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Vikki Bramshaw
Jan 29, 20221 min read
Wild Witchcraft Conference: 26 March 2022
I am speaking at this event about good luck charms, folk custom marks and evil-averting symbols of the New Forest. Hopefully I will have...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Jan 29, 202220 min read
The Nature of Sacrifice: Offerings in the Ancient World
The Nature of Sacrifice: Offerings in the Ancient World Photo: A page from a 3rd-century magical handbook known as PGM/PDM XII Many...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Jan 27, 20222 min read
New Forest Folklore, Traditions & Charms
Due out Spring 2022 with @avaloniabooks "Traversing timeworn tracks, our guide reveals the sacred loci of spring, mound and ancient...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Jan 15, 20221 min read
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, a Northumbrian story from the 1200's... 'Their spells were in vain, The boys returned to the Queen...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Here’s to the horse with the four white feet ...
The Horseman's Word, just one example of a secret society that integrated initiations, magical charms and barbarous words....
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Vikki Bramshaw
Aug 21, 20211 min read
The Spectral Black Dog
"The huntsmen were black, huge and hideous and rode on black horses ... their hounds were jet black and big-eyed and loathsome..." Anglo...
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Vikki Bramshaw
May 24, 20211 min read
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
This week, I visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford which offers an opportunity to view a internationally-renowned collection of...
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Vikki Bramshaw
May 5, 20211 min read
Conferences & Events
Today I have been looking back at Conferences I've spoken at over the years. In 2019 I spoke on two subjects, ‘The Cunning Magics:...
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Vikki Bramshaw
May 5, 20211 min read
What is it about the smell of old books?
One of the things I love the most about researching for non-fiction is finding, handling and reading OLD books. Subject - secret ....
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Vikki Bramshaw
May 5, 20211 min read
NEW Twitter Account
I have a new Twitter account, the old one is INACTIVE and I cannot access! Please can anyone who follows the old account unfollow that...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Nov 28, 202010 min read
Time to sharpen up our game?
Photo: The Sharpening Stone or Anointing Stone, St Marys Church Fordingbridge October 2010 marked one of the perhaps most memorable...
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Vikki Bramshaw
Oct 5, 20205 min read
5 points of an Outstanding Teacher (and Gerald Gardner's false teeth)
In Autumn 2017 we ran an Introduction to Witchcraft & Magic course in Hampshire. The course was 5 workshops and the material was a...
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