Lammas Visualisation: The Wise Woman's Cottage

It is Lammas Eve. Lammas is the festival of the first fruits of the harvest, at the time of year the grain crops are brought in. It can traditionally be celebrated by baking your own bread or making a corn dolly. However, if you don't have the necessary skills, ingredients or inclination for cooking or crafting, here's a guided visualisation you can do to honour this festival in the wheel of the year.

Lammas Guided Visualisation: The Wise Woman's Cottage

Find somewhere safe, where you will not be disturbed. Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Take three deep breaths in and out and relax, then visualise the following in your mind's eye:

Visualise that you are in a baker's shop, in a small village in the countryside. It is Lammas, at the start of August, when the fields are ripe and the crops being brought in. You have been asked to deliver a basket of freshly baked bread to an old woman who lives on her own in a cottage on edge of the village, beyond the first field.

Taking the basket, you walk out of the door of the baker's shop and into the village street, It is a hot, dry, sunny day. Your journey takes you first along a street of old cottages, with gardens full of flowers.

At the end of the street there is a fence with a stile and beyond that a field that is golden with ripe grain. You cross the stile and enter the field. A path leads around the edge of the grain field. You see poppies and other wild flower and herbs growing in the borders. Beyond that you see that the grain crop is being harvested under the hot, August sun.

You watch the ripe grain being cut down in neat rows as you walk along the path. Crows circle in the sky above, and perhaps you catch a glimpse of other birds or animals. In the distance is the farmer steadily harvesting the crops, absorbed in his work. Observe what is happening as you slowly walk along the path. What do you see?

At the far end of the field is an old hedge, and after a while your reach it. In the hedge is a gate. This gate leads into the old woman's garden behind her cottage. Open the gate and walk into the garden, carefully closing the gate again behind you.

The garden at first seems overgrown, with tall trees at the sides, shrubs and bushes and tall plants, it offers cool, dappled shade from the August sun. You make your way further into the garden and see flowers growing everywhere. It is full of bright colours. You see bees going from flower to flower, you hear birds singing and notice the sign of other wildlife too.

You then see the old woman. She is harvesting berries and putting them into a basket. You go up to her and greet her. She smiles and greets you in reply. Then she invites you in to her cottage. She opens the door and you follow her inside. Look around, what do you see there?

The old woman invites you to sit at her table and put down the basket of bread, then she offers you tea. She prepares the tea using leaves in an earthenware teapot, and brings out a jar of fresh jam she has made from berries from her own garden, with butter and milk that she tells you is from a neighbour's farm.

You join her for tea. The fresh bread and the jam and other produce are delicious. You talk with her as you enjoy your tea together. What do you talk about?

When you have finished your cup of tea, she asks if you would like her to divine your future or answer a question, by reading the patterns in the leaves at the bottom of the cup. If you do, let her see the cup.

She turns it three times clockwise and then holds it to the sunlight that streams through the cottage window. Then she answers your question and gives you an idea of what the future might possibly hold for you. If you want, she can show you the patterns in the leaves and how she has interpreted them too.

Then it is time for you to leave. You say goodbye and stand and stand up, picking up the empty bread basket. As you are about to go, the old woman presses a final gift into your hands. You look at it and thank her, then put the gift into the basket and wave goodbye as you go out of the cottage door.

You walk back through her garden, through the gate in the hedge, along the path at the edge of the field and over the stile into the village. You walk back along the street and return the basket to the bakery shop, where you began your journey. But you may keep the gift that the old woman gave you, and you remember the things she told you.

When you are ready Shake your arms and legs and open your eyes to the real world.

I always recommend having something to eat and drink after doing a guided visualisation, or any ritual or magical work, as it can help you ground properly. After this visualisation, you could have a harvest feast - or just some fresh bread and jam and a cup of tea. You could even have a go at tea-leaf reading too.


You can find more guided visualisations in my book Pagan Portals - Guided Visualisations.

Pagan Events In London and Elsewhere at Lammas

Lammas is this Thursday, on August 1. Here are details of some of the events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans over the festival to celebrate the start of the harvest, and for a week or so ahead. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now - 8 September; Museum of the Moon. Luke Jerram's artwork featuring NASA imagery of the Moon. Venue: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Free to visit Various classes including meditation and yoga are bookable at an extra charge https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/museum-of-the-moon.html

Now - 15 September; Smoke and Mirrors - exhibition about the psychology of magic. It includes items from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. There are also live performances of stage conjuring on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free admission. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/W_vuwBQAACoA_SY2

Now - 27 October, Secret Rivers: discover the secrets of London's historic waterways. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands. Venue: No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Free entry. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands

Now - Sunday 19 August; Lunation Exhibition, part of Moon Festival 2019. Individuals and communities in Woolwich, expressing what the Moon means to them through photography and words: photographs by Sara Hannant displayed alongside personal tales interpreted by the writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes. Venue: Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. Free entry. https://www.greenwichheritage.org/whats-on/detail/lunation-exhibition

Now - 31 October; Betwixt and Between: Isobel Gowdie, the Witch of Auldearn - the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic's summer exhibition. Venue: The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Entry with museum ticket. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Monday 29 July; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 29 July; Deep Listening Workshop introducing core deep listening practices; listening meditations, sonic meditations, sonic improvisation and sound play. Venue: Siobhan Davies Studio, 85 Saint George's Road, London, SE1 6ER. Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £14.06 – £16.76.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-workshops-tickets-63509378260

Monday 29 July; Gods and Goddesses of Mythic London. Talk by Caroline Wise. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Tuesday 30 July; So Moot It Bee pagan moot. Venue: The Good Intent, 3 John Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1YL. Time: 7.30pm. Entry: £2. https://www.facebook.com/events/631399977346385/

Wednesday 31 July- 5 August; Casting Shadows into the Light. Exhibition of the visionary and magickal art of Charlotte Rodgers and Victoria Musson, exploring the actual, the shadows, and the spaces in-between. This event was timed to coincide with the festival of Lammas/Lughnasadh, and is a celebration of this feast. Venue: Walcot Gate Bath, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5. Time: from 11am. The exhibition is free, but there is also a day of lectures and workshops on August 3, costing £10/£12. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/695013897618641/permalink/695038037616227/

Wednesday 31 July; Free Guided Tour of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (takes place every Wednesday). Venue: UCL, Malet Place, London, WC1 6BT. Time: 2pm. Free, but you must book in advance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/booking?

Wednesday 31 July; Time to Meditate - group meditation (every Wednesday). Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 31 July; Leo New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: Time: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 31 July; Nature's Strangest Genitalia. Lecture by Jules Howard, author of Sex on Earth, at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 31 July (tbc); Hertford and Ware Moot Moot. (Usually the last Wednesday of each month.) Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, SG14 1HH Hertford, Hertfordshire. Time: 8pm. Entry: £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Thursday 1 August; Earth Festival: Wheel of the Year Meditation - Fruition, gather at the well head for meditation at noon, followed by conversation on the lower lawn. Venue: Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. For more details, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Thursday 1 August; IQ-ME by Johny Dar: Wellbeing through the Art of Colouring Introduction. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 1 August; Saxons, Romans and Druids in London - two-hour walking tour with Ross Norman. Meet outside  McDonald's Liverpool Street Station, The Concourse, London, EC2M 7PY. Time: 1pm. Free, but donations welcome and you must book a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/2348871575385268/

Thursday 1 August; Leonora Carrington's Hearing Trumpet. Talk by Dr Kate Laity. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 1 August; PFL Open Ritual for Lammas led by Hendon Heathens. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entry: £6/£5 (PF members and concessions). https://pflondon.info/

Friday 2 August, Open Evening - Summer 2019, with the college team. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 2 or Saturday 3 August; ORO ATUA Maori and OME Gong Vedica Sound Immersion Workshop. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Friday 2 August; Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly event, usually on a Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/#

Friday 2 August;  Wicca New Moon Training Circle with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area at 7pm to be led to the woodland site. Cost: £3. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August; Lammas event weekend at The Henge Shop in Avebury with workshops and book signings. Venue: High Street,  Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF. Time: 10am-6pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/376942859693218/

Saturday 3 August; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Lammas Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Lammas. Meet from noon in the Red Lion pub. Ritual starts at 1.30pm. Free event, offerings of mead and food welcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/210973283116416/

Saturday 3 August; Gaia-Selene Healing and Protection Circle with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Location: Queen's Woods, Near Highgate Station. Meet at the Woodman pub at 2pm. Tickets: £5, wear outdoor clothing. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 August; London Goddess Pilgrimage with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral London EC4M. Time: 1pm – 4pm. Free event but donations welcome and you must reserve a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/895048700854260/

Saturday 3 August; Watchers of the Old Ways Lammas Ceremony. Venue: Rollright Stones, Off A3400, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QB. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/2387910684868239/

Sunday 4 August; Foraging Walk with John the Poacher on Hackney Marshes. Meet at Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 11am-3.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Sunday 4 August, Sunday Meditation class with Lisabetta every Sunday. Drop-in class suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 10am-11am. Cost: £12 per class, £30 for 3 classes. https://harmonious-healing.com/

Sunday 4 August; Druidic Lughnasadh/Lhammas Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, by 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill/

Sunday 4 August; Deep Listening in the North Downs. A slow walk through the north downs exploring deep listening and movement meditations in the North Downs with a short half time break in a country pub. Time: 1pm - 5pm. Tickets: £22/£25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-on-north-downs-tickets-62052601000

Sunday 4 August; Roman London Walking Tour organised by the Museum of London. Starts at Museum of London, London Wall. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12.50. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/event-detail?id=2008

Sunday 4 August; Summer Soulstice: The Saami Brothers. Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/funoonlondon/285329?

Sunday 4 August; Lughnasadh/Lammas Pagan Celebration with the Wheel of the Year group. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Monday 5 August; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Tuesday 6 August, McMindfulness. Talk and signing with Ronald E.Purser and Daniel Simpson. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Tuesday 6 August;  I will be giving a talk on poppets and magical dolls at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR. Time: 7pm. Entry: £4 and raffle in aid of Essex wild life £1. https://www.facebook.com/mammamoonmagick/

Tuesday 6 August;  The Witches' Inn gathering - Potions! Venue: The Hatch Public House, 44, Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT. Time: 8pm. Free pagan moot, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/events/2190137791283277/

Wednesday 7 August;  River Fleet - Harbour Deep. Storytelling walk with Rebecca Leach McDonald. Discover the myths and legends of early London; visit sacred wells and ancient ruins and hear stories of Gods and Goddesses. Starts at Blackfriars Pier, White Lion Hill, London EC4V 3QR. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: Tickets: · £12.50 - £15. https://www.facebook.com/events/817161238657773/  or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-fleet-harbour-deep-tickets-62053735393

Wednesday 7 August; Weird Science: An Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology. Talk by Professor Chris French at Pubsci. Venue: Upstairs, the Old Kings Head,  London, SE1. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/357600528269502/

Thursday 8 August;  Long Distance Love Bombs: Get Shit Done 101 workshop with Dr. Jeremy Goldberg. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £30.65. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Thursday 8 August; The Sound of your Soul. Talk and signing with Anna Cookson. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 8 August; Madeline Montalban, 'Witch' of St Giles. Talk by Julia Phillips about
a London woman occultist. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 8 August; Folklore of Plants. Talk at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £5/£1.50 concessions. Time: 8pm. (Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month.) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2438110887/ To guarantee a seat, email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com

Friday 9 August, River Fleet - Women’s Heath Walk and Swim. Stories from river and water mythology, a 3-mile walk plus a swim. Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.50/£15 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-fleet-womens-heath-walk-and-swim-tickets-62257172880

Saturday 10 August; Candle Magic Workshop. Afternoon workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-3.15pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 10 August; The Hidden People. Storytelling by London Dreamtime at a secret location near Honour Oak station. Time: 8pm. Entry: £7. No bar and no toilets. Email to reserve a space and get the meeting place: vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 11 - Tuesday 20 August, Art and Spirit: Visions of Wonder - Summer Exhibition. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-6pm. Free entry, but donations welcome. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 August, Walking the River Wandle - a guided day long walk along the whole length of the River Wandle from Croydon to Wandsworth. A 14 mile walk with stories from British water mythology. Time: 9am - 7pm. Tickets: £30/£35. (Photo credit: Wandle Park Croydon by Anthony Spratt) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-the-river-wandle-august-tickets-62591881001

Sunday 11 August; Marseille Tarot II: Minor Cards. Workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm (with a break in the middle). Cost: £75. Deposit £40. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 11 August,; Forest Bathing in the woods, in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 6pm. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Note: I am not responsible for any of these events except for my calk on poppets at Romford Pagan Moot and my candle magic workshop at Treadwells. For more information and to check ticket availability and any changes to details for any event, please contact the relevant organisers.

Movable Feasts: Should Festival Dates be Changed?

In America, there is a petition gaining momentum to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October, while in England, next year's May Day bank holiday has been moved from May 1 to May 8, to coincide with the anniversary of VE Day.

Now, Halloween is a bigger thing in America than it is in England. The move is being asked for due to safety reasons, as thousands of children get injured while out trick or treating in the dark every year. It is thought that moving it to a weekend would make it safer.

Even if Halloween does get changed in America, that doesn't mean it would get changed in the UK too. However, pagans are upset about both the May Day change and the potential Halloween change. May Day coincides with the modern pagan wheel of the year festival of Beltane, while the Christian festival of Halloween coincides with the modern pagan wheel of the year festival of Samhain. Both are based on older folkloric customs.

Of course, the move could mean that pagans get to celebrate extra festivals - our own feasts *and* the secular one a few days later or earlier. However, many feel upset that, once again, pagan issues are being ignored. It would be lovely to have all of the wheel of the year dates as bank holidays, everywhere in the world. As we currently have so few, the May Day change touches a nerve. Halloween is not currently a bank holiday, but why not make it one, rather than move it?

These festivals are long traditions - and they are not traditional movable feasts - surely creating extra bank holidays would improve safety *and* keep everyone happy?

What do you think?

The picture shows the community book Every Day Magic at a feast to mark its launch at The Atlantis Bookshop, in London. Every Day Magic offers something magical to do every day, including traditional festivals and other spells and rituals. You can buy the book at Atlantis and also view Every Day Magic on Amazon.

Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/11/pagan-eye-me-at-atlantis-bookshop-with.html
http://theatlantisbookshop.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48565417
https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-join-the-saturday-halloween-movement?

Magic School: Shamanism Healer Training in London

A shamanism healer training is being run this autumn in London and you can take advantage of an early bird price if you book and pay by 1 August. The course starts on 7 September and normally costs £600, but the early bird price is £550 per person for the entire course. Each workshop runs from 9.45am to 4.30pm.

It is being run by Anthea of Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness at Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Here are the details:

Saturday 7 and  and Sunday 8 September: Introduction to shamanic journeying, meeting your allies and healing techniques. The first weekend module teaches:

1. Connection to your power animal, work to work closely with this ally on your journeys.
2. What it means to be a healer in the world.
3. Clearing the space within you to pave the way for receiving clients using shamanic practises. 
4. Preparation before the healing session
5. Learn how to set a ceremonial space, with the elements fire, water, earth and air.
6. Use of smudge and incense.
7. Connect to your spiritual teacher in the upper world
8. Shamanic diagnostic work and working remotely
9. Practise of shamanic healing techniques.
10. Manifestation journey to begin your healing practise and calling in your future clients energetically
11. Receive source transmissions to help you move forward.
12. Learn how to complete a blessing ceremony.
13. Divination skills with your allies

Sunday 22 September: Outdoor healing with plants and trees. In this outdoor session students will:

1. Be initiated into the plant consciousness. You will journey to the lower world and open the doorways to the plants that are willing to help you. You will discover your gatekeeper to the plant kingdom.
2. Go out in nature and you learn how to connect out in nature with trees and plants, to discover their essence and to enhance your relationship with them.
3. Learn how to complete healing sessions for your self and others with trees, learning two techniques
4. Learn how to make plant limpias to work with others with herbs and flowers to help cleanse auras etc.
5. Learn how to make plant healing bundles.
6. Learn how to complete a medicine walk in nature
7. Receive notes to take away

Sunday 12 and 13 October: Shamanism and healing the body. Students will:

1. Learn about the organs of the body and that the organs have spirits that you can connect to for healing. Learn their metaphysical meaning and meaning in Chinese medicine.
2. Journey to the heart, connect to the spirit of the heart, the “architect”, what does your own heart show you.
3. Journey and connect to different organs in the body.
4. Connect to the heart as a diagnostic tool, to help you to diagnose for others.
5. Complete a healing journey for others to heal
6. What is the spirit of illness.
7. Learn to dialogue with the spirit of illness and bring back healing words to help others to empower and move through illness.
8. Receive a powerful source transmission to help you to connect more to the “ heart of love”.
9. Complete extraction work
10. How to heal thoughts forms.

Sunday 24 November: Soul retrieval. The workshop will cover:

1. Consultation skills with clients
2. Connecting to your animal guide to help you with soul retrievals
3. How to develop and practise your tracking skills
4. How to complete soul retrieval to help others
5. How to send healing remotely.
6. Receive source sound transmissions to help you move forward.
7. Timeline work

Everyone on the course will be required to submit one case study before the end of the training. The course includes all handouts your certificate and other materials.

Full details here: https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/events/261654270/

Pagan Eye: Debra's Story About the Moon at Lunation

The evocative photograph above is by Sara Hannant and is on display at her exhibition called Lunation, part of the current Moon Festival.  Each of Sara's photographs at Lunation illustrates a story by a Londoner telling their relationship with the moon. This is Debra's Story.

Sara's website gives a short quote from that story:

“I always look at the moon as part of nature and part of wellbeing. You know certain moons deal with mental health so on a full moon I am more irritated and more possessive. Then on a quarter moon or a half moon less active.”

You can read the full version at Lunation. I particularly like this picture because it contains an ammonite, and reminds me of a dream I once had. I blogged about it as The Ammonite Dream.

The exhibition is at Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. Entry is free.

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself.

Links and previous related posts
https://www.sarahannant.com/
https://moonfestival.co.uk/
https://www.greenwichheritage.org/whats-on/detail/lunation-exhibition
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/07/pagan-eye-moon-garden-at-charlton-house.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/01/pagan-eye-museum-of-witchcraft-in-london.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/10/of-shadows-objects-from-museum-of.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/06/review-look-at-magickal-women-conference.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/08/a-story-ammonite-dream.html

Lammas Pagan Events In London and Elsewhere

Lammas is on August 1 and is a pagan festival to celebrate the start of the harvest. Here are details of some of the events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans up to that time and in the week ahead. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now-26 July; Moon Festival - celebrating people’s relationship with the moon across cultures, time and disciplines and coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in July 2019. Includes exhibitions, music performances, lectures, moon gardens, moonlit film screenings, night food markets and street parties. Venues mainly in Greenwich and Woolwich, London. Various ticket prices and some free events. (The picture is by Sara Hannant and is part of the festival's Lunation exhibition) https://moonfestival.co.uk/

Now - 8 September; Museum of the Moon. Luke Jerram's artwork featuring NASA imagery of the Moon. Venue: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Free to visit Various classes including meditation and yoga are bookable at an extra charge https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/museum-of-the-moon.html

Now - 15 September; Smoke and Mirrors - exhibition about the psychology of magic. It includes items from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. There are also live performances of stage conjuring on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free admission. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/W_vuwBQAACoA_SY2

Now - 31 October; Betwixt and Between: Isobel Gowdie, the Witch of Auldearn - the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic's summer exhibition. Venue: The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Entry with museum ticket. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Now - 27 October, Secret Rivers: discover the secrets of London's historic waterways. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands. Venue: No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Free entry. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands

Now - 28 July; The Immeasurable: art exhibition on practice based research on care, female knowledge, slow practices, belief systems, healing and sharing. Venue: Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Thames-Side Studios, Harrington Way, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, SE18 5NR. Time: noon-5pm, Thursdays to Sundays. Details: https://www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk/news/exhibitions/currentexhibs/the-immeasurable-curated-by-hannah-conroy-and-linda-persson-6-28-jul-2019

Now - Sunday 19 August; Lunation Exhibition, part of Moon Festival 2019. Individuals and communities in Woolwich, expressing what the Moon means to them through photography and words: photographs by Sara Hannant displayed alongside personal tales interpreted by the writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes. Venue: Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. Free entry. https://www.greenwichheritage.org/whats-on/detail/lunation-exhibition

Wednesday 24 July; Forest Bathing in the woods, in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 9.30am. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 24 July; Free Guided Tour of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (takes place every Wednesday). Venue: UCL, Malet Place, London, WC1 6BT. Time: 2pm. Free, but you must book in advance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/booking?

Wednesday 24 July; Time to Meditate - group meditation (every Wednesday). Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 24 July; Witches Worshipping the Moon. Talk by Christina Oakley Harrington as part of the Moon Festival. Venue: Stockwell Street Building, University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell St, Greenwich, London, SE10   9BD. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://moonfestival.co.uk/

Wednesday 24 July; Lucid Dreaming Workshop with Tree Carr. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 24 July; Resurgence Talks: Elegant Simplicity with Satish Kumar. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 July; Earthdance Summer Gathering 2019. Venue: The Clophill Centre, Shefford Road, Clophill, Beds., MK45 4BT. https://earthdance-om.com/

Thursday 25 July; Into the Marvellous: Talk and signing with Dr. Martin Shaw. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 25 July; London Goddess Pilgrimage with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral London EC4M. Time: 6.30pm. Free event but donations welcome and you must reserve a place in advance. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-goddess-pilgrimage-tickets-64879367936?

Thursday 25 July; Introduction to Lucid Dreaming with Ricardo Goni and Mugwort. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.aho.community

Thursday 25 July; Comix of Cult and Occult. Talk by Jason Atomic of Satanic Mojo.  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Friday 26 July; Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly event, usually on a Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/#

Friday 26 July, A Demonstration of Crystal Reading with Edwin Courtenay. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 26 July; Summoning Spirits in Olde Englande. Talk on the techniques of necromancers, cunning men and ordinary magicians of the past 500 years, with Dan Harms. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday, 27 July; Sigil Magic Day: From chaos sigils to grimoire seals, from bind-runes to cunning-craft symbols. Day Workshop with Julian Vayne. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm (with a break in the middle). Cost: £75. Deposit £40. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday, 27 July; Sekhmet Warrior Goddess Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH.  Time: 11am-4.30pm. Cost: £55 per person. For further details contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/  Bookings here: https://www.wiccamoon.co.uk/

Saturday, 27 July; Lammas Rite at Luna Iter for Pagan and Wiccan Seekers. Pub moot followed by a ritual close to each full moon. Venue: Pembury Tavern 90 Amhurst Rd, London E8 1JH. Moot usually starts at 5pm, then at 6pm moving to a historic site for the ritual. Fee: £4/£5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Saturday, 27 July; Gong Bath with Guru Ben, Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster RM142XH. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.facebook.com/events/330787897644660/

Sunday 28 July; Sunday Meditation class with Lisabetta every Sunday. Drop-in class suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 10am-11am. Cost: £12 per class, £30 for 3 classes. https://harmonious-healing.com/

Sunday 28 July; The Holy Fool - Embodied Archetype Workshop. Event aimed at women and non-binary people. Trans-inclusive. Venue: FH Space, 9 Havelock Walk Forest Hill, London SE23 3HG. Time: 11am-6pm. Tickets: £60. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-holy-fool-embodied-archetype-workshop-tickets-62595395513?

Sunday 28 July; NWK Moot. Venue: Chistlehurst caves.  Time: 11am. You must be a member of the group to attend. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887/

Sunday 28 July; Anderida Gorsedd Lughnasadh open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/anderidagorsedd/

Sunday 28 July; The Kith of the Tree and the Well heathen moot. Venue: The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London, SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm. https://www.meetup.com/The-Kith-of-The-Tree-and-The-Well/

Sunday 28 July; Inside Out - A Documentary Exploring the Transformative Effects of Out of Body Experience as part of a seminar/conference with Jade Shaw. Venue: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB. Time: 1pm. Tickets £25. https://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 28 July; Enriching Activism with the Sacred Feminine. Afternoon workshop with Amelie Summer. Work with the transforming power of Brighid, Goddess of inspiration, healing and smithcraft, with guided meditation and ritual. Venue: Brixton, London. Time: 1.15pm-4.45pm. Tickets: pay what you can afford, suggested donation £10. All proceeds  go to TreeSisters (a grassroots organisation planting trees in the Tropics). Email EarthSpirals@mail.com for more information/booking. Details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2389632761096057/

Sunday 28 July;  Woodland Witches Lammas: Harvest Ritual Gathering 2019 with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area by 3.30pm to be led to the woodland site for 4pm. Ends 8pm. Cost: £5. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Monday 29 July; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 29 July; Deep Listening Workshop introducing core deep listening practices; listening meditations, sonic meditations, sonic improvisation and sound play. Venue: Siobhan Davies Studio, 85 Saint George's Road, London, SE1 6ER. Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £14.06 – £16.76.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-workshops-tickets-63509378260

Monday 29 July; Gods and Goddesses of Mythic London. Talk by Caroline Wise. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 31 July- 5 August; Casting Shadows into the Light. Exhibition of the visionary and magickal art of Charlotte Rodgers and Victoria Musson, exploring the actual, the shadows, and the spaces in-between. This event was timed to coincide with the festival of Lammas/Lughnasadh, and is a celebration of this feast. Venue: Walcot Gate Bath, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5. Time: from 11am. The exhibition is free, but there is also a day of lectures and workshops on August 3, costing £10/£12. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/695013897618641/permalink/695038037616227/

Wednesday 31 July; Leo New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: Time: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 31 July; Nature's Strangest Genitalia. Lecture by Jules Howard, author of Sex on Earth, at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 31 July (tbc); Hertford and Ware Moot Moot. (Usually the last Wednesday of each month.) Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, SG14 1HH Hertford, Hertfordshire. Time: 8pm. Entry: £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Thursday 1 August; Earth Festival: Wheel of the Year Meditation - Fruition, gather at the well head for meditation at noon, followed by conversation on the lower lawn. Venue: Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. For more details, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Thursday 1 August; IQ-ME by Johny Dar: Wellbeing through the Art of Colouring Introduction. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 1 August; Saxons, Romans and Druids in London - two-hour walking tour with Ross Norman. Meet outside  McDonald's Liverpool Street Station, The Concourse, London, EC2M 7PY. Time: 1pm. Free, but donations welcome and you must book a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/2348871575385268/

Thursday 1 August; Leonora Carrington's Hearing Trumpet. Talk by Dr Kate Laity. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 1 August; PFL Open Ritual for Lammas led by Hendon Heathens. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entry: £6/£5 (PF members and concessions). https://pflondon.info/

Friday 2 August, Open Evening - Summer 2019, with the college team. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 2 August;  Wicca New Moon Training Circle with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area at 7pm to be led to the woodland site. Cost: £3. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August; Lammas event weekend at The Henge Shop in Avebury with workshops and book signings. Venue: High Street,  Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF. Time: 10am-6pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/376942859693218/

Saturday 3 August; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Lammas Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Lammas. Meet from noon in the Red Lion pub. Ritual starts at 1.30pm. Free event, offerings of mead and food welcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/210973283116416/

Saturday 3 August; Gaia-Selene Healing and Protection Circle with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Location: Queen's Woods, Near Highgate Station. Meet at the Woodman pub at 2pm. Tickets: £5, wear outdoor clothing. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 August; London Goddess Pilgrimage with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral London EC4M. Time: 1pm – 4pm. Free event but donations welcome and you must reserve a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/895048700854260/

Saturday 3 August; Watchers of the Old Ways Lammas Ceremony. Venue: Rollright Stones, Off A3400, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QB. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/2387910684868239/

Sunday 4 August (date tbc); Druidic Lughnasadh/Lhammas Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, by 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome.

Sunday 4 August; Deep Listening in the North Downs. A slow walk through the north downs exploring deep listening and movement meditations in the North Downs with a short half time break in a country pub. Time: 1pm - 5pm. Tickets: £22/£25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-on-north-downs-tickets-62052601000

Sunday 4 August; Roman London Walking Tour organised by the Museum of London. Starts at Museum of London, London Wall. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12.50. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/event-detail?id=2008

Sunday 4 August (date tbc); Lughnasadh/Lammas Wheel of the Year ritual at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Note: I do not organise any of these events. For more information and to check ticket availability and any changes to details, please contact the organisers.

Pagan Eye: The Moon Garden at Charlton House

This is a photo of the Moon Garden, at Charlton House. The garden was created for the current Moon Festival and I went on a tour yesterday evening. The garden itself is free to visit. It is a beautiful, quiet spot to rest in the shade on a hot day, but is perhaps best enjoyed at dusk.

It is full of flowers that only blossom at night or are related to folk tales about the moon from around the world. The Moon Garden was designed to be both a way of being in nature and a way of relating to the moon. It is one of two moon gardens created for the festival. The other is in General Gordon Square, Woolwich.

Also at Charlton House is the Lunation Exhibition, exploring what the moon means to people through photography by Sara Hannant  and words by Nii Ayikwei Parkes. I went to the opening night yesterday, after my tour of the garden, and I loved the beautiful and inspiring pictures and stories. Charlton House is at Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. Entry is free.

The Moon Festival celebrates people’s relationship with the moon across cultures, time and disciplines and coincides with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in July 2019. You can find out details of all the events here: https://moonfestival.co.uk/

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself.

Links and previous related posts
https://moonfestival.co.uk/
https://www.greenwichheritage.org/whats-on/detail/lunation-exhibition
https://moonfestival.co.uk/product/moon-garden-guided-tours/
https://www.greenwichheritage.org/visit/charlton-house
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/06/pagan-eye-moon-in-room.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/01/pagan-eye-museum-of-witchcraft-in-london.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/08/pagan-eye-water-lily-in-sunshine.html

Do You Think Large Dolls are Scary or Friendly?

I've seen a lot of posts on social media recently about dolls - particularly large dolls - with people commenting that they find them creepy.

Now, I suspect a lot of this is to do with the latest Annabelle horror movie. I haven't seen any of the films in that series, but I do collect dolls, so I thought I'd blog a bit about the subject today.

The dolls in the photo at the top are all mine, and one of them is a large doll. Her name is Esther. I was given her for Christmas when I was a very little girl, and at the time she was about the same height as me. She was my favourite doll.

As I got older she got relegated to the loft. Then she nearly got thrown out, but I rescued her from the rubbish before the bin men came, washed her and put her in my bedroom, where she still has her own chair. She is a bit broken and doesn't have her original clothes, but I couldn't part with her.

The roly-poly doll is also from my childhood; the giant bear was a gift from my husband; the small cloth doll came with a bottle of perfume a long while ago; my mum knitted woollen dolls in aid of charity and gave the one in the photo; I bought the vintage china doll in a charity shop and the cat toy came from Build-a-Bear Workshop. I don't find any of them creepy.

However, I thought I'd discuss the various ways in which dolls can possibly have spirits.

The animist world view is that every single thing has its own spirit or soul, including animals, plants, natural inanimate objects and even man-made things, including dolls. It is a view I'm sympathetic with. Such spirits can be communicated with, but the spirits of inanimate things tend not be very obvious or active unless you specifically look out for them.

Objects, including dolls, can also have a connection to the people who own them or who owned them in the past. Dolls can also be made to look like a person to create the same kind of connection. Witches can use this in spells employing sympathetic magic to affect the owner or person represented. This is more of a link to someone else's spirit, than any within the doll itself.

If you believe in ghosts, then a common idea is that those who have died, but not yet fully passed on to the next life, can attach themselves to places or objects that were important to them when they were alive. This could, of course, be a doll.

Finally, magical practitioners can perform rituals to deliberately attach or trap spirits into objects. This can be done for many reasons. The spirit could be wanted as a magical helper or guardian or it could be a troublesome spirit trapped to stop it causing mischief.

In my experience, it is very, very rare for a doll to have any sort of troublesome spirit. While some dolls do look creepy, it is usually just appearance - and nothing to be scared of.

If you suspect that you own a haunted doll and want to know what you can do about it, one book I would recommend is What Dwells Within - A Study of Spirit Attachment, by Jane Harris.

You can view What Dwells Within on Amazon and also view my own book on poppets and magical dolls on Amazon

But what are your thoughts on the subject?  Do leave a comment.

Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2015/10/review-what-dwells-within-haunted-dolls.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/11/magical-dolls-history-of-poppets-effigy.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/07/magical-dolls-folklore-wishbones.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/07/magical-dolls-wwi-lucky-fums-up-doll.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/08/magical-dolls-poppet-i-made-to-help-me.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/10/magical-dolls-poppet-of-protection-for.html