Diary Of A Folk Witch
Hello and welcome to Diary Of A Folk Witch!
My name is Zanna, and I am a practicing Animistic Folk Witch, Priestes and Doula living in Lancashire. Here I will share with you a blend of essays and diary entries that allow you to peer into the very real world of a modern practicing traditional style folk witch and wise woman.
You are invited into my innermost world of actual every day living witchcraft. Everything from folklore to foraging. Herbalism to urban homesteading, divination, spells, ritual, spiritual practice and more.
Because I don’t 'niche down' here- you see it all. You see, I’m not just a Witch when I’m performing workings, it’s in every area of my life. And you get to share that with me. Diaries are supposed to be places where we document our deepest secrets, but I believe some secrets are worth sharing, so let me share my life with you…
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 14: And Then The Rain Came...
An explanation as to why I have been absent as well as some reflections on healing, adjustment, and green witchery.
Episode 13: Snow, Spinning Wheels And Casting Squares: an account of spinning, knitting and crochet within folk witchcraft.
Join me this week for November the 18th's diary entry.The snow is falling heavily, and I am sat at the spinning wheel creating a deep blue yarn from merino wool that will create a yarn to form a working known as a 'casting square'. I also s...
Episode 12: The Ghosts, Graveyards & Magical Springs Of Liverpool
Join me as I share this diary entry from October 2024, where my friend and I take time to explore both St James Cemetery and the infamously haunted Speke Hall. Folk Witch topics covered: Ghosts, hauntings, apotropaic magic (witch m...
Episode 11: 'Whistle and I'll come to you': Whistling in folk ways and folk magic
Join me as I discuss the use of whistling within folk witchcraft, storms, spirits and workings. This week's episode title was inspired by the brilliant ghost story by M.R.James, 'Whistle and I'll come to you' and this week's storm.
Episode 10: Too Many Spoons, Dropped Knives, And Open Scissors: A Journey through Folk Witchcraft In The Kitchen
Join me as I discuss practical magic from the kitchen during times of illness, the Goddess Brigid, and explore some of the many folk way and folk witch customs that pop up within Folk Witchcraft.Warning: Contains mentions of bodily flui...
Episode 9: New Brooms and Harvests
I've lost my broom! And this witch needs a new one, especially as it is harvest time and the equinox is drawing near. Join me as I discuss harvests and the importance of brooms, caring for them, blessing them and ritually using them.
Episode 8: Gaps In Psychic Protection And A Trip To Men An Tol
Join me as I sit with a warm mug of hot oat milk cacao and reflect back to an experience that led me to examine the consequences of leaving gaps in ones psychic protection, as well as discussing a beautiful healing initiation which occurr...
Episode 6: Keeping House: An exploration of folk witchcraft in the home around the autumn equinox.
Episode 5: Not all harvests look the same.
Join me this week as I discuss the cyclic nature of folk witchcraft and why at the harvest phase of the wheel of the year, so many feel compelled to reflect upon their own personal harvests!
Episode 4: Sacred Springs, Healing, And St Winefride.
Join me this week as I discuss experiencing healing at the sacred site of St Winefride's well in North Wales.Trigger warnings: This podcast briefly touches upon death, birth trauma, and grief.
Episode 3: Ten Ways You Can Explore Folk Witchcraft Today.
Join me as I discuss ten ways in which you can explore folk witchcraft today! some of the suggestions may even surprise you!
