#folkwitch — Public Fediverse posts

Neighborhood chat alerted: a Gopher Tortoise was walking the pavement! I sprinted out to secure her, then a neighbor offered a 4-wheeler lift back to the wooded burrow ridge.

Official duties of the #HonkyTonkWitchPatrol are in full swing. 🐢✨

#SwampLife #GopherTortoise #Nature #FolkWitch

Weaving a continuous spell, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker seals its threshold in living pine resin & relies on ground fires to keep the grove pure. Real protection is active - Witches take note! Anoint your doorposts, tend the hearth fire, & clear the brush! #SwampLifeSunday #FolkWitch #Nature #Birds

For #MythologyMonday, look to the hearth. In Southern folk magic, fire-gazing is a living tradition of divination. Practitioners read the crackle, shape, and shifting coals to forecast oppressive summer droughts, incoming fever, or literal "heat" (conflict) building in a home. #FolkWitch #WitchSky

Before any charm is fixed or water is gathered, there are the dead. My ancestors are the absolute baseline of my work -the foundation this house is built on and the hands guiding my own. Everything begins and ends with them. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #WitchSky

To Call on the Swamp as a Guardian is to claim a heavy, ancient armor. From the dense, stony scutes of the alligator to the rot-resistant, unyielding wood of the Cypress, the Swamp teaches us how to build boundaries that never crack. #MythologyMonday #FolkWitch #WitchSky

Spanish Moss is "The Veil" in my magical writings. It isn't a parasite - it's an air plant; absorbing only what the wind, fog, & bark from tree bring to it. The ultimate architecture for listening to unseen currents. What might it teach you? #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch

The jaw & crown are purified, ready to meet again. Before the final set, the skull can be filled with intention — a custom load to seal its purpose as a guardian. This is where the physical bone becomes a living tool. The craft is in the reassembling. #FolkWitch #SouthernConjure #WitchSky #OccultSky

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom recently joined the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab for a fantastic journey into the Okefenokee Swamp. If you get a chance to see the whole segment, do it! Here is the promo for it: #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Ecology youtu.be/n10G5Qp0Wio?...

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An alligator bellow is one of the most incredible sounds of the Okefenokee. Alligators bellow for several reasons - to attract mates, establish their size, intimidate their rivals, & to socialize. There's nothing quite like hearing this in person! #FolkWitch #Nature #Okefenokee #WitchSky

While the head simmers, the claws are resting in a bed of borax to cure. If the scutes are the armor and the head is the guardian, the claw is the grip. Saving these to fix into hands that hold fast to blessings and tear through tricks. The grit continues! #FolkWitch #WitchSky #SwampMagic #Nature

Processing the Old One's head today. It's a major job of work to separate the flesh and free the bone. The path to 'fixin' this swamp guardian is gritty work... It's required and worth it. #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Nature

Every cypress knee is an anchor for the Basin’s sovereignty. They continue to weather the killing dry; standing watch as the blackwater returns. Collected a few witnesses yesterday to remind myself: strength isn't always in the reach; sometimes it’s in the anchor. #SwampSunday #WitchSky #FolkWitch

Thinking of starting a themed hashtag here on BlueSky and I'd love to hear if there would be interest. What about FolkWitchFriday? I'd like to plan out monthly/weekly themes for it possibly. Thoughts? Support? #WitchSky #FolkWitch

The 'Red-headed Scorpion" is at the door, a fiery scout for the Serpent. I’m matching his heat with rain-work, stirring the blackwater medicine to call back the clouds. The Okefenokee is 16" late on its blessing, but this folk witch won't stop until the sky finally cracks. #SwampSunday #FolkWitch

Not all swamp beauty is benevolent; the yellow jasmine hides a strychnine-like poison within its climbing vines. It’s a botanical reminder that the marsh demands respect and that beauty often carries a sharp, hidden edge. #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #FolkWitch

During sun-showers in the South, you will hear someone say, "The Devil is beating his wife!" Some say he is angry with God for creating beautiful sunny days, & takes his anger out on her. In turn, she cries large tears / raindrops. #FaustianFriday #SouthernFolklore #WitchSky #FolkWitch

Dragonflies - the embodiment of all elements, riding atop an alligator. Mysteries, upon mysteries! "We probably enjoy observing animals so much because we learn a great deal about ourselves in doing so." ~ Charles Baudelaire #SwampSunday #Auguries #FolkWitch

Known for its ethereal song & the ability to sing in two voices simultaneously, the Wood Thrush is more often heard than seen in the Okefenokee Swamp. Hearing a "Swamp Angel" sing its beautiful song near your house is said to be very good luck. (1 of 2) #SwampSunday #OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch

In Pellorys, Stinging Nettle is a plant of fire. It removes fear and repels evil. In fact, it will return dark magic to its maker. #FolkloreThursday #Pellor #FolkWitch

Devil's Dung, or as my Granny called it "asafetidy", asafoetida is a foul smelling herb used to prevent disease. In southern conjure it is used to get revenge or reverse a trick. #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitch

Carry a buckeye (Aesculus flava) in your *right* pocket to find a job. If you need a cure for rheumatism or the chills, carry it in your *left* pocket. These beliefs are tied to the strength, vigor, of a buck! #FolkloreThursday #SouthernConjure #FolkWitch

My paternal Granny, "Dr Mary", was a midwife, herbalist, & preparer of the dead. A cough remedy, which I have made & used, was made from young pine tree tops pinched off, honey, lemon, & a shot of whiskey. Sometimes hard peppermint candy was added to the mix. #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitch

The Okefenokee Swamp & surrounding areas use to be a hotbed of turpentine production. Brother Pine-Tree gives us turpentine. My paternal Granny would mix melted lard & turpentine, slather it over chests, cover this flannel cloth when family had a bad cough/cold! #SwampSunday #FolkWitch #WitchAlt

Called the "flame bird" of the swamp, the Prothonotary Warbler is one of the most gorgeous birds you'll encounter in the Okefenokee. Said to be vain, it will stare at its own reflection. Not wise since many predators are about! 📷 by Edward O’Connor #SwampSunday #FolkWitch #WitchSky #WitchAlt

A little weekday folklore for this Wednesday morning! This section is from the book "A Treasury of Georgia Folklore" By Ronald G. Killion & Charles T. Waller. Published 1972. The last line I find quite amusing! #Georgia #Folklore #FolkWitch #WitchSky

Cecile Hulse Matschat, a geographer & botanist, wrote about her time living in the Okefenokee Swamp in her seminal ethnography "Suwannee River: Strange Green Land" (published 1938). One figure she writes about she calls "Snake Woman". (1 of 4) #FolkloreThursday #Okefenokee #FolkWitch #WitchSky

I'm so happy to be able to finally set up a memorial on FindAGrave for a person who's grave I've been visiting for 15 years. Thankful a city employee was willing to help me. He will always be the "Jazz Man" to me. If no one else remembers you, I will. #FolkWitch #HazzardHill #Necromancy

Cunning Folk look to nature for knowledge of healing, hexing, and how to live in harmony with the Land. There is much to be learned from the Song of the Okefenokee, as sung by the prevalent frog species there. #SwampSunday #OkefenokeeSwamp #WitchSky #FolkWitch (1 of 2 - recording in second post!)

Two animal allies in Southern Conjure & Rootwork are the raccoon and opossum. Raccoons, lil'bandits - sly, ultimate survivors; Opossums - cunning of life, death, & resurrection, wise trickster spirit sometimes connected to fire/Sun. (Post: 1/2) #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #AnimalAllies #FolkWitch

Pogo was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly & syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp, Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character. #SwampSunday #FolkWitch #WitchSky