and a time to freely rejoice in all aspects of the archetypal witch, both pernicious and benevolent at her mercy.
Much like Autumn-tide festivals (opposite on the wheel of the year), the few nights spanning springtime festivals mark a period when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, meaning all magical workings performed during this time are more powerful. With this channel open, spirit communication is more accessible and practitioners are able to better harness this connection to aid in their magical work.
Flight of the Witches was made not only to honor Witches’ Night, but also to depict the witches’ ride to the Sabbat. This ride finds roots in many different lores including Artemis’ wild hunt and, her Roman counterpart, Diana’s procession to gather souls, as well as the ride that brings Witches to the infamous Witches’ Supper.
These artworks were made to evoke the mischievous, fun, celebratory atmosphere of Witches’ Night and to honor the idea of witches letting loose and flying wild in all aspects of their power. ✨
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TODAY! All new artwork and OOAK altar cloths will make their debut at 8pm ET. {Link in bio} Flight of the Witches is a new screen print just in time for Witches’ Night! In addition to my normal kraft-toned paper, it will also be available printed with silver ink on black paper. A few of the black versions were made even more special with metallic leaf applied to the full moon, making it shimmer and catch the light. Limited quantities available of each version so be sure to set an alarm to get the best selection. Everything takes flight tonight, see you there! #poisonappleprintshop #witchesnight #hexennacht #spiritflight
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