The history of witchcraft covers a few millennia, so I’m going to try and offer a brief insight to explain some of the origins and attitudes to witchery across the ages. Witchcraft is certainly a complex and multifaceted subject that spans thousands of years and has been influenced by a variety of cultural, religious, and […]
Beltane is an ancient Gaelic festival that marks the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. It is normally celebrated on the first day of May. This was traditionally at the midpoint between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice which currently is around the 5th or 6th of May. In 2023 in the UK
The Herb Diaries is going to be a regular feature of the Dream Amethyst Witchery blog. I’m starting with the humble, yet beautiful, primrose because it is in abundance as I walk near to my home. Primroses have a long history of being associated with witchcraft and magic. In some European folk traditions, primroses were