May 30, Day Of The Canary Islands

Tomorrow is the day of the Canary Islands. It is a local holiday, and we will be joining it by honouring our Guanche ancestors. Since everyone in the island will be partying, bbquing and going to the beach, we will stay at home – we have been thinking of some traditional crafty activities besides the [...]

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Pics Of The Week

Yesterday we went out with friends to El Bailadero, one of the witchiest places in the island – literally witchy as it was a known place of witch meetings. We couldn’t find the exact place of the meetings as we drove right into the thickest fog and rain we’ve seen this year, and couldn’t take [...]

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Nativity Scenes

Our friends left yesterday back to Madrid. We spent the day scheduling the work for the week and cleaning the house, and the night already working at the studio, something we really were hungry for! For the first time since we are together, we are going to have a Nativity scene on our living room [...]

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Today’s Herb: Thyme

Our thyme plant, last summer. Latin Name: Thymus Vulgaris Gardening Needs: as a traditionally Mediterranean herb, this plant needs lots of sunlight and a soil that drains very well with an extra dose of clay and sand. Grows wonderfully near the sea or at any location where humidity and temperature are high. The wood is [...]

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Today’s Herb: Rue

Rue plant grown from wildharvested seed, 2009. Latin Name: Ruta Graveolens Gardening Needs: this plant needs sandy soil that drains very well, and lots of sunlight. It’s quite the survivor, so it can thrive in less than optimum conditions, and resists all temperatures above freezing. Medicinal Properties: This is a very bitter plant so its [...]

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Offerings

We didn’t have any appointments on Wednesday, so we decided to go early in the morning to our beloved mountain of Las Mercedes to make an offering, something we had been delaying for a while. We made a gofio ball with gofio, honey and milk and filled a small bottle with rum; we gathered scissors, [...]

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Imbolc Preparations Start

My witchy friend is leaving again for Madrid tomorrow (sob!), so yesterday we spent the day preparing the Imbolc altar and a box of witchy supplies for her to take home, mostly herbs and seeds from our stash. The change of yule-to-imbolc energies has been quite drastic: it’s been raining non-stop for three days already [...]

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New Listings Today: Handpainted Stone Talismans & A New Painting

Handpainted Stone Talismans, First Batch – listed separately at the shop. Stone talismans have been used from centuries, usually carved and dyed with herbal and mineral dyes and pigments. Stones gather tremendous energy, enhancing their original power. Can you imagine having a talisman that has been on the womb of Mother Earth for thousands of [...]

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Canarian Spells From The XVI Century

Text from the book “Witchcraft In The Canary Islands” written by Domingo García Barbuzano. Image from the book “Practise And Belief Of A Canarian Healer”, written by the same author. Before you read the spells, please keep in mind that these spells are from the XVI century – the controversy about using animal parts of [...]

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Magickal Images Of The Canary Islands

Recently we foraged a copy of the first volume of History Of The Canary Islands, written by Joseph De Viera Y Clavijo in 1772. This copy was published in 1978 by Cupsa Editorial in Madrid, and contains several photographs that I thought you’d like to see – so, without further ado, here are some scans [...]

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