This website started as a personal website for collecting my thoughts about folk and traditional witchcraft, and documenting my personal practice. I have since moved that form of blogging to a personal Tumblr in the hopes of interacting more regularly with the online witchcraft community. Rather than deleting this site, I chose to make it a resource site for practitioners of traditional witchcraft that is accessible to those who are interested in following a solitary path. The information contained here comes from Hagstone Witchery, a modern system of traditional witchcraft that I have cultivated, adapted and used over the past fifteen years to teach traditional witchcraft to others looking for a structured, but informal/non-initiatory path for their study and practice. It can be used by anyone who feels at home with it, regardless of their magical background.
Hagstone Witchery is an informal, non-initiatory path of practical traditional magic that draws on common threads and traveling stories found in European folklore as well as historical accounts of early modern magical methods and practices. Hagstone Witchery is spirit-centered and animistic. Its customs are inspired by my own familial folk magic tradition; rooted in the settings of hearth and home, and the symbols of field and forest.
Although previous incarnations of the Tradition have borrowed from the published materials and ritual structures found in more formal paths of Traditional Witchcraft (such as Cochranian witchcraft), Hagstone Witchery itself is not a lineaged or ceremonial tradition. It has no gods or deities; nor does it require interaction with specific folkloric entities or religious frameworks. It is not practiced as a religious magical path. It is intended to be a lived practice, a framework for building and maintaining a relationship with the craft.
The Hagstone Tradition was initially created as an byproduct of my own personal magical practice, containing my own ideas and musings alongside widely-held philosophies in traditional and folkloric magic. It was the βteaching traditionβ that I used to help guide to those who asked me without having to teach them my personal or familial practice. It provides an organized framework for working folkloric, historically-informed magic. It has since become a sister-path to my own craft.
Everything shared here stems from my personal work, study and research, honed over more than twenty-five years of spirit-led practice since my initiation into witchcraft. This site has been created as a resource for the magical community, in the hopes of making the study and practice of witchcraft more accessible, regardless of oneβs access to books, courses, offline communities, or material tools. Hagstone Witchery is here for everyone.
This website is my way to give back to the witchcraft community, and to help others (just as the Small Web spaces that existed in 2000 and 2001 helped me to find my footing as a solo witch). The resources you will find here are the culmination of decades of personal practice, spirit work, and long-term study. It is all offered here for free in the spirit of contributing to our collective well of magical knowledge.
The writings, including entries from the Hagbook, reflect my personal magical perspective. They are shaped by my own magical worldview and personal gnosis. Nothing presented here is intended to prescribe βthe right wayβ to practice witchcraft or live a magical life. Instead, it aims to offer one grounded, spirit-led approach among many. I have shared it in the hopes that it may inspire, inform, or resonate with others on their own paths.