The Spirit In The Root

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will remember this pic, taken last summer at our roof garden. It’s our Mirabilis Jalapa plant, grown from seeds that we brought from a ravine in Anaga. After flowering all summer and giving us an extremely generous amount of seeds, the plant withered [...]

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New Listings Today!

Bat Nut Charm – Spiritual Protection Bat nuts are the seed of the Asian Trapa Bicornis plant, a traditional lucky food in China, usually cooked for spirit offerings. In Western Witchcraft it has been used as a powerful talisman, due to its resemblance to a two-faced devil’s head. In Santeria, Voodoo and Hoodoo, it is [...]

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Back At The Noble Pagan Forums!

I have been a member of The Noble Pagan Forums since 2009, where I was invited to participate as an educator on African-origined religions. Due to the increasing work that House Of Eleggua meant I had to stop posting for a while, but now I finally have the time to resume my participation. The first [...]

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New Items Listed: Statuary And Reliquary Boxes

Sacred Heart Of Jesus Figurine – Handpainted And One Of A Kind Unique, handpainted figurine of Obatala/Sacred Heart Of Jesus made of marble powder, painted with acrylics using miniature painting brushes, and inspired by the colourways of Bizantine and Romanesque art, sober and saturated at the same time, and so Mediterranean. In Santeria, Jesus of [...]

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New Listings Today – Anointing Oils And Fertility Amulets

Love Oil (India Rosa Oil) A new and improved recipe for our fantastic Love Oil! Using sunflower oil as a base and a selection of herbs devoted to love magic, we have created this 100% herbal oil for your love rituals. Attract your partner/desired human, reinforce relationships and entice passion, improve sexuality and fertility, ease [...]

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New Jewelry Listed

New pieces already listed at the shop – more to come really soon!

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Update: Charms Listed!

All the charms made last weekend have been listed!

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A Crafty Weekend

With week after week filled with readings and spellwork, the weekend arrives filled with a need to craft, paint, crochet and anything crafty. On Saturday, most of the day was devoted to crafting a new batch of charms using part of the bones we found on a recent trip to Anaga, rabbit feet (and a [...]

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Folk Magick Alphabet – Letter A

This is the first of a series of alphabetic posts about superstitions, folk magick, charms and everything we love about magick. I will randomly choose several for each post, in no particular order and chosen just out of my own interest. So, do not expect this to be encyclopedic, as it is a collection of [...]

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New Items Listed – Potion Bottles And Orisha Bracelets

At The Hoodoo Shop, two different types of potion bottles; At Sangre De Drago, a whole new batch of Orisha Bracelets, including some Orishas we have never had before, like Orula, the Santa Muerte and Maria Lionza.

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