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Spirits & Folklore

A thematic chamber of The Little Sorcerer esoteric encyclopedia. Explore connected entries and follow the threads between symbols, history, folklore and practice.

31 connected entries
ANIMALS & SYMBOLS

Cats in Magical Folklore: Familiar, Guardian, Scapegoat

The shifting symbolic life of cats, from domestic companions to supernatural stereotypes.

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Basil in Magic and Folklore

Basil: prosperity, affection, protection and good fortune, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Chamomile in Magic and Folklore

Chamomile: peace, luck, rest and gentle prosperity, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Cinnamon in Magic and Folklore

Cinnamon: warmth, prosperity, speed and solar energy, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Cypress in Magic and Folklore

Cypress: mourning, remembrance, thresholds and solemnity, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Elder in Magic and Folklore

Elder: thresholds, protection, endings and ancestral folklore, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Fennel in Magic and Folklore

Fennel: clarity, protection, vitality and household blessing, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Garlic in Magic and Folklore

Garlic: protection, household boundaries and apotropaic folklore, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Hawthorn in Magic and Folklore

Hawthorn: boundaries, spring, liminality and guarded places, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Ivy in Magic and Folklore

Ivy: persistence, binding, continuity and the wild reclaiming stone, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Juniper in Magic and Folklore

Juniper: protection, purification, endurance and threshold work, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Lavender in Magic and Folklore

Lavender: peace, purification, devotion and the quieting of ritual space, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Lemon in Magic and Folklore

Lemon: cleansing, brightness, clarity and hospitality, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Mint in Magic and Folklore

Mint: clarity, movement, prosperity and refreshment, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Mugwort in Magic and Folklore

Mugwort: dreams, divination, moon symbolism and liminal awareness, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Myrtle in Magic and Folklore

Myrtle: love, beauty, union and Mediterranean sacredness, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Nettle in Magic and Folklore

Nettle: boundaries, protection, resilience and reversal, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Oak in Magic and Folklore

Oak: strength, endurance, sovereignty and protection, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Olive in Magic and Folklore

Olive: peace, endurance, blessing and reconciliation, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Parsley in Magic and Folklore

Parsley: renewal, the dead, household rites and transition, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Pomegranate in Magic and Folklore

Pomegranate: underworld myths, fertility, abundance and cycles, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Rose in Magic and Folklore

Rose: love, secrecy, devotion and beauty, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Rue in Magic and Folklore

Rue: protection, warding, purification and old Mediterranean folklore, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Sage in Magic and Folklore

Sage: wisdom, cleansing, protection and longevity, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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St John's Wort in Magic and Folklore

St John's Wort: solar symbolism, midsummer, protection and light, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Thyme in Magic and Folklore

Thyme: courage, purification, vitality and remembrance, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Vervain in Magic and Folklore

Vervain: consecration, peace, purification and sacred boundaries, with folklore kept clearly separate from medicine and safety.

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Craft · Inside the workshop

How a wooden Ouija board is created

From the first sketch to the final planchette: the parts the machine can do, and the parts it never will.

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ANIMALS & SYMBOLS

Raven and Crow Symbolism: Intelligence, Omen and Projection

How folklore turns observant birds into messengers, omens and mirrors for human imagination.

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SYMBOLS & RITUAL MATERIALS

Salt in Magic and Folklore

Boundaries, preservation, purification and the symbolic language of the threshold.

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Rosemary in Folklore, Kitchen and Esoteric Tradition

A Mediterranean plant with a long life in kitchens, gardens, memory and symbolic practice.

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